COVID-19 Bus Service Support Grant Restart: how is it working?
Following the large-scale reductions in bus services and revenue experienced during the first national lockdown in March 2020, the Department…
Coach tourism in 2021: Partnership is central to market rebound
Operators and venue co-operation vital to finding sustainable solutions in sector recovery, delegates are told Industry experts have offered insight…
LTCOA transitions into UK Coach Operators Association
The UK Coach Operators Association (UKCOA) will formally launch on 18 January. It is an evolution of the London Tourist…
Blakes Coaches takes Totalkare brake test equipment
Blakes Coaches has introduced a Totalkare single phase mobile brake tester that will deliver time and cost savings over taking…
Bus patronage in early 2021 avoids return to mid-2020 depths
Bus patronage in Britain predictably plummeted in the early days of 2021 after strengthened movement restrictions were introduced. But it…
DVSA clarifies reissued Driver Qualification Card date error
DVSA has clarified an error with the Driver Qualification Card (DQC) expiry date on some cards that have been reissued…
Mental health wellbeing: Is it part of your company culture?
Kathryn Pulham encourages operators and business leaders to examine their approach to mental health wellbeing in the year ahead Is…
More operators offer free transport to vaccination centres
More operators have stepped in to assist with the free-of-charge transport of people to and from coronavirus COVID-19 vaccination appointments,…
Coach and bus industry must ‘grasp opportunities’ in sector recovery
Economic restructure and changing travel habits make recovery curve elusive; industry must remain agile during rebound Recovery of the coach…
Emergency temporary bus service variation process activated
Operators in England that need to make a temporary variation to a registered bus service because of the pandemic may…
