Government calls for Clean Vehicle Technology Fund bids
Transport Minister Baroness Kramer has opened a competition to bid for grants from a 5m Clean Vehicle Technology Fund.
Local authorities in England can bid...
Bus performance of back-in-profit FirstGroup criticised
FirstGroup reported pre-tax profits of 58.5 million in the year to 31 March 2014, compared to a loss of 28.9m last year. .
Chief Executive...
Broad focus at 2014 Album Conference
Making its first visit north of the border, the annual Album conference, which brings together independent operators, had a distinctly Scottish theme and covered...
Paris goes electric with BAE Systems and Iveco Bus
BAE Systems' HybriDrive Solutions will partner with CNH Industrial and bus brands Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus to supply hybrid vehicles for Regie Autonome...
Carmel Coaches crash victims remain hospitalized
Three people injured in last week's coach crash in Looe are still in hospital. Two of them are described as stable but one remains...
End of the road for Pennine Coaches
Skipton-based family-run independent Pennine Motor Services ran its final routes on 16 May.
The last buses ran without ceremony; Company Secretary Maurice Simpson described the...
Minimise Your Risk goes to Euro 6
Health and safety and training consultancy Minimise Your Risk has taken delivery of a new Euro 6 Vauxhall Zafira Ecoflex Stop/start, ahead of September's...
Record all-electric order for Chinese bus builder
Chinese electric bus builder BYD has received a record-setting order for its new zero-emissions vehicles. The order for 2,000 long-range, battery-electric transit buses and...
£4.75m Green bus boost for Scotland
In the latest, and largest, round of the Scottish Green Bus Fund (Round 5) 4.75m is expected to secure 40-45 new vehicles for Scotland's...
North East companies join forces in campaign
Stagecoach North East and Arriva North East joined forces to promote the benefits of bus travel for the second annual Catch the Bus Week,...
Centrebus takes three ADL Enviro200s for High Peak fleet
Centrebus and The Wellglade Group subsidiary High Peak Buses has grown with the addition of two 8.9m and one 10.8m Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200...
