Coombs hands back contracts; Bakers Dolphin offers help
Weston-super-Mare coach tour operator Bakers Dolphin has stepped in to offer jobs to staff at Coombs Travel, after Coombs handed back…
A bunch of pussycats or lions?
Three weeks ago I thanked the Secretary of State for Transport for not making a single reference to the coach…
Ready for political window-dressing?
The Party Conference season is almost upon us. The contrast between the euphoric scenes that we will witness at Labour’s…
Where is the pot of gold?
Parliament’s returned from the long summer recess, the party conference season is almost on us, the Brexit negotiations don’t appear…
Will the new Gwyneth Dunwoody stand up?
Before the summer recess the Chairs of the various parliamentary select committees were elected, with the Transport Select Committee getting…
‘Free market’ Tory PM promotes leftist agenda
There are no words, there really aren’t. Theresa May’s speech was an absolute disaster. Forget the content, because it won’t…
The UK’s first sleeper mini
Retail manager Alan Aim has a dream for long-distance coach travel. We talk to him about the set-up of his…
Peter Shipp steps down as EYMS Managing Director
David Shipp, 44, has been appointed MD of East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS), a subsidiary of the EYMS Group. He…
Stagecoach helps Scottish jobseekers
Stagecoach’s new scheme which provides jobseekers with discounted bus travel has benefitted thousands of people in Scotland – around 80,000…
McGill’s launches Contactless payment
McGill’s has launched Contactless payment across its Erskine to Glasgow services. Ralph Roberts, McGill’s Managing Director says: “The first contactless…