2024: What does the year hold in store for the coach sector?
Happy New Year. I tend to be an optimistic person and hope that, despite all that is going on around…
Do local authorities choose not to see the value of coaches?
Hastings has been an interesting town as regards coach parking. To give you an overview so you can form an…
Coach hire rates: What does the future look like?
Coach hire rates are buoyant thanks to the supply and demand equation favouring the industry. That shows no sign of…
Six pleas on CPT’s new year wish-list for bus
The start of a new year is often a time for both reflection on the year just passed and looking…
In-house, or dealership? A coach operator’s maintenance quandary
It is a new year, but it has the same old problems already. We have excellent in-house engineers. One is…
Standing up and being counted for the UK’s vital coach industry
It is remarkable that in 2024 coaches aren’t given the recognition that they rightly deserve. On Christmas Day, intercity operators,…
Bus funding in England: Central and local government conflict clear
Ringfenced funding given to local authorities in England for buses and bus services is welcome, despite its largely short-term nature.…
Road congestion: Action needs to be higher on the priority list
Congestion. It does an inordinate amount of damage to coach and bus, and yet no obvious plan exists to do…
PSVAR review work falling behind already does not bode well
It will be scant surprise to some that a government response to the PSVAR review call for evidence (CfE), and…
Coach and bus industry in 2024: How much better will it be?
The curtain will soon fall on the industry's 2023. A year that for coach saw the continuation of a rebound…
