2024: An important year for coach and bus decarbonisation work
In December 2023, I noted how that year, despite encouraging progress, turned out not to be what it had promised…
Ideas and innovation are key to driver recruitment and retention
Last year, I talked about a serious problem with recruitment and retention that the CILT driver shortage survey had highlighted…
To tie, or knot to tie: The coach and bus driver uniform question
Many of us who have been in the sector for a long time have grown up with the clearly outlined…
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.…
