Coach Friendly status: A helping hand needed for non-believers
Durham and Northallerton are the latest places to gain Coach Friendly status from the Confederation of Passenger Transport. They follow…
Is reform of local authority transport contract process required?
Exit of Sullivan Buses from the Transport for London (TfL) bus market with a few hours’ notice follows a jump…
Coach and bus labour costs: No sign of upward pressure receding
Forecasting the coach and bus industry’s cost base for coming years will be as hard as ever. Work by the…
Bus franchising: Transition will require nuance, not table thumping
That bus franchising will expand in England, Scotland and Wales is in little doubt. In England, Secretary of State for…
An operator’s journey into bus electrification – and its learnings
Welcome back to Switched On, a series of articles helping operators to reduce the lifetime costs of running electric coaches…
Scottish Cabinet Secretary addresses sector as ScotZEB2 results due
We are living in a global climate emergency – where we all need to go faster and further than ever…
Has the industry become too difficult for the TCs to regulate?
Relative niche, but nonetheless important, parts of the coach and bus industry regulatory landscape are restricted O-Licences, and Section 19…
Coach and bus political engagement: Not just on a national level
It took scant time for a Labour government to be confirmed on 5 July, and calls from coach and bus…
Making a company a good place to work, and its importance
When asked to write an article about the challenges of driver recruitment and retention in the coach and bus industry,…
What does coach industry consolidation mean for a small operator?
I wrote some months ago about how coach operators had suddenly become attractive to large bus firms and mused on…
