Chris Newitt named Scania UK Managing Director
Chris Newitt has been named Managing Director of Scania UK. He joins from Jaguar Land Rover, most recently as Global Performance Director, and succeeds...
Bus Driver of the Year 2022 numbers above 2019 levels
Organisers of the Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) competition, which will take place in Blackpool over the weekend of 1-2 October, have revealed...
Transport for London Commissioner Andy Byford to depart
London's Transport Commissioner, Andy Byford (pictured), is to step down in October and return to the United States, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.
It...
Stagecoach West charity football raises funds for local causes
Stagecoach West raised £1,782 through a charity football match on 18 September, one of a range of events planned through 2022 to raise money...
David Cutts named next Managing Director of Go-Ahead London
David Cutts (pictured, left) is to become Managing Director of Go-Ahead London in the new year, The Go-Ahead Group has announced.
He will replace incumbent...
Bill McCartney re-joins Stagecoach Yorkshire as Ops Director
Bill McCartney (pictured), a former graduate trainee of Stagecoach Yorkshire, has rejoined the company as its new Operations Director.
Bill began his career in public...
David Morris funeral set for Monday 3 October
The funeral of David Morris, the late founder and Managing Director of DRM Bus, will be held at 1100hrs on Monday 3 October at...
Stagecoach’s Edward Hodgson in new coach operations role
Managing Director of Stagecoach South Edward Hodgson is to take up a new post with the operator, as Account Director for inter-city coach services.
Edward...
Richard Bamber named Chair of RHA Coaches
Richard Bamber, Managing Partner of Runcorn operator Anthony’s Travel, has been elected Chair of RHA Coaches by members of the trade body’s coach forum....
Diversifying bus engineering at Stagecoach West
Adding further diversity to the coach and bus industry is something that the sector knows it needs to work on. Improvements have come in...
Obituary: Doree Barratt, pioneer of women in coaching
Doree Barratt, one of the coach industry’s first female drivers and for many years the head of well-known Cheshire operator Barratt's Coaches of Nantwich,...
