Monday, March 20, 2023

Obituary – Stanford Coachworks’ Mike Gasper

Stanford Coachworks Sales Director Mike Gasper died on 13 January after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 67. Mike was a huge part...
Urban Transport Group Chair Steve Warrener

TfGM’s Steve Warrener is Urban Transport Group Chair

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Managing Director Steve Warrener has been named incoming Chair of the Urban Transport Group (UTG). His appointment follows the...
Jens Abromeit, Arriva UK Bus Managing Director

Jens Abromeit to become Arriva UK Bus MD

Arriva has announced that Jens Abromeit (pictured, above) will become Managing Director of its UK Bus arm from 27 March. He succeeds Paul O’Neil...

Alan French is named Stagecoach Manchester Head of Operations

Stagecoach Manchester has appointed Alan French (pictured) as its new Head of Operations. Alan takes over responsibility for 1,800 drivers and 700 buses in the...

McGill’s man wins FlixBus inaugural Driver of the Year award

Glenn Taylor (pictured) of McGill's has been named the winner of FlixBus's inaugural Driver of the Year award for 2022. Glenn, from Dundee, has driven...
Stagecoach South Wales Managing Director Nigel Winter to leave group in May 2023

Stagecoach South Wales MD Nigel Winter to step down

Stagecoach South Wales Managing Director Nigel Winter will leave in May, ending a 17-year stint with the group. Mr Winter joined Stagecoach in 2006 and...
Scania UK Bus and Coach Fleet Sales Manager James Thorley

Scania UK promotes James Thorley to head fleet sales

James Thorley (pictured) has been promoted to the role of UK Bus and Coach Fleet Sales Manager by Scania UK. He succeeds Mark Oliver,...
Wrightbus UK Sales Manager Steve Jackson

Steve Jackson back to Wrightbus as UK Sales Manager

Wrightbus has appointed Steve Jackson as UK Sales Manager. It represents a return to the Ballymena bus builder after almost five years away for...

New drivelines are focus of AD24 apprentice training developments

Alexander Dennis (ADL) is marking National Apprenticeship Week by announcing developments to its AD24 Training Academy courses for apprentices. The developments "reflect the evolving industry"...
Neil Atherton of Arriva North West receives British Empire Medal

British Empire Medal for Arriva driving coach’s fundraising

Arriva North West driving coach Neil Atherton was recognised in the New Year Honours list with a British Empire Medal for his charity fundraising...

HJS delivers bus retrofit program in Northern Ireland

HJS Emission Technology, in partnership with Translink and Technical Transport Products (TTP), has successfully completed a retrofit bus exhaust emission reduction program across 105...