Were you prepared for COVID-19?
With increasing worldwide concerns and fresh cases daily, COVID-19 will bring unprecedented challenges to almost every activity in our society,…
Age and inexperience are not barriers to driving
I was recently reading the article reporting on Greater Manchester’s youngest bus driver, 18-year-old Jamie Jackson from Stagecoach Wigan. Many…
The problem of commercial services
I wanted to raise the issue below, which demonstrates why so many independent operators may be moving away from commercial…
PSVAR: Could another solution work?
If the Minister of Transport expects compliance on PSVAR, would there be a possibility of his department looking at…
On the Stagecoach-Greater Manchester partnership proposal
While this is a bold initiative, its potential weakness is that it is a Stagecoach offer and not a Greater…
Home-to-school transport: Where is our voice?
Like many small operators, we have been running home-to-school transport for over 60 years. In that time, we have had…
Will the government make bus stops PSVAR compliant?
This is the text of a letter that I have sent to the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding PSVAR on…
COVID-19 repatriation – coaches or buses?
Could you please do something to educate the news editors of the BBC, who clearly need assistance in differentiating between…
Drivers considered second again: Facilities at Heathrow Airport
I visited Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 on Sunday, 23 February, and as I always do, visited the coach park to…
Response to Fishers Tours on PSVAR exemptions
I will begin with school contracts. When tendering for these, did you build in the cost of PSVAR compliance and…
