Medium-term PSVAR exemption vehicle totals revealed
The Department for Transport (DfT) has granted special authorisations that grant medium-term exemption (MTE) from PSVAR that capture 17,969 vehicles,…
Lionesses celebration hire ‘our proudest day’: Whites
A coach operator has described as “the proudest day in our history” its carriage of England’s Lionesses to a celebration…
Call for evidence issued on D1 and C licence proposals
Proposed changes to the award of category D1 driving entitlement and the return of the strictly limited ability of some…
FlixBus enters Scottish internal market with McGill’s
FlixBus UK has entered the internal Scottish scheduled coach market with the launch of services between Glasgow and Aberdeen via…
Xela Group completes Yellow Coaches purchase
In a shift from what had been expected, Eastleigh business Xela Group – which includes Xelabus and Xelacoach – purchased…
HCT Group Yorkshire operations see immediate closure
CT Plus Yorkshire and Powell’s Bus – both part of the HCT Group – will end all services at 1700hrs…
Midland Classic bought by Rotala as group grows reach
Rotala has acquired Burton-upon-Trent operator Midland Classic. The acquisition is worth a total of £2.58m to the purchaser for a…
Bulk diesel average price fell 4.5% in July, figures show
The average price of bulk diesel dropped by 4.5% in July compared to June’s figures, but it remained 4.0% above…
DVSA opens smart tachograph remote interrogation trial
For the first time, DVSA can remotely interrogate certain aspects of the data held by smart digital tachograph head units…
‘Wake up call’ for coach industry via consumer research
Insurance broker McCarron Coates has issued what it calls as “a wake-up call” to the coach industry via the publication…
