Selwyns Travel Group completes Eavesway Travel purchase
Selwyns Travel Group has purchased Ashton-in-Makerfield operator Eavesway Travel in a move that significantly strengthens the Runcorn-based buyer's position in…
Obituary: Alan Whittington, Institute of Transport Administration
Multiple tributes have been paid to Institute of Transport Administration (IoTA) President and longstanding coach and bus industry figure Alan…
Industry makes positive showing on 2026 New Year’s Honours List
The coach and bus industry has featured within the 2026 New Year’s Honours List, with two leaders of independent bus…
Infrastructure critical for zero-emission coach uptake, panel agrees
Zero-emission coaches bring scope for operators to upsell their benefits to some clients, but charging and fuelling infrastructure remains the…
Inheritance tax climb-down impact on coach operators welcomed
A change in policy that will now see the family business inheritance tax threshold set at £2.5 million of assets…
Christmas Day coach and bus patronage set to surpass 100,000, says CPT
More than 100,000 passengers are expected to travel by coach or bus on Christmas Day via an ever-increasing amount of…
FirstGroup adds Leeds-based J&B Travel to growing coach portfolio
J&B Travel of Leeds is the latest coach business to be acquired by FirstGroup. The operator, which has been established…
Volvo targets school market with high-capacity B8R Evotor option
Volvo has announced high-capacity variants of its B8R coach with MCV Evotor body that will see the model gain a…
EES: concern for sleeper bus sector over 90/180-day rule
The European Union (EU) Entry/Exit System (EES) could “kill” the overseas sleeper bus sector, an operator has warned. EES means…
Liverpool hydrogen buses to go battery-electric amid investment
The 20 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 FCEV hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses owned by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) will…
