Treasury reply to latest coach support proposals ‘in new year’
Treasury minister Kemi Badenoch has promised a government response to further proposals for support for the coach sector “early in…
Coaches could sit idle for ‘at least 15 months’, says Dave Parry
High-value, nearly new tour coaches will potentially sit idle for “at least 15 months” as a result of the coronavirus…
Hopes rise for Scottish coach industry support package
Hopes of a sector-specific support package for the coach industry in Scotland have risen after Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness…
Wrightbus £66m Translink deal to see 100 zero-emission buses
Wrightbus has been awarded a £66m contract by Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure that includes the delivery of 100 zero-emission…
Optare to become Switch Mobility with global aspirations
Optare is to be renamed Switch Mobility by Ashok Leyland, subject to regulatory approval. The name change “signals our strategic…
Robinsons Holidays business purchased by Daish’s
Daish’s Holidays has acquired long-established Lancashire business Robinsons Holidays. The deal includes two hotels and 13 coaches. The purchase will…
D&G Bus revives Chaserider name in Arriva Cannock purchase
Arriva Midlands is to sell its Cannock depot and “nearly all” of its services there, in Rugeley and in Stafford,…
Outgoing DVSA chief Gareth Llewellyn attacks role of TCs
Outgoing DVSA Chief Executive Gareth Llewellyn (pictured) has launched an extraordinary attack on the function of the Traffic Commissioners (TCs),…
Voltra: Go North East launches zero-emission fleet with Yutong
Go North East (GNE) has launched Voltra, a new fleet of nine battery-electric buses. It is believed to be the…
Vaircon project will mitigate engine idling to power air-con
Eminox and Magnomatics have embarked on a “ground-breaking” continuously variable magnetic drive project called Vaircon. They say it will allow…
