The lottery of ongoing home-to-school transport payments
The scale of variation in the approach taken by local authorities (LAs) to payments for suspended home-to-school contracts has been…
Euro Bus Expo postponed to October 2021
Euro Bus Expo has been postponed until 2021, organiser Diversified Communications UK has announced. The coach and bus industry trade…
Electrification of your fleet is available and practical now (LowCVP webinar)
In the first of its new series of webinars on electromobility, the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership brought together experts in…
National Express outlines safety precautions ahead of restart
National Express has outlined the safety measures that it will put in place when scheduled coach services restart on 1…
CBSSG Restart funding details revealed by DfT
The Department for Transport (DfT) has outlined the terms and conditions of its £254m COVID-19 Bus Service Support Grant (CBSSG)…
Discretionary grant in England now captures some coach operators
Coach operators in England with under 50 staff that failed to receive funding via the Business Rates Relief Scheme can…
DVSA awards exemption for MoT tests due in June
Coaches and buses that are due for MoT testing in June have been awarded a three-month exemption by DVSA. It…
First on COVID-19: The ingredient for meaningful change in bus priority?
A collapse in patronage has necessitated support from central government to maintain core bus services across the UK. As a…
Masons: Communication and planning are imperative during crisis
The likely effect of customer loyalty on coach operators’ fortunes once the industry starts to recover from coronavirus COVID-19 has…
Fishers Tours threatens legal action over 100% contract payments
Fishers Tours of Dundee has raised the possibility of bringing legal action against Angus Council in a bid to force…
