Roberts Travel: looking beyond the industry for leadership talent
Roberts Travel Group's approach of appointing external management talent is reaping dividends What began as a way for keen skier…
Better Transport Week will put coach industry in the spotlight
CPT will support this year’s Better Transport Week with a day dedicated to the often-overlooked but hardworking coach sector Don’t…
Transport Made Simple: customer focus paves fast track to success
Transport Made Simple MD Peter Nathanail tells routeone how he and his business partner transformed a college transport software supplier…
Direct award to be within early CPCA bus franchising deployment
Rollout of bus franchising in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is set to follow a “hybrid pathway” involving a short-term direct award…
‘Band bus’ firm Jumbocruiser sold to growth specialist Hobboard
Band and live events transport provider Jumbocruiser has been sold to business growth and acquisition specialist Hobboard following retirement of…
Lee’s Coaches is purchased by investment company Alpro Capital
Lee’s Coaches of Durham has been purchased by north east England-based investment firm Alpro Capital. It is the first acquisition…
Rafael Fernandez de la Pena to lead National Express UK Coach
Rafael Fernandez de la Pena (pictured) has been appointed Managing Director of National Express UK Coach. He succeeds Javier Martinez…
New four-year MTEs from PSVAR for closed-door home-to-school
New four-year medium-term exemptions (MTEs) from PSVAR will be introduced for in-scope closed-door home-to-school transport from 1 August, Minister for…
Home-to-school transport at risk via inflated diesel costs, DfE told
Home-to-school transport for thousands of children is at risk through inflated diesel costs that are imposing an additional bill on…
Bus industry costs and average speeds crisis highlighted at ALBUM
Around 80% of costs within bus operation relate to network speeds, and significant hurt has thus come to the sector’s…
