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VOSA fee changes out
Revised fees for annual PCV and HGV testing and operator licensing will come into effect on April 1. For the third year running, VOSA is not applying any general increase to most statutory fees.
Year: 2012
Bus News
Scottish minister ‘irresponsible’ over BSOG
CPT Scotland has asked the Scottish Government to reconcile the sizeable reduction on BSOG for urban operators and its claim that a 1% fares increase would suffice, which it describes as “irresponsible”, and is awaiting […]
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MAN open days in Manchester
MAN Truck & Bus UK has planned its annual open days event for the weekend of March 3 and 4 at its Manchester facility.
Bus News
Volvo launches health check service
Volvo Bus has launched a check-up service called TechTool to ensure operators’ vehicles remain healthy and is offering a 50% discount. The health check is carried out by a master technician at Volvo’s dealerships, but […]
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Bob Hind to retire as Arriva Midlands MD
Bob Hind, managing director at Arriva Midlands, will step down at the end of July after 44 years in the bus industry, 28 of which were at managing director level. Starting his career as a […]
Bus News
£20.5m earmarked for hydrogen buses in Aberdeen
Aberdeen city councillors have unanimously agreed to support a multi-million pound European project to introduce hydrogen buses to the area. The council expects the Strategic European Hydrogen Transport Projects will stimulate further innovative hydrogen technology […]
Bus News
Miliband: Reduce bus fares to help unemployed youth
A commission chaired by Labour MP David Miliband has claimed bus fares need to be reduced for youths in rural areas in order to tackle unemployment. The Commission on Youth Unemployment is urging the government […]
Bus News
Touch and Go aboard Network Warrington
Municipally-owned operator Network Warrington has launched its new range of smartcards called Touch&Go! The new plastic cards have an in-built chip, meaning that on boarding the bus, customers just touch the target on the ticket […]
Coach News
New £3m facility for Leon’s Coaches of Stafford
Leon’s of Stafford has purchased a new three-acre site, which is currently being developed into a state of the art facility by builders Espleys of Stafford. The £3m investment, which was announced as this issue […]
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EYMS adopts fuel-saving additive Envirox for fleet
Additive follows SAFED training and ‘GreenRoad’ on-bus telematics system. East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) has adopted Energenics’ fuel-saving additive Envirox across the whole of its operations in East and North Yorkshire following a successful trial […]
