Features
Periods of grace: a reminder
Senior Traffic Commissioner Richard Turfitt has warned operators not to leave it too late when it comes to periods of grace and to ensure they know the rules should they find themselves in such a […]
Year: 2024
Features
Motorcyclist jailed for false Metroline £48,000 insurance claim
A motorcyclist whose vehicle was hit by a London bus has been given a nine month prison sentence for making a false insurance claim and ordered to pay over £60,000 costs A motorcyclist who made […]
Coaches
European Express
Coach travel is well known to be the best way to get around. It’s cheap, comfortable and reliable, but there may just be more connections than many people are aware of. Richard Sharman investigates the […]
Big Picture
Big Picture
A vehicle type which doesn’t often appear in the pages of CBW, SJ16 CRZ is a Volvo B8RLE MCV Evolution. New to Robertsons in Shetland, the bus is currently operated by White Bus, and was […]
Features
Financial Forensics: Stagecoach
Steven Knight analyses the accounts to see how some of Stagecoach’s operating companies performed in the last financial year While it is normal for ‘listed’ companies to provide their shareholders with trading updates, these tend […]
Features
More goodwill helps FoKAB after fire
Local theatre group The Worthy Players has presented a £500 cheque to the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) after the charity suffered a devastating fire at one of its storage locations in December. A […]
Features
Does it matter? And what’s important?
What is heritage, asks Jonathan Welch, why is it important, and what makes it relevant to the industry today? As you will have read in last week’s issue, a new project headed by the National […]
Features
Motherhood marathon
Hi everyone, CBW Business Manager Gemma here. In 2022, soon after we lost our daughter Penelope during/just after her birth, my husband Jake and I signed up to run the London marathon to raise money […]
Features
Fowlers’ Fenland Focus
Steven Knight finds out how Fowlers Travel has risen to the challenges facing the bus and coach industry The bus and coach industry has faced unprecedented challenges over many decades and has had to adapt […]
Bus News
Go-Ahead Group to acquire Eastbourne Sightseeing
The tour operation has been purchased from Seven Sisters Bus & Coach and will become part of Brighton & Hove Buses The Go-Ahead Group has agreed a deal to acquire open-top bus operator Eastbourne Sightseeing […]
