Features
New book remembers Charles Cook
A new book is celebrating the former Bedfordshire bus and coach operator Charles Cook Travel. Almost 75 years ago, fledgeling taxi proprietor Charles Cook purchased […]
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Encourage enthusiasts to solve staff shortages
According to one independent operator and preservationist, enthusiasts could help alleviate the driver shortage, reports Nick Larkin Encouraging enthusiasts to drive is a way to help solve shortages in the bus industry, says Brian Clifford, […]
Features
Is this the oldest wheelchair accessible vehicle in the world?
At nearly 90 years old, this beautifully renovated 1933 Leyland Club can be found at the Beamish Museum in the North East of England. Having spent seven years lovingly bringing this vintage bus back to […]
Bus News
Euro Switch on
Jonathan Welch speaks to some of the team behind the new Switch e1 electric bus aimed at the European market As reported in our news pages this week, Switch Mobility has launched its new European city […]
News
CBW and Coachmart founder Terry Beanland passes away
The founder of CBW’s predecessor Coachmart, Terry Beanland, passed away peacefully last week at the age of 76 after losing his fight with cancer. In the early 1970s he set up Hull-based Kingston International Coaches which ran Bedford and Ford coaches overland […]
Business
Go-Ahead Group receives two takeover bids
As we went to press on Monday 13 June, the Go-Ahead Group announced that it had received two separate takeover bids The Kelsian Group and a consortium consisting of Kinetic and Globalvia Inversiones have made separate unsolicited, conditional approaches regarding possible cash […]
Bus News
Go-Ahead reshuffle as Martijn Gilbert moves to rail
Go-Ahead has announced a management and operating company restructure in the wake of the news that well known industry figure Martijn Gilbert is moving to the rails In an announcement that surprised the bus industry […]
Business
National Express Group says revenue close to pre-pandemic levels
The National Express Group issued a trading update on 7 June. It reports that revenue continues to track close to 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels, progressing strongly towards its anticipated 2022 full year revenue of around £2.7bn. Highlights from the report reveal that […]
Bus News
FirstGroup rebuffs I Squared offer
On 26 May 2022, FirstGroup confirmed that it had received a series of proposals from I Squared Capital Advisors in relation to a possible take-over offer. The proposal would have involved a cash price per share along with an additional amount […]
Bus News
TfL proposes bus network reshape
TfL issues proposals it says are aimed to mitigate the effect on passengers as much as possible while fulfilling Government requirement for savings Proposals on reshaping the central and inner London bus network, following a Government requirement for significant savings, have been outlined […]
