Coach News
Driver disciplined for allowing school children to travel in luggage compartment of his coach
TC revokes licence with immediate effect
Drivers
Bus News
Stagecoach double at Bus Driver of the Year
First, second and fifth place all taken by drivers from the operator, with 91 drivers entering the 2018 competition Ian Field from Stagecoach East Scotland has been crowned UK Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) […]
Bus News
The smiling bus driver
Maks Pruszewicz has all the ingredients for the perfect driver – from his constant smile and desire to serve the public to his love for the job. Naomi MacKay asks him about his career Seven […]
Bus News
‘A match made in heaven’
Angela Youngman spoke to Gavin Francis about his career and the events that led to him being named 2017 Express Coach Driver of the Year Experience, patience and a focus on customer care created the […]
Bus News
Arriva secures future of Oswestry depot for next 20 years
Arriva has pledged a long-term commitment to Oswestry by securing a 20-year lease for the Salop Road depot.
Coach News
Obituary: Roger Woollon
Roger Woollon of Woollons of Heathrow and AWC passed away in the early hours of Friday, 6 July 2018. Roger started Woollons in 1974 as a car hire business and gradually transitioned into coach operating […]
Bus News
Operator loses appeal against driver who drove into flood water
Bluebird Buses Limited, which fired one of its employees after he drove into a patch of flooded road, has lost an appeal to overturn a judgement of unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal. According to People […]
Bus News
Stagecoach launches two-year partnership with Macmillan
Stagecoach has announced a two-year, £50,000 partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, honouring a much-loved member of staff. Martyn Henderson, Assistant Garage Operations Manager at the operator’s Romford garage, sadly lost his life to cancer in […]
Coach News
DVSA reminds coach operators of law surrounding wheelchair spaces
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued a reminder to coach operators, warning them that they will face ‘tough action’ if they fail to comply with theThe law on the use of wheelchairs […]
Coach News
Out of Africa
Transaid is the UK-based road transport and logistics charity that supports bus and truck driver training, and is also involved in access to healthcare projects in a number of African countries. Ian Norwell joined a […]
