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A new report from the Transport Committee says that more must be done across all public transport sectors A new Transport Committee report has found that disabled people face a ‘harsh daily reality’ when using […]

Jonathan Welch speaks to First Bus Chief Commercial Officer Simon Pearson about the company’s new look The landscape is changing, and the industry is a very different one now compared to 10, or even five […]

Jonathan Welch takes a look at some of the findings from the most recent set of bus use figures for England The latest bus statistics for England show that the number of local bus passenger […]

The glitz and glamour returned to London as the industry gathered at the 2024 UK Bus Awards, reports Jonathan Welch At London’s Troxy on Tuesday 26 November, this year’s UK Bus Awards took place, with […]

Reforms to the driver CPC qualification take effect from early December The driver Certificate of Professional Competence, or D-CPC, has been a contentious issue since it was introduced to the PCV sector in 2008 and […]

In the week when all eyes were on the events at Euro Bus Expo, Richard Walter took the opportunity to visit the UK home of Volvo Group in Warwick and see how it is driving […]

Two well-known names have a bright future ahead as part of an Employee Owned Trust, reports David Jordan On Sunday 27 October, the sale was completed of Eastern Transport Holdings Ltd, the parent company that […]

Jonathan Welch speaks to Stagecoach East about its membership of the Businesses Against Abuse partnership in Cambridgeshire, which goes much deeper than just a liveried bus I was in Cambridge for an entirely different reason, […]

The Traffic Commissioners’ annual report highlights a number of improvements in the delivery of their role but also that improvements are still required on both sides of the table The Traffic Commissioners have published their […]