Coach News

An excellent award ceremony

The ninth annual UK Coach Awards were presented before an audience of 250 at Manchester’s Mercure Piccadilly Hotel on the evening of Thursday May 4. CBW was happy to support the event. While Scottish firm […]

Bus News

Lights, cameras and action

The passenger sector operator had plenty to see at the 2017 Commercial Vehicle Show, reports Richard Simpson The main talking point for visitors from the passenger sector at the Commercial Vehicle Show 2017 was to […]

Features

Tidy Friday

Stagecoach East Midlands hosted an innovative launch event in partnership with the charity, Keep Britain Tidy. The operator held a competition inviting Skegness children to design the livery of the new eco-aware bus. Elizabeth Howlett […]

News Focus

Celebrating Success

Last week marked the 10th annual National Apprentices Week in England. The campaign, themed ‘Ladder of Opportunity’ celebrated the success of apprentices over the past decade. Last week saw 530 events take place encouraging people […]

News Focus

Top drivers

Gareth Evans reports on National Express’ inaugural UK Coach Driver of the Year competition, held Rockingham Races, Corby – with a stringent criteria – including 100% attendance and zero customer complaints for a 12-month period […]

Features

Debatable changes

Gareth Evans shares highlights of last week’s five-hour debate in the House of Commons on the Second Reading of the Bus Services Bill, discussing not only familiar arguments but also changes made to the legislation […]

Bus News

What the future holds

James Day reports from the 2017 UK Bus Summit, with the congestion topic and the health of the industry dominating an event with a standout line-up of top directors, politicians and industry bodies The UK […]

Features

Little & Often

In a trade press exclusive, Gareth Evans reports on Stagecoach’s innovative new high-frequency, quality minibus service, branded little & often, which is to be launched in Ashford on February 11 When Stagecoach announced in its […]