Features

Acquisitions need planning

Businesses grow for a number of different reasons. The question is, however, which route to follow: organic or acquisitive growth? The latter offers plenty of traps for the unwary.  Adam Bernstein outlines what firms need […]

Features

Economy class

Nick Larkin reports on the latest developments at Seaford & District, which is once again operating its 124 Lewes to Eastbourne heritage route A bus operator has praised the economy of classic vehicles, after an […]

Features

Are you really coach friendly?

An increasing number of destinations and visitor attractions are becoming officially ‘Coach Friendly’. Good news then for operators planning day trips and tours. But as coach tourism specialist Stuart Render explains, that’s only part of […]

Bus News

Bright ideas from Big Lemon

Tom Druitt, Managing Director of The Big Lemon, speaks to James Day about the operator’s vision for a fully sustainably-powered and community focused bus network With its crowd-funded electric vehicles powered entirely by the energy […]

Features

Compliance experts

Keith Parry, National Business Development Manager at Lloyd Morgan Group talks to John Lewis about the broad portfolio of services his company can provide to help operators How confident are you that your firm is […]

Coach News

True dedication

In the 65 years since it began operating, Truemans Coaches has seen a great deal of change – both within the company and in the industry as a whole. Managing Director Richard Trueman and General […]

Features

Power to connect

Oxford Bus Company’s innovative new ride-sharing service is called PickMeUp. Andy Izatt went to the launch last Thursday   Oxford Bus Company has launched what it describes as an ‘intelligent’ algorithm-based, on-demand, ride-sharing service called […]

Bus News

Working as one

Go-Ahead London Operations Director, David Cutts has been in the industry for over 30 years. He had this experience of working in London to draw on when he went out to guide Go-Ahead Singapore in […]