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Hookways owes £3.5m

Hookways formally went into liquidation on August 22 after a meeting with creditors. As reported in CBW998, the firm collapsed, with debts of £3.5m. Around 70 jobs have since been lost. Among its creditors are […]

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Costly changes

CPT has delivered provisional industry costing of a compliance assessment relating to a recent seatbelt consultation. The comments came after the association digested the Traffic Commissioners’ response to a government consultation on the issue. The […]

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O-Licence changes

The government consultation response on changes to operator licensing regulations has been welcomed by both the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA). The Department for Transport had previously said it […]

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Grey’s of Ely wins Google award

  Grey’s of Ely has been announced as a winner of a scheme to get small British businesses to increase online presence – The Financial Mail reported. The coach company won the Google initiative – entitled […]

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DVLA confirm new tachocard procedure

The DVLA have confirmed new procedures will apply to drivers requesting a replacement or duplicate driver tachocards because of a change of personal details or a lost/stolen card. Following discussions with the CPT, from September […]

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Rush hour road work consultation

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published draft guidance to councils outlining new schemes aimed at reducing the number of rush hour road works. Subject to DfT approval ‘lane rental’ schemes would be able to […]

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New vehicles for joint Scottish service

Five Scania Irizar i6 coaches for Scottish Citylink and West Coast Motors Five Scania Irizar i6 coaches are to begin serving passengers in Argyll following investment from Scottish Citylink and West Coast Motors. They will […]