Heath Williams has been appointed as Managing Director of Ipswich Buses – taking over from the operator’s interim Managing Director, Rob Bellamy. Rob has led the company since December 2016, overseeing a full review of […]
More details have been confirmed about the ongoing Newbury Bus Station work. As reported last week (CBW1340), no excursion coach boarding, alighting or layover facilities will be available at the Wharf during the construction of […]
Dualling of the A1 in Northumberland is set to start in 2019/20 – according to a parliamentary written answer. Ian Lavery (Labour, Wansbeck), asked the Secretary of State for Transport what the timetable is for […]
Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire has announced that its annual depot open day is to take place on May 26 this year at its Lillyhall depot in West Cumbria. In addition to preserved buses, a […]
Operation Torque, an initiative set up by officers at Redbridge Police Station in Southampton to tackle motorcycle nuisance, has teamed up with First Bus and BlueStar buses. PC Simon Peacock, the officer who set up […]
Apollo Global Management has withdrawn its takeover bid for FirstGroup. The board of FirstGroup said it had received two ‘preliminary and highly conditional’ indicative proposals from Apollo relating to a possible cash offer for the […]
Rotala PLC has secured an eight-figure revolving credit facility from its new banking partner, HSBC. The company said it will use 15% of the funding to acquire a number of transport depots across the UK, […]
Hunters Auto Electrical Engineering (HAEE) has announced the introduction of a new all-in-one bus immobiliser and security system. Branded Busstop Immobiliser, the Hampshire-based firm said the system is ‘simple yet smart’ – and is designed […]
The Campaign for Better Transport (CfBT) has said that serious and urgent measures need to be taken by national Government and local authorities to reduce local transport emissions to help improve air pollution, following a […]
A bus operator which failed to auto enrol its staff into a company pension scheme has had its operator’s licence cut from 40 to 31 vehicles indefinitely. Traffic Commissioner (TC) for the North West of […]
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