News
VOSA fee changes out
Revised fees for annual PCV and HGV testing and operator licensing will come into effect on April 1. For the third year running, VOSA is not applying any general increase to most statutory fees.
Bus News
Scottish minister ‘irresponsible’ over BSOG
CPT Scotland has asked the Scottish Government to reconcile the sizeable reduction on BSOG for urban operators and its claim that a 1% fares increase would suffice, which it describes as “irresponsible”, and is awaiting […]
News
MAN open days in Manchester
MAN Truck & Bus UK has planned its annual open days event for the weekend of March 3 and 4 at its Manchester facility.
Bus News
Volvo launches health check service
Volvo Bus has launched a check-up service called TechTool to ensure operators’ vehicles remain healthy and is offering a 50% discount. The health check is carried out by a master technician at Volvo’s dealerships, but […]
Bus News
MAN gas bus viable option, says Reading
“MAN really does seem to have cracked it,” says James Freeman, CEO of Reading Buses Reading Transport has said its CNG-powered MAN EcoCity demonstrator is a “perfectly feasible” option on its urbanintensive Reading Buses operation, […]
News
Bob Hind to retire as Arriva Midlands MD
Bob Hind, managing director at Arriva Midlands, will step down at the end of July after 44 years in the bus industry, 28 of which were at managing director level. Starting his career as a […]
Bus News
£20.5m earmarked for hydrogen buses in Aberdeen
Aberdeen city councillors have unanimously agreed to support a multi-million pound European project to introduce hydrogen buses to the area. The council expects the Strategic European Hydrogen Transport Projects will stimulate further innovative hydrogen technology […]
Bus News
Miliband: Reduce bus fares to help unemployed youth
A commission chaired by Labour MP David Miliband has claimed bus fares need to be reduced for youths in rural areas in order to tackle unemployment. The Commission on Youth Unemployment is urging the government […]
Coach News
Coventry wins CPT Coach Friendly status
Coventry is fourth local authority in West Midlands to be awarded the status Coventry was awarded Coach Friendly Status by the CPT at its West Midlands region’s annual dinner and awards ceremony on Friday (February […]
Coach News
New Beulas Jewel for UK
Beulas S.A. is pleased to announce the development of the Jewel double deck model in right-hand drive format for the UK market. The Beulas family commented: “Working closely with our UK dealer BASE Ltd we […]
