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Technology

Greenroad Optimises Service With New Features

GreenRoad has announced further development of its GreenRoad 360 system. The company says the new functionality, incorporating modification, suggested by customer feedback, extends its ability to deliver significant fuel efficiencies and reductions in crash incidents. […]

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Business

Firms urged to hire UK unemployed

UK businesses should recruit more unemployed young Britons rather than relying on labour from abroad, the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith will say. In a speech to the Spanish Foundation for Analysis and […]

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Financial

Stagecoach reports profit increase

Preliminary annual results show company records passenger volume growth as fuel costs soar Stagecoach Group plc reported a sector-leading profit margin with operating profits growing 25% to £240.2m, with revenue growth in all bus divisions […]

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Drivers

Lothian health strategy rewarded

Lothian Buses’ Healthy Working  Lives strategy has resulted in the ompany achieving the coveted ronze Award for its commitment to staff health and welfare. Initiatives have included a regular Bike Clinic visits where staff could […]

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Drivers

Plaxton collector appeals for memorabilia

Plaxton collector appeals for memorabilia Mark Atkinson, a Stagecoach driver in Warwickshire is appealing to employees and ex-employees with any Plaxton memorabilia to donate to his collection. The 30 year old has preserved his Plaxton […]

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Tourism

Award for independent museum

Shakespeare Country has announced The Falstaff Experience Tudor World has beaten off illustrious competition to claim the Chiltern Railways Attraction of the Year Award. The recently re-invented museum hosts a Tudor World and the historically […]

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Tourism

VisitBritain: UK Tourism value to grow

A report has suggested the tourism industry’s contribution could increase by more than 60% to £188bn in ten years in the UK economy – BBC News reported. The VisitBritain-commissioned study said the number of jobs […]