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Financial

Budget: Fuel duty increase scrapped

While corporation tax also sees a reduction, budget seen as doing little to help the coach and bus industry The chancellor George Osborne has scrapped the fuel duty increase scheduled for September in the Budget […]

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Coach News

Obituary: Stephen Mayne

Stephen Mayne, owner of Warrington and Manchester-based Mayne Coaches, passed away on Saturday July 28, aged 62. Stephen, a long standing and active member of CPT and its predecessors, took over the familyrun Mayne Coaches […]

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News

CRB Portability in the Pipeline

After years of pressure from CPT and many other organisations, the Government has come up with a proposed way of ending pointless and repetitive Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks, which hit both operators and councils.

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News

Working time legislation passed

The government has passed legislation to enact the EU Directive which requires self employed drivers to limit their working time. The Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile transport […]

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Bus News

Stay of execution for Welsh bus funding

Carl Sargeant, Welsh Government Minister responsible for transport, met with representatives of the regional transport consortia and the bus industry in Wales to discuss a new formula for supporting bus services. The Minister has agreed […]