Bus and Coach

A new swathe of 77 Tech Levels have been announced by government today with the aim of providing young people with better vocational training and industry with more skills to draw on. Designed to be on a par with A…

Apprenticeships are going strong and with more backing than ever from government and business their contribution to industry and the wider economy is set to increase even further. Transport News Brief talked Lord Digby Jones, a standard-bearer for the vocational…

News from the IRTE: This summer’s IRTE Skills Challenge is gathering steam as eight new bus and coach operators rise to the challenge. The IRTE Skills Challenge aims to find the best mechanical, electrical and bodywork technicians in the bus and…

Demand for commercial vehicles rose across Europe for the six month in a row in February according to new figures from trade body ACEA. Total registrations for the period were up by 13.7% to 125,241 units. Spain recorded the biggest…

Officials from the European Commission have swooped on several exhaust manufacturers in the EU over concerns of cartels, restrictive business practices and/or the abuse of dominant market positions. Commission officials making the unannounced inspections were accompanied by counterparts from relevant…

News from Catapult: Thames Valley accountants and business advisers James Cowper has been appointed auditors to the Transport Systems Catapult, a technology and innovation centre dedicated to the development and commercial exploitation of efficient transport systems that are essential to the…

Details on the extra grants announced in the Budget for businesses recruiting apprentices have been released. An extra £170 million is being made available for Apprenticeship Grants for Employers (AGE) in total, half for 2014-2015 and the remainder for the…

News from Volvo: London-based sightseeing tour operator Golden Tours has taken delivery of a further ten new Volvo B9TL open top buses with MCV bodywork to add to the six vehicles already delivered in 2013. “This is particularly pleasing repeat business…

National Express is reported to be taking 600 buses from Alexander Dennis in a deal worth £100 million over the next five years. The contract follows January’s announced from Firstgroup that it was making its biggest order of 426 vehicles…

Chancellor George Osborne delivered what he described as a ‘budget for the makers, the doers, and the savers’ this week with measures designed to boost manufacturing and export. Industry is at the heart of economic recovery he told the House…