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Saturday, 29 August 2015

BBC News

• Bus service in Stanwell Moor reinstated after petitionA bus service has been reinstated after fears a village in north Surrey would be left isolated.

The Herald

• FirstGroup appoints new finance chiefFIRSTGROUP has appointed Matthew Gregory as its new chief financial officer. Mr Gregory currently holds the same role at specialist plastic, foam and fibre product supplier Essentra.

The York Press

• New York bus service attracts 35,000 people within weeks A NEW bus service was launched earlier this month in York has attracted more than 35,000 customers within weeks.

Plymouth Herald

• Massive Plymouth bus services shake-up: Stagecoach boss on jobs, routes and future plans Massive Plymouth bus services shake-up: Stagecoach boss on jobs, routes and future plans

Other Regional Press

• Routemaster buses take Imber visitors on journey back in time One of the Routemaster buses heading for Imber. In 2009, a group of bus industry professionals achieved a long standing ambition to run a vintage bus service from Warminster to the abandoned village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.
• New north Hull to Old Town bus service launched by Stagecoach A NEW bus service will launch next month to provide direct connections between the Old Town and north Hull.
• New £3.3m bus fleet in Norwich park and ride shake-upA major shake-up of Norwich’s park and ride service will be launched in just over a week, with bosses having spent £3.3m on a new fleet of buses.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Abellio announce investment following contract awardInvestment will be made in 10 new ADL Enviro 200 short single deck buses to run a contract which has been secured by Abellio London. In recent TfL tender awards Abellio has won route 367 which will start in March 2016 and operate from Beddington depot using the new buses. The 367 route runs between West Croydon and Bromley. Also in the tender awards, Abellio has successfully retained route 484 for a further five year term.  Again, the new contract will start in March 2016 and continue to operate from Walworth depot using existing vehicles. The 484 runs between Lewisham and Camberwell G...
• Robert Drewery appointed as Commercial Director of Optare Optare has announced the appointment of Robert Drewery as Commercial Director with effect from Monday 24 August 2015.  Robert has over 15 years of national and international sales and marketing experience gained within the bus and commercial vehicle industries at a senior level. Robert’s career in the commercial vehicle and bus industry started with Leyland Daf where he gained extensive experience in both sales and aftersales, followed by the role of business development director of the truck maintenance company, Pullman Fleet Services.   More recently Robert led the Wrightbu...

Other News Sources

• Stagecoach warning over bus franchisingBus franchising in England would cost too much money and undermine the advantages of competition, the chief executive of Stagecoach said on Friday.