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Friday, 07 August 2020

Other Regional Press

• Harrogate Bus Company in running for top award for ‘Clean, Safe, Ready to Go’ campaignHarrogate Bus Company's boss says the firm is 'delighted to be to rubbing shoulders with the biggest names in British retail' for a top award.

Coach and Bus Week

• Transdev customers ready to return to the busA poll of almost 1,000 Transdev customers, including commuters, shoppers and leisure travellers, has revealed that the majority are keen to return to using the bus.
• Reading Buses Chief Engineer confident industry will bounce backBill Gough, Reading Buses’ new Chief Engineer, has spoken out about the unprecedented challenges brought by the coronavirus crisis, adding that he is ‘fully confident’ the bus industry will emerge stronger and more resilient.
• Solaris to deliver first electric school busThe first electric school bus in Poland will carry children to classes in Godzianów near Łódź. With a purchase subsidised by NFOŚiGW (the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management), Solaris will supply the green school bus to the Municipality of Godzianów in October.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Doncaster Clever Buses mark start of First’s South Yorkshire overhaulFirst South Yorkshire has taken the initial step towards turning around its business with the introduction of the Clever Buses brand in Doncaster.
• Broad horizons for The Big Lemon with launch of new coach companyBrighton-based community transport provider The Big Lemon yesterday (4 August) announced the launch of its new international coach outfit, Brighton Horizon Coaches, at its seafront home.
• Jane Reakes-Davies appointed as Managing Director for First CymruFirst Bus has named Jane Reakes-Davies as the Managing Director (MD) for First Cymru. She will take up the role permanently from 1 August. Jane was most recently Head of Human Resources for First Bus in the South of England, Wales and Ireland before filling the role of MD on an interim basis.

Other News Sources

• Pupils face school bus ban if masks not wornChildren face being turned away from school buses if they do not wear face masks under new rules introduced by East Lothian Council.
• The changes TfL has made after disabled London bus passengers 'were left humiliated’ by card reader problemsDisabled bus passes from outside London are frequently not recognised by the card readers on the capital's buses