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News that the coach industry in Scotland will benefit from almost £6m of support from the Scottish Government has been welcomed. The backing forms part of a wider £185m package for businesses that have been affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that was announced by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes MSP on 9 December.
Friday, 11 December 2020
BBC News
- London bus drivers in strike vote over payThe Unite union is to ballot its members after receiving
Financial Times
- Losses narrow at FirstGroup as demand in US risesBritish transport company remains in talks to sell North American business to pay down debt
Other Regional Press
- Arriva bus service changes in Nuneaton and HinckleyThey come into force in the New Year
Bus and Coach.com
- Transdev Witchway route gets ‘Sky Class’ Enviro400 fleetTransdev will launch 14 high-specification ‘Sky Class’ Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400s onto its Witchway service between Burnley and Manchester on Sunday 13 December. They represent an investment of £3.8m and will be operated by The Burnley Bus Company.
Coach and Bus Week
- Revitalising South YorkshireFirst’s operations in South Yorkshire are being reinvigorated, with the help of a new locally-derived image. Jonathan Welch speaks to Managing Director Nigel Eggleton to find out more
- The Coach Driver’s KnowledgeAlan Payling has a look through a new publication that will test how much the professional tour drivers in the industry really know about the country’s road network and its history
- Blazing aheadIn the first of a two-part interview, Blazefield co-founder Giles Fearnley speaks to Jonathan Welch about his life and times in the bus industry
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- 180 further ADL Enviro400ER ordered by Ireland’s NTAIreland’s National Transport Authority has ordered a further 180 zero-emission capable Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER double-deckers. The announcement was made when it unveiled the first of an initial batch of 100 of the type.
- Wish you could Hear postcard campaign engages with MPThe Wish you could Hear postcard campaign that aims to highlight the plight of the coach industry to elected representatives has succeeded in engaging with Morley and Outwood MP Andrea Jenkyns.
- £6m Scottish coach industry support package is welcomedNews that the coach industry in Scotland will benefit from almost £6m of support from the Scottish Government has been welcomed. The backing forms part of a wider £185m package for businesses that have been affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that was announced by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes MSP on 9 December.
- Electric water pump technology on hybrid and electric busesImperial Engineering explains the application of electric water pump technology being used in new hybrid and electric buses
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