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Friday, 05 August 2022

Birmingham Post

• Aviva announces one-off payment to staff and removes car park charges as cost of living crisis bites'We hope this one-off payment goes some way to helping a large number of our colleagues this winter'

Bucks Free Press

• New bus service from High Wycombe to Marlow proposed as film studio protests continueRecent protests against the proposed plans for a new film studio next to Westhorpe junction centered around potential traffic problems the development could bring.

Other Regional Press

• New Aberdeen to Glasgow bus service set to be launched with tickets costing 99pA new Aberdeen bus service to Glasgow is set to be launched next week, with tickets costing as little as 99p. The buses will be run by German company FlixBus, one of Europe's leading coach companies.
• TfL system for Essex would transform local bus services, council chief saysBus services will improve if Essex gets the same powers similar to Transport for London, the leader of the county council has said. Councillor Kevin Bentley told Essex County Council’s Corporate Policy and Scrutiny Committee on July 28 bus timetables could be co-ordinated centrally should more devolution come to the county.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Yellow Buses to close as NatEx in for Yellow CoachesBournemouth Transport Ltd, which trades as Yellow Buses, will end the operation of all services beyond Thursday 4 August after administrator Milsted Langdon was unable to find a buyer for the troubled business. 
• Team Pennine marks positive first year under TransdevTransdev Blazefield has marked the first anniversary of its Team Pennine operation – the former Yorkshire Tiger business – by announcing that it has invested £2.5m so far in overhauling the undertaking “with more to come.” 
• ‘Wake up call’ for coach industry via consumer researchInsurance broker McCarron Coates has issued what it calls as “a wake-up call” to the coach industry via the publication of findings from consumer research that it commissioned. Those results suggest that the sector should alter its marketing strategies “and align itself with what the current customer wants if it is to survive,” the supplier claims.
• HCT Group seeks to terminate operations in YorkshireHCT Group is seeking to terminate its operations in Yorkshire, the transport social enterprise has announced. It has blamed difficult trading conditions and rising costs for the decision.

Other News Sources

• Transforming transport in the Liverpool City Region through the Green Bus Routes programmeMatt Goggins, Assistant Director for Bus at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, provides Intelligent Transport with exclusive insight into the region’s Green Bus Routes programme, which is set to better prioritise buses; significantly improve the passenger experience; and encourage modal shift.
• Council working to save bus routes following more cutsNorth Somerset Council is looking at ways to continue local services in response to the latest announcement of further cuts proposed by commercial bus company First.