Award-winning operator Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company saw profits fall during the year ended 27 June 2009, according to its annual accounts. Results were affected by the onset of the recession and changes in traffic patterns following the introduction of England-wide free concessionary travel in April 2008. Turnover in the business rose by [...]

continue reading.....

Bus operator Stagecoach Manchester saw a significant improvement in performance during the year to 30 April 2009, according to its annual accounts, recording an increase of more than 40% in operating and pre-tax profits. Strong double digit revenue growth resulting from both volume increases and acquisitions took total turnover to £92.6m, and in the process [...]

continue reading.....

Dear Mr Hammond First of all, congratulations on your appointment as Secretary of State for Transport, and at the same time commiserations on missing out on the Chief Secretaryship at the Treasury. I am sure that the Treasury job might have been more to your taste, but transport will be no less demanding and, on [...]

continue reading.....

One of the joys of living in Worcester is the fact that we have the world’s oldest extant newspaper, Berrow’s Journal – established 1690. Which means that the “from our files” column usually gets back to 1760 (publication and indeed filing was a bit erratic in the first 50 years). The current edition (click here [...]

continue reading.....