Britain’s small and medium-sized bus operators face huge challenges but there is positivity ahead of next week’s ALBUM Conference in Blackpool

 
Bus use is back to 75% of pre-Covid levels in Blackpool

 
While acknowledging the huge challenges their sector faces, there is optimism among Britain’s small and medium-sized bus companies ahead of next week’s ALBUM Conference in Blackpool.

Bill Hiron, chair of the ALBUM group of independent and municipal operators, believes that smaller operators may benefit as big groups leave peripheral areas.

You could get very depressed about the state of the SME sector, but on the other hand there are huge opportunities out there

“You could get very depressed about the state of the SME sector, but on the other hand there are huge opportunities out there,” he told The ALBUM Report 2022, which accompanies this edition of Passenger Transport.

Meanwhile, Jane Cole, managing director of Blackpool Transport, which is hosting this year’s ALBUM Conference, forecasts “a really prosperous and interesting future” for her company.

 
This article appears in the latest issue of Passenger Transport.

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