Women in Bus and Coach visit Parliament
Event at House of Commons saw industry leaders and MPs from all parties hear from members, supporters and allies of the new national initiative Members, supporters, and allies of the ‘Women in Bus and Coach’ initiative in Parliament last week Women in Bus and Coach, the initiative to support women in the bus...
Transport operators seek to ‘break the bias’
Bus and rail providers marked International Women’s Day this week with new research, podcasts, films and operation of an all-female bus route Stagecoach ran an all-female driver bus route in Ayrshire to mark International Women’s Day The passenger transport sector celebrated its female talent this week in aid of International Women’s Day on...
New faces at Stagecoach South
Operator announces new appointments within its management team Paul Denne, Stagecoach South’s Engineering Manager for Andover and Winchester is to retire Stagecoach South has announced a number of new appointments within its bus business which serves Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex. Katie Wagstaff is appointed operations manager in Basingstoke. Wagstaff began her career...
Laura Shoaf chairs Urban Transport Group
West Midlands transport chief is new chair of Urban Transport Group Laura Shoaf Laura Shoaf, managing director of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), has been named as the new chair of the Urban Transport Group. Shoaf, who was previously vice-chair, has over 20 years’ experience leading in urban transport planning in the UK...
New faces join Trentbarton
Key appointments in commercial operations and marketing and communications Matt Holton and Ross Hitchcock have joined Trentbarton Two key managers have joined bus operator Trentbarton to lead the bus company’s commercial operations and its marketing and communications. Ross Hitchcock has joined as commercial manager and Matt Holton is the marketing and communications manager....
First Bus names new West of England MD
Former Addison Lee director to succeed James Freeman Doug Claringbold First West of England has announced that Doug Claringbold will succeed James Freeman as managing director of the company when Freeman retires on March 31. Claringbold bas a background in the ground transport sector and was latterly global services director at London-based PHV...
