Blogs

From surviving to thriving: our ticket to recovery

Giles Fearnley, Managing Director of First Bus, reflects on 48 years in the bus industry ahead of his retirement this month.

Chalkwell Coaches: Roland Eglinton on adapting to change

Roland Eglinton, Managing Director at Chalkwell Coaches, recaps for CPT the impact of the pandemic on Chalkwell Coaches and adapting to tackle new challenges. Roland is also CPT London and South East Regional representative for Coach Commission.

John Pockett: Wales update

This week’s blog post is an update from CPT Cyrmu Director John Pockett. John recaps the impact of Covid-19 on buses and coaches in Wales, and what might be next for the industries.

Vice-Chair writes: We are united in the passion for our industry

Following on from yesterday’s blog from the Chair of Coach Commission, our new Vice-Chair Kathryn Pulham writes about staying united as an industry, promoting the unique contributions of coach to the UK, and offers some advice to CPT members.

Chair of Coach Commission writes: We must stay passionate about our industry

Britannia Bus: Now is the time for a bus renaissance

Derek Taylor, Director of Britannia Bus, writes a guest blog post for CPT about the impact of Covid-19 on Britannia Bus services and operations, working collaboratively with passengers, and challenges facing the bus industry going forwards.

A breath of fresh air for Southampton

Andrew Wickham, Managing Director of Go South Coast, writes our third clean air themed blog for Clean Air Day, all about Bluestar’s fleet of air filtering buses that are cleaning Southampton’s air.

Driving towards cleaner air

Our fourth clean air themed blog is by Natalie Littlehales, senior campaigns manager for National Express West Midlands and Coventry. Natalie writes about National Express’ commitments to improving air quality, and how now is the chance to make things better.

The partnership panacea; how effective relationships are the key to unlocking cleaner air

Marc Reddy, Managing Director of First Hampshire, Dorset and Berkshire, writes our fifth clean air themed blog about the importance of partnership working to improve air quality, and that we must remember bus is part of the solution.