Staff Back Bluebird Bid

• The bid by management and staff at Bluebird Northern to buy their company as part of the Scottish Bus Group privatisation has received a boost, with a union vote in favour of......

Ambulances To The Rescue

• Wadham Stringer's bus sales have fallen by 20%, but its ambulance business has come to the rescue to boost predicted 1990 turnover past the 210m mark. In an interview with......

Europe Bound

• Slingsby-based j S Perry Sr Son has taken delivery of its first rear-engined Scania K93 Plaxton 3200 lowdriver Paramount coach.......

Disabled Buses

• London Transport is launching 11 wheelchairaccessible mobility bus services in Barking, Havering and Redbridge from 27 October.......

National Stagecoach

• Cardiff-based bus operator National Welsh is expected to be sold by the end of October — Stagecoach Holdings of Perth is a likely buyer.......

Recruiting Drive

III The Coach Operators Federation, which has about 80 members, mainly in the South West, hopes to more than double its membership to cover the entire country.......

Metro's Plaxton

▪ Metrobus of Orpington, Kent, has taken delivery of its first Plaxton-bodied vehicle — a 57-seater Plaxton Duple 321 on a 12m Leyland Tiger 250 automatic chassis.......

The Omni Grows An Axle

• City Vehicle Engineering has launched a larger tri-axle version of its Omni minibus. The prototype six-wheeler can carry 40 passengers including 11 standing. It is based on......

Nem Bucks The Trend

• I veco plans to launch its new Turbo City double-decker next year — just as the UK full-size bus market is expected to drop to an all-time low. Harry Chambers, Iveco's UK bus......