Testing time ahead for new BCC president
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ONE of the most lively and interesting terms of office for a president of the Bus and Coach Council will be experienced by Stuart Appleby. He has been elected to the position for 198495, the year which will see the passage of the buses deregulation legislation through Parliament.
In addition to his roles first as vice-president and now president of the BCC, Mr Appleby is a director of Appleby Coaches of Conisholme, the business started by his grandfather, William Appleby in 1914. He was also chairman of BCC's independent sector in 1981-82 and has been chairman of the council's Annual Coaching Symposium since it started eight years ago.
Looking ahead to his year in office, Mr Appleby said: "Despite the problems which are posed by the White Paper Buses I feel BCC members should be objective and work towards the better aspects of it, rather than away from it. I am sure that if they do that the industry will have a future ..."
Four vice-presidents, representing each of the four sectors of the council, have also been elected. They are: James Issac, director general, West Midlands
Passenger Transport Executive, representing the transport executive sector; Hubert Allen, chairman and general manager of Yelloway Motor Services, Rochdale (independent sector); Charles Evans, director of public transport for Lothian Regional Transport (local authority sector); and Irwin Dalton, an executive member of the National Bus Company board, representing the nationalised sector.