Welcome to The ALBUM Report 2023, a publication from Passenger Transport devoted to Britain’s independent and municipal bus companies. Returning for a seventh year, this year’s report also incorporates the Conference Workbook for the 2023 ALBUM Conference, hosted by Lothian Buses in Edinburgh on April 25-26. We hope you find it an interesting read and we welcome all feedback. …
Hexagon Leasing has hired Richard McCarthy as its Used Vehicle Sales Manager to help build the company’s share of the used commercial vehicle market. Richard has almost two decades of industry experience and most recently worked in Used Commercial Vehicle Sales at Ryder Ltd. He starts his new role at Hexagon this week. Alan Ellison, CEO of Hexagon Leasing added:…
PML, the leading supplier of world-class logistics and supply chain solutions is celebrating the success of its SNAP Parking facility at the company’s transport and logistics hub in Lympne, Kent. Since the company joined the scheme at the end of March 2022, there has been a steady increase in the number of lorries booking in to use the safe and…
Decentralised polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser technology could address the lack of hydrogen refilling stations across Europe ahead of the deadline to end fossil fuel truck sales by 2040. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has urged the UK Government to set out plans for HGV hydrogen refilling stations, as the logistics and transportation sectors strive to cut…
A major campaign is targeting cities with high student populations to raise awareness of the wide range of career opportunities the logistics sector has to offer. Generation Logistics, which is the brainchild of Logistics UK and CILT and sponsored by businesses from across the logistics sector, is launching a major advertising campaign using posters in bus shelters, shopping centres and…
Fleet leasing provider Novuna Vehicle Solutions is planning to open an electric vehicle (EV) charging forecourt for cars and vans – a first for the UK’s contract hire and leasing industry. Novuna Vehicle Solutions manages over 140,000 vehicles across the UK and Europe, ranging from cars and vans to HGVs and specialised assets. It has a target to fully electrify…