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Saturday, 25 June 2016

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Contactless payment set-up hits the streets with flagship 36 bus serviceBUS users will now find it easier than ever to get a ticket to ride on a flagship service in Yorkshire.

Other Regional Press

• Bus drivers strike set to go into second week - but which services will be running? A BUS operator has announced extra services as a driver strike goes into a second week.

Bus and Coach.com

• Thamesdown doubles the number of buses with wi-fi

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• TAS shines spotlight on fostering new wave of managersDepot manager training launched for bus & coach industry The TAS Partnership is again breaking new ground by introducing a qualification, to foster the talent of depot and middle managers in the bus and coach industry, to CILT’s training portfolio.  This is the second of three courses which TAS is devising. The first, Level 3 Certificate in Road Passenger First Line Management, is aimed at developing drivers and technicians to become supervisors and junior leaders, and was launched in 2015.   The new, follow-on Level 5 Certificate in Road Passenger Transport Management p...