This past June (2015) a group of students boarded a double-decker bus on the way to Abbey College in Ramsey. Much to their surprise, driving the bus was fellow student Sam Dew, representing the fourth generation of the Dew family to drive for Dews Coaches. At just 18, Sam is among the youngest drivers in […]

Possessing a bus driving licence means you qualify to safely and competently operate a bus on public roads. It does not necessarily mean that you are the best driver in the industry. To find that out, drivers compete in the annual Bus Driver of the Year competition in a bid to win the title and […]

There remains a lot of confusion about the PSV licence, despite the fact that it was technically abolished in 1992. The public service vehicle licence was the forerunner to today’s passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) licence; both licences are essentially identical. Any professional driver who earned a PSV prior to 1992 may still be working under […]

We talk a lot about the HGV driver shortage in our regular blog posts. Yet the same shortage threatening the haulage industry is also biting at the heels of the transport industry. Companies desperate for coach and bus drivers are finding they just cannot fill open positions fast enough. According to one source, a more […]

Yesterday’s blog post featured the story of a Nottingham bus driver who had, after a year of unemployment, finally found his dream job driving for Nottingham City Transport. We want to follow that post today by addressing the often-confusing question of minibus licence requirements. Whenever we publish a post such as we did yesterday, we […]

Have you ever dreamed of piloting a double-decker bus through the streets of London or one of the UK’s other major cities? If so, bus driver training can help you land your dream job, the same way it helped Nottingham bus driver Les Roome. The award-winning driver was recently profiled by the Nottingham Post leading […]

The UK seems to be in a bit of a flux insofar as bus service is concerned. Major cities are attempting to expand service as a means of reducing both traffic congestion and emissions while rural areas are desperately clamouring for more service. Bus companies would like to increase routes in some regions, but there […]

FirstGroup, the UK transportation giant and FTSE 250 company known for its immense bus fleet, plans to spend upwards of £73 million on more than 350 new, environmentally-friendly buses. Although their purchase plans will not necessarily change bus driver training or hiring, the news is still welcome to the industry as a whole. FirstGroup’s commitment […]

If you’ve been looking for a creative way to get to the annual Glastonbury Festival without driving your own car or taking the train, you could always become a PCV driver and then join a bus company servicing the festival with coaches. In all seriousness, working as a driver would not allow you to stay […]

A couple of months ago, we brought you the story of the UK’s first ‘poo bus’ powered by biomethane gas. The unique bus operates in Bristol powered by fuel made partly from human waste and raw sewage. Not to be outdone, Reading Buses has thrown down the gauntlet by way of setting a new land […]