Recent content by Cesarcollie

Yes I agree. However the point I was making is that when an Employer provides uniform as is normally the case, the garments have to include a company logo or a ‘tax tag’ (a small tag which contains the name or logo) otherwise HMRC takes the view they could be worn for personal use, and thus...

sorry I wasn’t referring to PPE - just uniform clothing.

Agree, but the problem can also be solved by increased/extended congestion charge, workplace parking levies, road user charging and similar measures. These not only change the balance of costs between private and public transport, but provide a revenue stream to invest in public transport etc.

I believe to be tax exempt it should carry at the very least a small tag with company logo or name.

Only if reimbursement keeps up with costs. Which currently it doesn’t.

Norfolk are better but of course they did get huge slug of (original) BSIP funding which Suffolk didn’t. They have used it well though - and achieved a lot of sensible ‘wins’.

NX carry out regular and pretty strict audits of engineering standards on all their contracted operators - somewhat stricter than DVSA.

I don’t think they offer a single deck either.

Scania no longer offer a DD chassis for the UK market.

I can’t say that matches our experience with ADL support as a general rule.

Hardly. There are loads of diesel buses still in service built before 2010!

It‘s a private members bill. Only becomes a ‘law change’ if it‘s passed. It won’t be. There is no money.

i believe the NCT ones have cantilever seats - easier cleaning and no poles to go rusty where they meet the floor.

And it is also true to say that in some cases the sign displayed - whether for weight, width, or other restrictions, doesn’t actually reflect the traffic order which gives it the legal weight. So I have come across signs where the generic version is displayed, but actually buses are exempted. If...

Indeed. But it doesn’t say anything about a ‘requirement’ for any size of settlement to have a bus service 7 days a week!