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MAN open days in Manchester

MAN Truck & Bus UK has planned its annual open days event for the weekend of March 3 and 4 at its Manchester facility.

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Ghost The Musical gains new lead performers

A full recast of leading roles in the musical remake of Ghost The cast of Ghost The Musical is set to get a reshuffle, with Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans taking over the lead roles in the adaptation of the classic 1990 film. Siobhan Dillon was a finalist in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first reality TV [...]

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UK Coach Awards 2012 heat is on

New categories include Young Industry Professional and Making Coaches a Better Choice Nominations for the UK Coach Awards 2012 opened this week – which means coach operators and their customers can nominate people, companies and organisations who have excelled during the 2011 season. Entries will be accepted up to and including December 9, 2011, and [...]

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Governemnt unveils 11 more enterprise zones

The government has announced the second wave of enterprise zones, intended to kick-start the UK’s sluggish economy and create 30,000 jobs in high-tech industries by 2015. The first 10 zones located in English cities such as Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle were named in the spring, but a further 11 have now been added to the [...]

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Vehicles attacked in riots across England

Operations disrupted and vehicles destroyed in rioting Three vehicles were destroyed and others extensively damaged following rioting in London before disorder spread across cities in the Midlands and the north west of England, severely affecting operators. Rioting in Tottenham on Monday evening (August 8 ) spread to other areas of London and by Tuesday night [...]

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Manchester drunk driver sentenced

A Manchester bus driver who was almost three-times over the drink drive limit when he crashed his Plaxton President-bodied Volvo B7TL into a Manchester shop has been banned from driving. Paul Mullen had two passengers on board when he lost control of his route 118 bus in Crumpsall, hitting two vehicles before ploughing into a [...]

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    Best of Britain and Ireland (BoBi), Birmingham, 14th-15th March 2012

    Date: 14th-15th March 2012

    Location: NEC, Birmingham

    Contact: www.bestofbritainandirelandevent.co.uk

    Volvo Bus social evening in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust’s Warwickshire Appeal, Warwick, 15th March 2012

    Date: 15th March 2012

    Location: Century Court House, Warwick

    Contact: Call Pam Matthews 01926 414 553 or e-mail pam.matthews@volvo.com

    Leyland National 40th Anniversary, Warwick, 18th March 2012

    Date: 18th March 2012

    Location: Organised by the Leyland National Group, Nationals on static display and working in service.The British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland.

    Contact: www.leylandnationalgroup.co.uk