Useful links

	The Association of Trainers The main purpose of the Association is to gather together interested professional trainers seeking to provide quality driver CPC training through pooled resources with a view to setting, developing and improving standards for the delivery of this vital mandatory training.
	Bonded Coach Holidays (BCH) The Bonded Coach Holidays Scheme is approved by the Department of Trade and Industry as satisfying the requirements of the Package Travel Regulations. Customers who book a holiday covered by the scheme have protection for the money they paid for their holiday if it has not yet occurred, and for completion their holiday or repatriation if it has already started.
	Brake Brake is a national road safety charity with two aims: To prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for improvements to road safety, and to care for people who are bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services.
	Bus Appeals Body (BAB) The Bus Appeals Body is a non-statutory committee offering an independent review of complaints arising from the operation of local bus and scheduled coach services. It aims to improve relationships between bus and coach passengers and operators by focusing attention on causes of dissatisfaction and the procedures for handling complaints, and encouraging good practice.
	Bus and Coach, the Smart Move! Buses and coaches are an integral part of public transport and travel and key elements in a sustainable transport system. Every year, buses and coaches around the world bring passengers safe and sound to their intended destinations with the lowest impact on the environment of all transport modes.
	BUSK BUSK specialises in the safe transportation of children and young people and is the only organisation of it's kind in the UK. Apart from the work that BUSK does, our sister company Belt Up School Kids runs safety campaigns and actively works to promote safer practices for the most vulnerable road passengers to include children and adults with SEN or who are required to travel in a vehicle in their wheelchair.
	BusPartnership.com CPT and pteg have built www.buspartnership.com to help operators and local transport authorities make the best use of the exciting new opportunities the Act opens up on voluntary and statutory quality partnerships.
	Bus Users UK Bus Users UK, formerly known as NFBU, is an independent group which was formed to give bus passengers a voice. They have the ear of all the major bus companies and a lot of the smaller ones too, of their trade organisation and of the Government and local authorities.
	Coach Drivers Club (CDC) The Coach Drivers Club offers its members a way of communicating with each other and a voice that others in the business get to hear. Around 3,000 members enjoy being kept up to date through the pages of CDC News, through our website forum and on the telephone and email with the CDC team.
	CoachMarque CoachMarque is the only universally recognised kite mark of quality in the UK coach industry. It is concerned with all aspects of the business and not just the the coach itself. All CoachMarque companies operate to a strict set of criteria and are regularly assessed by an independent third party to ensure compliance with the highest standards of operation.
	Department for Transport (DfT) The Department for Transport's aim is transport that works for everyone. This means a transport system which balances the needs of the economy, the environment and society. The Department for Transport provides leadership across the transport sector to achieve its objectives, working with regional, local and private sector partners to deliver many of the services.
	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT). The Agency is accountable to the Secretary of State and Ministers and, through them, to Parliament and the public, for efficient and effective management of the Agency and its responsibilities.
	Driving Standards Agency (DSA) The Agency's vision is 'Safe Driving for Life'. The primary aim is to promote road safety through improving driving standards and to test drivers, motorcyclists and driving instructors fairly and efficiently through the theory and practical driving tests.
	Greener Journeys Greener Journeys is an initiative of the UK Bus & Coach Industry aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from transport by delivering unprecedented modal shift from the car.
	Health and Safety Executive (HSE) HSE's job is to protect people against risks to health or safety arising out of work activities. This is done through research, information and advice, promoting training, new or revised regulations and codes of practice, inspection, investigation and enforcement.
	Highways Agency The Highways Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), and is responsible for operating, maintaining and improving the strategic road network in England on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. We have a major role in delivering the Government's Ten Year Plan for Transport.
	Home Office The Home Office is the government department responsible for leading the national effort to protect the public from terrorism, crime and anti-social behaviour.
	International Road Transport Union (IRU) The IRU, through its national associations, represents the entire road transport industry world-wide. It speaks for the operators of coaches, taxis and trucks, from large transport fleets to driver-owners. In all international bodies that make decisions affecting road transport, the IRU acts as the industry's advocate.
	International Union of Public Transport (UITP) UITP is the international organisation for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry.
	Journey Solutions Journey Solutions is a partnership of Britain's bus and train operating companies. It aims to improve and promote better integration between transport modes, particularly bus and train services.
	Nationwide Coach Assitance (NCA) Nationwide Coach Assistance Ltd (NCA Ltd) was established in 2001 to provide coach operators with a dedicated complete One Stop Shop type service to respond to your entire breakdown needs.
	Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) Operating from within the National Archives, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is at the heart of information policy, setting standards, delivering access and encouraging the re-use of public sector information.
	PLUSBUS PLUSBUS is a discount price ticket for unlimited bus travel around town (like a "bus pass") that you buy with your train ticket. Bus travel can be at the start, the finish or both ends of your train journey.
	Road Operators' Safety Council (ROSCO) Inaugurated in 1955, the aims and objectives of the Road Operators' Safety Council (ROSCO) are to promote among owners and operators of road transport vehicles and their employees, measures to prevent accidents and encourage safety on the road.
	Sustainable Leisure Travel Network The Sustainable Leisure Travel Network brings together professionals, pooling their expertise and experience to make leisure travel more sustainable. We seek practical and grounded solutions to protect the local and global natural environment, bring vitality to local economies and extend opportunities for health and recreation to all sections of the community.
	Traffic Commissioners The seven Traffic Commissioners are appointed by the Secretary of State for the Transport and have responsibility in their area for the licensing of the operators of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and of buses and coaches (Public Service Vehicles or PSVs), the registration of local bus services, granting vocational licences and taking action against drivers of HGVs and PSVs.
	Transport for London (TfL) Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. The role of TfL is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London.
	UK Bus Awards The UK Bus Awards scheme was founded as the Bus Industry Awards in 1996, and rebranded in 2005. They are organised and run by The Bus Industry Awards Limited, a not-for-dividend company which works with a Management Committee of industry stakeholders to devise and mount the scheme, now in its 13th year.
	Vehicle and Operator Services (VOSA) The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) provides a range of licensing, testing and enforcement services with the aim of improving the roadworthiness standards of vehicles ensuring the compliance of operators and drivers, and supporting the independent Traffic Commissioners.
	Yellow School Bus Commission The Yellow School Bus Commission has been established to examine and quantify the environmental, social, educational, time and cost benefits of a nationwide network of dedicated home to school transport.It has reviewed the yellow school bus initiatives already operating in the Britain, as well as examining the North American delivery model.