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Introducing Ralph Roberts, CPT’s new President

February 04 2022

In this week’s blog post new CPT President Ralph Roberts writes about what he hopes to achieve over the next 12 months.

Growing domestic tourism

January 20 2022

In this week’s blog post Phil Smith, CPT’s Coaching Manager, writes about what attendees can expect to hear on the topic of domestic tourism at the UK Bus & Coach Conference.

Tackling recruitment challenges in the bus and coach sector

January 13 2022

Candice Mason from Masons Coaches is one of the expert speakers at this year’s UK Bus & Coach Conference, speaking in session 7 ‘Recruiting and retaining excellence within the bus and coach sector’.  In this week’s blog post Candice writes about what attendees can expect to hear during this session on recruitment.

Backhouse Jones: Headline sponsor of the UK Bus & Coach Conference

January 06 2022

Our first blog of 2022 is written by Backhouse Jones, headline sponsor of the UK Bus & Coach Conference 2022 taking place on 25 and 26 January.

2021 recap: A year in review

December 21 2021

In our final blog of the year, our Chief Executive Graham Vidler recaps the work CPT along with our members have done throughout the year, from publishing the coach strategy ‘Backing Britain’s Coaches’ to holding the first UK Bus & Coach Conference.

A recap of the decarbonising coaches event

December 16 2021

In this week’s blog post our Policy Manager Rebecca Kite recaps the decarbonising coach event that took place on 1 December, and what is next for CPT’s work on decarbonising coaches. 

Addressing barriers to financing zero emission coaches

November 24 2021

In this week’s blog post Lauren Pamma, Programme Director at Green Finance Institute and a speaker at our decarbonising coach event on 1 December, writes about the barriers operators face to transitioning to zero emission vehicles and how they could be tackled.

An opportunity to redesign the transport system

November 17 2021

Steven Meersman, one of the Founders of Zenobe, is speaking at CPT’s decarbonising coaches event on Wednesday 1 December, ‘Zero Emission Coaches: Turning Theory into Reality’. Here Steven writes for us about how we can redesign and decarbonise the transport system.

Coach travel is a crucial part of the journey to net zero

November 03 2021

In this week’s blog post our Coaching Manager Phil Smith writes about the huge benefits we will see if we have more people travelling by coach, and what the industry needs in order to play its full role.