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Good News Blog: 19 year-old passes bus driver test

October 21 2022

With CPT launching its Thank You Driver bus and coach driver recruitment campaign this week, it is great to hear about 19-year-old Hannah Samways from Poole, who has passed her bus driving test with Morebus. 

Good News Blog: Praise for bus driver who assisted a teenage passenger who suffered a seizure

October 14 2022

Stagecoach Strathtay bus driver Andrew Robertson has been praised for his quick-thinking after a teenage passenger from Forfar suffered a seizure. 

Good News Blog: East Yorkshire Bus drivers marry in York

September 09 2022

Two bus drivers from CPT members East Yorkshire Buses, who met while working as keyworkers during the first lockdown, have got married in York.

Good News Blog: East Lothian bus driver hailed a hero

September 08 2022

A bus driver from CPT members East Lothian buses has been hailed a hero by a blind man, after the bus driver stopped to help him cross the road. 

Good News Blog: Driver celebrates four decades with National Express

August 19 2022

"It's wonderful to have driven so many people and to have made so many friends over the years. It's been a great privilege,” says Havertfordwest bus driver Brent Humphries who has been with National Express for four decades.

Adaptability is the Industry's Strength

August 05 2022

In this guest blog, CPT's Chairman and Managing Director of Go-Ahead’s regional bus business, Martin Dean reflects on the bus and coach sector's adaptability. 

Good News Blog: Alan Cunliffe

August 05 2022

Alan Cunliffe is a City Red driver at First Bus’s Southampton depot, having joined in January 2016. In April, Alan went above and beyond in the care of one of his passengers when someone suddenly became ill on his bus.

Safety – how technology is playing its part in passenger transport

April 26 2022

Gerard van Houten, Regional Director for EMEA at Seeing Machines, writes about the emerging role of driver distraction and fatigue technology in enhancing safety for the passenger transport industry.

The importance of Continuing Professional Development

April 21 2022

Sam Law, Brand & Project Manager at Lloyd Morgan Group, discusses the increasing importance of Continuing Professional Development within the bus and coach industry and how CPT Training supports this.