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CPT warns Lords committee 27,000 jobs in the coach sector are at risk

Graham Vidler, CPT's Chief Executive, appeared before the Economic Affairs Committee yesterday alongside Andy Bagnall of Rail Delivery Group, Rt Hon Norman Baker of Campaign for Better Transport, and Robert Griggs of Airlines UK, to discuss the impact Covid-19 has had on employment in the transport sector.

CPT Consultation Response: Proposals For Strand and Aldwych

CPT's response to Proposals For Strand and Aldwych

£14bn and 10,000s of jobs at risk if coach travel sector collapses warns CPT

The collapse of the coach travel sector this winter could wipe almost 10% off the value of UK tourism, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has warned.

CPT Consultation Response: Transport Select Committee - Reforming Public Transport After The Pandemic: Coach

CPT's response to Transport Select Committee - Reforming Public Transport After The Pandemic: Coach

CPT Consultation Response: Transport Select Committee - Reforming Public Transport After The Pandemic: Bus

CPT's response to Transport Select Committee - Reforming Public Transport After The Pandemic: Bus

CPT Consultation Response: Comprehensive Spending Review 2020: Coach

CPT's response to Comprehensive Spending Review 2020: Coach

CPT Consultation Response: Comprehensive Spending Review 2020: Bus

CPT's response to Comprehensive Spending Review 2020: Bus

CPT & Rail Delivery Group: Letter to the editor

To the editor

The decision by Carlyle to tell its employees to avoid public transport (Financial Times: Carlyle staff told to avoid public transport on London office return, 18 August) is not based on facts and fails to reflect the realities of travelling on public transport.

CPT reacts: funding package for school transport

Reacting to the announcement that there will be a multi-million-pound funding package for school transport, CPT’s Chief Executive Graham Vidler said:

“Buses and coaches get more than a million children to school each day. Ensuring that a safe home to school network is fully running will be a crucial component of a successful return to school in September, and we are pleased the government has recognised this with additional funding.