GUERNSEY’S new bus service will cost taxpayers £2.4m. a year – an extra £100,000 – it has finally been revealed.

TAKING an entrepreneurial attitude could both make the bus service successful and achieve the aims of a road transport strategy, Jersey’s transport director has said.

ONE positive development to result from the collapse of negotiations between Environment and Island Coachways is that five potential bus operators have emerged who are interested in running a scheduled bus service after the ICW contract expires in March. On the face of it, this is good news for the island: that number of companies [...]

FIVE companies have expressed an interest in filling the void left by Island Coachways and operating an interim bus service, Environment has revealed.

BUS drivers are considering whether to bite the bullet and leave their job instead of waiting for Environment to decide their fate, the Guernsey Press can reveal.

ENVIRONMENT has strongly rejected claims that its road transport strategy was responsible for the collapse of the bus contract talks.

ENVIRONMENT has strongly rejected claims that its road transport strategy was responsible for the collapse of the bus contract talks.

PARENTS have expressed their dismay after Environment decided that children who live within a mile of their school would no longer be guaranteed a seat on a school bus.

IF, AS the Environment minister would have it, it is mischievous to suggest that there is anything wrong in the relationship between his department and Island Coachways then it is time to make mischief.

BUSINESSES near a potential bus depot site expressed concern yesterday about negotiations taking place to use land behind Beeton’s Fish and Chip Shop – with one saying it would be a disaster.