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Bath’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is set to launch on 15 March 2021 as the first charging CAZ in England outside of London.

Prentice of Haddington, McColls Travel and Garelochhead Coaches, three Scotland-based bus operators, have partnered with technology firm Passenger to introduce a new app which, they hope, will help rebuild trust in public transport as the Covid lockdown eases.

In an extension to the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS), which is due to begin on 1 November 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that businesses across the UK are to be given support if required to close their premises due to coronavirus restrictions.

The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) is to host an event aimed at stimulating the bus and coach sector, recognising that it is struggling to deal with the effects of the pandemic as well as demands to reduce carbon emissions.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a new scrappage scheme targeting some of the most polluting vehicles in advance of the tighter Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standards, which will come into force in the capital on 1 March 2021.

When the Chancellor announced his package of measures in July, he included a Job Retention Bonus. This is a £1000 one-off taxable payment to employers for each eligible employee that they furlough and keep continuously employed until 31 January 2021.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a series of briefings designed to help local councils take action to decarbonise transport.

The Senior Traffic Commissioner's statutory documents have been refreshed and updated with the most substantial update being to Statutory Document 6 — vocational driver conduct.

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has announced that its zero-emission capable Enviro400ER double decker has been fully certified as an Ultra-Low Emission Bus by the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LCVP).

It is to say the least unusual for a Chancellor to cancel one of the Government’s financial set-pieces of the year — in this case the Autumn Budget planned for November — but as Rishi Sunak explained to fellow MPs these are unprecedented times.