CORONAVIRUS - York coach company joins calls for government help

A York coach company is backing a plea from the Confederation of Passenger Transport for government help for the coach industry due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Ingleby's Coaches, based on the Fulford Industrial Estate in York is giving its support to the 'Back Britain's Coaches' campaign which calls for government support during the COVID-19 crisis.

The company Tweeted this message showing its support for the initiative.

Industry body, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), says coach operators need support to ensure, in particular, that school transport services will still be available when schools fully reopen. Its sets out the aims of its campaign in a statement on its website:

Back Britain’s Coaches will build on the successes CPT has had to date in securing support for the coach sector via business wide initiatives. Specifically it has two immediate aims:

• The publication of formal government guidance to support the Local Government Association’s view that coach operators should be considered leisure businesses, which would help them to access the Covid-19 business rates and grant schemes.
• Alongside ABTA securing an amendment to the Package Travel Regulations to allow coach operators longer than 14 days to process refunds and to issue refund credit notes as an alternative to cash refunds.

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