Coach & Bus Week (CBW) is the only paid-for weekly trade magazine for the road passenger transport industry in the United Kingdom. It is available by subscription, from main branches of WHSmith and from some independent newsagents. It is published in digital format at www.cbwmagazine.com. It also operates the www.coachandbusmarket.com and www.coachandbusjobs.com websites.
History and profile
Coach & Bus Week was founded in Hull by former coach proprietor Terry Beanland as Coachmart. Its most prolific journalist was Ray Pearson, who covered all technical aspects, including road tests and tourism topics. The weekly magazine was purchased by EMAP and moved to Peterborough, where it has remained. The publisher was EMAP Automotive. The long-term editor of the magazine during this period was Mike Morgan, who left the post in August 2003. EMAP sold the title to Rouncy Media Ltd in 2005. Rouncy was wound up by Court Order. The magazine has been published by Coach and Bus Week Limited since 2012. It is edited by Gareth Evans.
Regular features include News, Coach News, Bus News, International News, Regional News, Drivers' Pages, Industry, Operator Profiles, Test Drives, Technical and Product/Services features, Open Platform, Deliveries, People News and Recruitment. The supplement publication, Minibus, is published with Coach & Bus Week every four weeks and is edited by James Day.
It is linked with Group Travel World, a monthly magazine for the group travel industry. As well as being sent to all full subscribers of Coach & Bus Week, Group Travel World has its own paid subscription list and is published by GTW Media Limited.