Saturday 15th August 2026 Continuing this monthly nostalgic look back to the build up to bus deregulation forty years ago, thanks to those fledgling early editions of Bus Business from the Bus Archive, we now reach August 1986, just two months away from the big change. It's interesting to see news stories include ..... updates... Continue Reading →
40 years of Bus Business – July 1986
Saturday 4th July 2026 Thanks for all the positive comments following last month's blogpost marking the publication of the first issue of Bus Business in June 1986 . Among the reactions was the following from the newspaper's founder and managing editor Peter Stonham: "thanks for your delightful reflections on the 40th anniversary of Bus Business.... Continue Reading →
40 years of Bus Business – June 1986
Thursday 4th June 2026 Not only does 2026 mark the 40th anniversary of bus deregulation (introduced on 26th October 1986) but this very day 40 years ago, 4th June 1986, saw the birth of Bus Business - a “fortnightly management newspaper for the bus industry, its observers and suppliers”. The all new Issue 1 was... Continue Reading →
