Interview with Phil Southall of Oxford Bus Company
Emma Gascoigne speaks with Phil Southall of Oxford Bus Company.
Emma Gascoigne speaks with Phil Southall of Oxford Bus Company.
1. Reduced rent for drivers so they don’t need to earn as much. We have been further reducing discounts on base rent for drivers who don’t have as good a week as they would do.
I’m writing to you during these unprecedented times to let you know that our three main priorities are to safeguard the health & wellbeing of our colleagues and customers; to play our role in society during these challenging times; and to safeguard the future of our company.
The Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel are set to temporarily reduce services as part of its response to the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic.
Everyone is dependent on transport in some way, shape or form. Even if you work from home and conduct all of your work remotely, your work will in some way rely on transport. In Oxfordshire, the transport network is suffering from overload at peak times and doesn’t provide for safer and more environmentally friendly modes of transport such as cycling as well as it could.
Business specific services are becoming an increasingly established element of the company’s impressive portfolio, but they need more support.
This year we invested £3.5 million upgrading our Airline fleet with 11 new, high specification, Mercedes Tourismo coaches. This service consists of 16 coaches in total and operates 24/7 365 days every year between Oxford and Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
Oxfordshire County Council is updating its transport plan “Connecting Oxfordshire” with our vision to make travel easier, tapping into innovation to improve connectivity in the county.
Passengers in the “Eastern Arc” of Oxford can summon minibuses to pick them up on a street corner of their choice, thanks to a ground-breaking on-demand ride-sharing service launched by The Oxford Bus Company.
If you want to discover the wealth of sights that Oxford has to offer, let a famous City Sightseeing tour bus be your guide!