Lakeside Coaches Limited

Benchmark Member
Benchmark Member
Ellesmere Business Park, Oswestry Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0EW.
Tel:
01696 622 761
Email: mailbox@lakesidecoaches.co.uk
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Company Profile:

Management: Marie Pugh, Training Manager / Neal Hall, Managing Director
Established: 1979
Fleet: Fleet of 40 vehicles with seating capacity between 16 and 59, fitted with a mixture of two point lap belts, three point lap and diagonal belts and all generation belts.
Drivers: Lakeside Coaches employ 10 part time and 45 full time drivers that will hold specific CPC certification to include training in Drivers's Hours & Tachographs, Manual Handling, Fire Safety, Ladder Safety, Health & Safety, Emergency First Aid, Dealing With Emergencies, Reaction Training, Highway Code, Vulnerable Road users, Disability Awareness, Operators Awareness.
Health & Safety Policy: Available upon request.
Maintenance: Maintenance is carried out in-house with quarterly roller brake tests. Fleet safety inspected every 5 weeks.
Members of: BUSK Benchmark, Confederation of Passenger Transport, Coach Marque, Freight Transport Association.

Lakeside Coaches can trace its origins to 1979 when the Lakeside Minicoaches business was taken over by Mr. John Davies (the present day Chairman). From these humble beginnings the business has gone from strength to strength through organic growth, operating the most modern coach fleet in the county of Shropshire and the largest coach fleet in the county. The Company operates a fleet of forty vehicles from the picturesque market towns of Ellesmere and Market Drayton, backed by nearly sixty directly employed staff. 

In the industry's Route One magazine, Lakeside Coaches won UK Medium Coach Operator of the Year. Having 38 years of experience of coach hire behind them, you can be sure you'll be safe their well experienced hands. with BS EN ISO 9001:2015, CoachMarque and Citation Accreditation, Lakeside Coaches are quality assured. Their most recent customer survey showed that 100% would recommend them and 94% rated them as excellent.

From their purpose built headquarters in Ellesmere, completed in 2006 and expanded to their satellite depot in Market Drayton (Hodnet) in 2011, the Company dispatch coaches all over the country, primarily though within the County of Shropshire, Cheshire, North Wales and the West Midlands.

The Company offers 16-59 seater coaches, available for hire to numerous individuals, groups and corporate customers. It has a wide portfolio of work, with bulk being made up of student transport for nearly twenty schools and colleges. Lakeside Coaches are instantly recognisable in either their traditional and smart livery of gold, light and dark green or alternatively in tour operator livery for those on dedicated touring work.

The firm still continues to grow year on year with the addition of more coaches, staff and customers. This steady but sure growth helps to give an air of continuity and reliability for our customers.  Over the years Lakeside Coaches has seen school transport change so much. As an operator,  they believe it is their responsibility to play their part in the safe transport of passengers regardless of age. Lakeside Coaches joined BUSK Benchmark to be part of a prestige company that is not only offering support to transport operators but ensuring that the information on safe transport is reaching the schools and organisations that use coaches.  This is a company that believes it is about everyone playing a part in transport safety. After all, passenger safety and comfort is paramount to the business.

Click here to read our in-house magazine: https://lakesidecoaches.co.uk/lakeside-coaches-on-the-road-magazine/ 

Benchmark License No: BE15218


Expiry Date: 31 March 2021


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