News
- Bus company celebrates family values
- Qualmark Enviro-Bronze Accredited
- New bendy bus is as long as they get
- Bayes is Fully Qualmark Accredited
Bayes in the Press - 'Bus company celebrates family values'
Extract from The Rodney Times Newspaper, 28/07/2009.
BUSINESS MILESTONE: Bayes Coachlines in Dairy Flat celebrated 30 years in business by taking their staff and partners to Paihia for the weekend.
One of Rodney’s largest local employers Bayes Coachlines celebrated 30 years in business last weekend.
While most companies are tightening their belts to save money, Dairy Flat-based Bayes Coachlines took their 57 employees and their partners to the Bay of Islands for the weekend to celebrate.
One of their oldest employees, Ray Fowler, 75, of Red Beach, says he started working for Bayes nearly two years ago after he retired from 61 years of fulltime work.
He says he’s never worked for a company that treats its staff so well.
General manager Richard Bayes says the company was formed in September 1979 when his parents Dave and Joan Bayes were operating a limeworks and truck company.
A local bus company just down the road called Roberts Transport were keen for them to buy their company and in September the sale went through.
"That was on the Saturday and we started the four school runs on the Monday morning, the start of the then term three," says Richard.
There was a quick scramble to get licences for the drivers, with help from local police, and by Monday they were driving.
The company has grown, and now has 46 buses and coaches, and brothers Richard and John have taken over the running of the business.
Their daily school runs service most of the local schools including Orewa College, Orewa Primary, Orewa North, Whangaparaoa and Wentworth Colleges, Stella Maris, Kingsway School and Gulf Harbour School.
They also service schools on the North Shore including Kristin, Northcross Intermediate, Rosmini, Carmel and Long Bay Colleges.
They do school charters for most of these schools and trips for elderly groups, travel clubs, local churches, sports clubs and teams.
Richard says their staff are like family and they felt it was important to celebrate the milestone with them.
"We felt that it was very important to have them with us. Without our staff we wouldn’t be here, and celebrating the fact that they are a fantastic group of people."
He says many of the staff have been with the company for more than 10 to 15 years, and a few for more than 20.
"The business has been built and developed on family values and standards of quality, reliability and integrity. We value our staff and are keen to keep building the relationships we have with them and to strengthen the family culture within the business."
"A weekend away as a big group is always fun and from the comments we have had back they all really enjoyed it."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/2678306/Bus-company-celebrates-family-values
Qualmark Enviro-Bronze Accredited
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We are very proud to be one of only a few coach companies in New Zealand to have achieved a Qualmark Enviro-Bronze accreditation.
Bayes Coachlines has been recognised as one of New Zealand's leading tourism businesses by being licensed to carry the Qualmark - New Zealand tourism's official mark of quality.
Qualmark has determined that 'We meet good levels of social and environmental responsibility.'
Bayes in the Press - 'New bendy bus is as long as they get'
Extract from The North Harbour News, 03/03/2009.
Orewa College students from Army Bay and Manly have a new articulated bus.
Their driver, Andi Jackson, has been selected to trial Bayes Coachlines’ 100th bus. A driver with more than 25 years experience, 17 of them with Bayes Coachlines, Andi has been doing the Army Bay run for about 14 years.
Andi is also a volunteer firefighter and often drives the Manly fire engine, so is no stranger to large vehicles.
"I have a good bunch of students. They will be thrilled with their new bus," Andi says.
The new bus, number 100, has a low floor with a wheelchair ramp. Like other modern buses it features the ability to lower itself for easier access, but it can also raise itself higher to negotiate low and tricky road surfaces.
It is equipped with air-conditioning, closed circuit surveillance TV and a public address system.
The dashboard has a multi-function LCD display that can show various aspects of the onboard systems at any given time.
This technology can also be used to monitor the vehicle systems back at the depot.
At 19 metres, it matches the length of the longest bus in New Zealand, also operated by Bayes Coachlines, but this is New Zealand’s first four-axle bus. It can seat 70 passengers, which can be increased to 74 with minor modifications.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-harbour-news/1391295
Bayes is Fully Qualmark Accredited
Bayes Coachlines gains tourism's official quality endorsement
Bayes Coachlines has been recognised as one of New Zealand's leading tourism businesses by being licensed to carry the Qualmark - New Zealand tourism's official mark of quality.
Bayes Coachlines have earned their Qualmark endorsement as part of the Qualmalk quality endorsement programme that offers quality assurance to a full range of tourism businesses, such as adventure activities, culture and nature experiences, transport providers and more.
The endorsement programme is designed to identify professional and trustworthy operators to enable international and domestic visitors to book and buy tourism products and services with confidence.
To gain their Qualmark endorsement Bayes Coachlines underwent an onsite assessment using criteria developed with the Tourism industry and based on research into what travelers want.
Richard Bayes says the new Qualmark endorsement is important for local and International visitors alike. "It's a pretty rigorous process that puts real focus on the service and systems we have in place. The endorsement reassures potential visitors that we're good operators and that we're going to look after them . We think it's important that visitors have these official and independent benchmarks to refer to when they're making decisions about how to spend their time and money."
The Qualmark endorsement system sits alongside Qualmark's star grading system for accommodation. Over 2,100 accommodation and other tourism businesses throughout New Zealand have been through the assessment process and are licensed to use the Qualmark mark of quality.
Qualmark is a joint venture of Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Automobile Association and is backed by the New Zealand Tourism Industry Association and other leading industry organisations. It is the way the industry directs travelers to quality assured products and services.
