Transport Events Group was established 2008 by the owners and directors of The Bus Industry Awards Limited, in order to bring the experience and expertise gained in twelve years of organising that event to other events.

The Bus Industry Awards (which now trades as the UK Bus Awards) was the original public transport awards scheme, established in 1996, and has since grown from a small event with six categories and an attendance of 200 to a highly prized occasion which has a firm place in the industry calendar. The 2011 competition attracted over 250 entries in 21 categories, and was attended by over 750 people. The scheme now attracts over £170,000 in sponsorship and support, including the five largest transport operating groups, vehicle manufacturers and a wide range of other industry players.

More information:  www.ukbusawards.org.uk.

The directors of 83A Projects include:

• Chris Cheek has worked in public transport since 1972, and is a consultant, commentator and analyst. As well as day to day management experience in coach operations and marketing, he has been a director of and a contributor to Group Travel Organiser magazine for 20 years between its foundation in 1988 and 2008, and served on committees to promote coach tourism events including the London Tourist Board’s Coach Approach events in the late 1980s and the Society of London Theatre’s highly successful Stagefair events in the 1990s. He co-founded the UK Bus Awards in 1996.
• Ian Smith has a transport background which includes coach industry experience in private hire, day excursions and inclusive holidays and he participated in setting up both National Holidays and National Express. In recent years he has worked on the development of UK Bus Awards, in particular growing the sponsorship revenues, alongside his successful consultancy business in document management and bid writing for small and medium enterprises.
• John Owen, a widely respected figure in the bus and coach industry, who was until 2005 managing director of Thamesdown Transport. John also founded the respected industry training company CMD which traded until retirement in 2009, and is a former President of the Confederation of Passenger Transport, the industry trade association.
• Jamie Cash, who joined us at the beginning of 2011. He was previously a director of Landor Travel Publications, publishers of Group Travel Organiser magazine, which he edited between 1995 and 2006 . During his time, he was responsible for launching and then managing the Group Travel Awards between 1997 and 2009. Jamie's previous career included work in broadcasting with the BBC and as an organiser of group travel for a major college.
• Trevor Whelan joined the TEG Board in June 2012, after serving on the Management Committee of the UK Bus Awards since 2005. Trevor has a lifetime of experience in all aspects of the bus industry, having worked as a driver, manager and local authority officer. Most recently, he was Transport Policy Manager for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (2005-8) and led the Better Regulation Unit at the Department for Transport (2008-11).