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Webinar

How the Bus Services Bill could help deliver socially necessary services

  • Event date 17 Sep 2025
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Ahead of Quality Bus Conference 2025, of which Burges Salmon is proud to be a sponsor, partner and transport specialist Brian Wong will part of a webinar panel exploring how the Bus Services Bill can help transform public transport across the UK. The expert panel will be discussing the social impact of bus services and how innovative funding mechanisms could empower local authorities to deliver meaningful improvements. By drawing on international examples, this session will examine how the Bill could make UK bus services more reliable, accessible, and responsive to the needs of our communities.

If you work in the bus sector or are passionate about improving public transport, you can sign up to this free webinar, hosted by SYSTRA UK & Ireland, Landor LINKS Ltd and the Bus Centre of Excellence, to get the latest insights.

Event details

Date: 17 September 2025

Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm

Find out more information here.

Agenda

In this webinar, a companion to Quality Bus 2025, a panel of experts will discuss:

  • What is really coming in the Buses Bill? Will it be Big and Beautiful, or Little and Limited?
  • What are socially necessary services and how should their protection be organised and managed?
  • How do – or should – local authorities raise funding for buses and public transport and how can services be improved with innovative funding mechanisms?
  • Many countries and regions have laws or regulations that specify minimum service levels for public transport, including bus services. What are the varying legal frameworks behind these, and how do they operate in practice?
  • Free public transport: does it actually mean better services and increased ridership? Chair: Cathryn Jones, Director of Fares and Ticketing, Systra

Speakers

  • Jerome Serodio, National Coordination of Collectives for Free Public Transport in France
  • Brian Wong, Partner, Burges Salmon
  • Emma Pym, Principal Research Consultant, SYSTRA
  • Phil Wright, Public Transport Programme Manager, West of England Combined Authority

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