24/03/2017

The UK’s best coach tour operators, and tourism industry suppliers, were honoured on the 22nd March at the 2017 British Coach Tourism Awards. Edwards were up against an outstanding shortlisted selection of UK based coach operators but, once again the fifth generation family business Edwards Coaches stole the show at the awards ceremony that celebrates the best in British tourism. Jason Edwards FCILT – Managing Director, collected the award on the night and commented “This is an outstanding achievement and contribution to…

10/03/2017

The fifth generation family business Edwards Coaches of Pontypridd, stole the show at the recent National Express Awards Ceremony. For the 6th consecutive year Edwards Coaches won the show piece award for “Large Coach Operator Of The Year” and not just being content with this Edwards also went on to collect a further 3, to include: (a) High Achievement Award, “for 6 consecutive Green years” (b) Engineering Gold Standard, (c) Gold Standard Operator, recognising 6 continuous years of Gold Standard…

09/06/2016

Edwards Coaches of Pontypridd have stepped in to rescue the Pembrokeshire based Silcox Coach company which is about to be placed into administration.  All former Silcox “home to school” transport routes will be operated by Edwards after the half term break. Edwards Coaches is the largest family owned coach company in the country employing over 500 staff and operating 260 vehicles. They currently operate National Express coaches from Haverfordwest departing daily to Cardiff, Heathrow, Gatwick London and various other destinations….

18/05/2016

The annual UK Coach Rally took place last weekend in Blackpool, marking the 62nd anniversary since it’s inception in 1955. This year saw over 50 entrants to the rally, which made up the promenade in front of the famous Blackpool Tower. The award for ‘Welsh Coach of the year’ was given to Edwards Coaches of South Wales, for the 4th consecutive year marking an incredible start to 2016 for the company. The coach which won the award was the Mercedes…

11/03/2016

Edwards Coaches of Pontypridd, South Wales have been working with National Express over the past ten years and it’s partnership which continues to flourish into 2016. Currently operating over 36 vehicles from their headquarters, Edwards transport passengers with routes to London Victoria Coach station, Heathrow, Gatwick, Rochdale and Bradford, covering a colossal 11 million miles per year. At the annual National Express Operator awards held in Coventry, Edwards Coaches won 4 awards on the night, including, ‘High Achiever Award’, ‘Gold…

02/12/2015

Edwards Coaches, a family run business now in their 5th generation of ownership are a Coach Holiday company based in South Wales. As 2015 represents their 90th year of operation, Edwards Coaches have plenty of reason to be in celebratory mood. Tuesday 1st of December marks the release of the ‘The Times’ Newspaper short film documentary on the partnership between Edwards Coaches and Lombard Finance, the Asset Finance arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The partnership between Edwards Coaches…

18/05/2015

Edwards Coaches, the largest independent coach operator in Wales and one of the largest in the UK, has secured a £2.2 million funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial to assist with the purchase of ten new Mercedes coaches. In particular, the deal will allow Edwards Coaches to expand its fleet of holiday coaches, a key growth area for the business. The award-winning 5th generation family run business, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, currently operates a fleet of over 300 buses and…