FirstGroup revealed it has donated £10,000 this Christmas to its national charity partner, Save the Children. This brings its total inkind support and cash donations to just over £4.5m since the partnership began in 2007. […]
Norman Baker congratulated for listening to “a grateful bus industry” Firstgroup has already started discussions with its local authority partners, following the announcement of £50m Better Bus Areas (BBA) fund for local authority and operator […]
‘How to win friends and influence people’ is the theme of next year’s ALBUM (the Association of Local Bus Company Managers) conference and bookings have already been taken following the launch of the event website […]
Fourteen new Wrightbus hybrid buses introduced to north Manchester bus route Fourteen new hybrid buses are currently being put into service on First Manchester’s route 18 from Manchester to Langley on the Manchester New Road […]
First Group has started a scheme in the South West of England allowing passengers to buy tickets over the counter of around 600 outlets, in a partnership with PayPoint. From November 16 passengers were able […]
Overall revenue grew to £3,168.8m and 1,000 buses will be on order over the next two years FirstGroup has reported overall revenue grew to £3,168.8m (up 3.2% from £3,069.9 in 2010), in its financial statement […]
A bespoke identity has been created for South East Hampshire’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network, of which the first phase will be ready to open in April next year. The busway and its vehicles will […]
A First bus driver in Scotland was attacked by a knife-wielding man while still driving his single-decker along a busy road. The suspect, described as a short, stocky man between 20 and 25 years old, […]
First West Yorkshire has seen an encouraging increase in passenger numbers on two key routes in Leeds. In May this year, First carried out some service changes to its number 56 service (Whinmoor – Leeds […]
Lothian Buses has scooped up the winning entry in the Information Management category of the 2011 Annual Awards for Excellence from The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT). The awards were […]
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