FirstGroup has created a new trust to restore and preserve some of the company’s historic vehicles. The FirstGroup Heritage Trust already has four buses from First’s operations in Aberdeen, dating back to the 1930s. However, […]
First drivers wear a hat in Leeds for brain tumour charity First in Leeds is asking staff and passengers to Wear a Hat to help Brain Tumour Research (BTRS) raise awareness across Yorkshire about the […]
Around 50 of the country’s top young bus managers attended the Young Bus Manager’s Network (YBMN) conference at the Lansdowne Place Hotel in Hove last week. The programme included presentations from Arriva Bus UK MD […]
Transport minister Norman Baker marked the completion of an upgrade to the bus network in Bristol on Thursday (March 15). The four-year £78.8m Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN) project involved the upgrade of 40 routes […]
Go-Ahead group has acquired FirstGroup’s Northumberland Park bus depot in North-East London. The deal has a gross cash consideration of £14m, with the transaction to be completed on March 30, 2012. The acquisition increases Go-Ahead’s […]
A VOSA investigation revealed a quarter of all buses run by First Manchester do not run on time First Manchester has been fined £285,000 after North West traffic commissioner Beverley Bell ruled the firm had […]
The £2.8m sale, if approved, will include Barnstaple battleground and take place this summer FirstGroup has signed an agreement with Stagecoach to sell off its North Devon operations, pending approval from the Office of Fair […]
£11m limit enforced on concessionary fares as council funding gap expected to rise to £4m Norfolk County Council (NCC) and local bus operators have agreed to cap the annual reimbursement for concessionary bus fares to […]
FirstGroup has been awarded the coveted CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) Standard of Excellence accreditation for its procurement and supplier management activity in the UK. Ian Grindlay, FirstGroup’s procurement and supplier management director, […]
First has won the contracts to operate 13 additional routes in following a retendering exercise by Cornwall Council. From April 1, First has won the following services, which are currently operated by Western Greyhound: 445, […]
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