First partners with Strut Safe
First Bus is partnering with Strut Safe, a volunteer-operated support telephone line offering a friendly voice at the end of the phone for those...
First opens new learning centres
First Bus is opening 12 new learning centres, delivering on a learning agreement established in partnership with Unite the Union. The partnership is...
FirstGroup acquires Matthews Coach Hire
FirstGroup has acquired Matthews Coach Hire, an independent, family-owned coach and bus operator in Ireland, founded in 1995. With a fleet of more...
First formally reveals new logo
First Bus has revealed a new logo and updated its branding. The refreshed look is now being rolled out across its fleets. The new look is intended to...
Industry marks Remembrance Day
Our industry is marking Armistice Day and the wider Remembrance period with various initiatives and activities over 10 and 11 November. Here are a...
FirstGroup acquisitions assisted by Burges Salmon
Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon advised FirstGroup on its recent back-to-back acquisitions of Andersons Travel and Lakeside Coaches. FirstGroup...
Bradford driver awarded for saving child from kidnap
A Bradford bus driver from First Bus has won an award at the National Transport Awards for preventing a boy from being snatched by a mystery man....
First makes order for Wrightbus re-powers
NewPower – the Wrightbus re-power business – has received its first order from First Bus to have 30 vehicles swapped from diesel to...