First appoints new Decarbonisation Programme Director
First Bus has appointed Faizan Ahmad as the new Decarbonisation Programme Director. The new strategic hire joined the business at the end of June,...
First appoints new Chief Growth Officer
First Bus has appointed Gary Hitchmough as its new Chief Growth Officer (CGO), with Executive responsibility for delivering the growth elements of...
First promotes modal shift at Glasgow shopping centre
First Bus has unveiled its Modal Shift installation at Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow. It saw the operator park a double-decker at the...
Ticketer rolls out TOTO across First’s UK fleet
First Bus has completed a UK-wide roll-out of Tap On/Tap Off (TOTO) ticketing technology across its entire fleet of more than 4,000 buses, in...
First invests £2.5m in solar panels
First Bus has invested £2.5m in solar power with the installation of over 6,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels across 20 depot sites as part of its...
Autonomous, zero-emission bus service goes live in Oxfordshire
First is operating what has been described as the UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service in Oxfordshire. Operated by First Bus and...
FirstGroup makes environmentally friendly list
FirstGroup is ranked 125th of 200 entrants in the 2023 Clean200 report. FirstGroup is one of only six UK companies to be included in the...
Time saving as paper receipts cease
Bus routes in Scotland are set to save up to 220 minutes per day as operators across the country stop printing paper receipts for concessions. First...