Press Releases

• Appointment to new role as Head of Operational Excellence
• New hire will collaborate with LBUs and Head of Engineering Excellence with purpose of improving customer experience

• First Bus and Reaseheath College have teamed up to create a dedicated apprentice training academy to create engineers of the future for the bus industry
• State-of-the-art facility that recreates a bus depot environment for apprentices as part of industry leading 12-week training programme
• Facility that opened in 2021 is now starting to bear fruit as first cohort of apprentice progresses through the programme

• Proposal to withdraw all CityRed services in Southampton from February 19 2023.  
• Lower customer numbers post-covid, changes in travel patterns, rising costs and an ultra-competitive city market have led to this difficult decision. 
• Focus is on supporting colleagues and helping all those affected to find alternative roles within First Bus.  

• First Bus were shortlisted in no less than seven categories for the annual Route One Awards.
• Simon Carlisle from First West Yorkshire scooped Engineer of the Year, Large Operator Award.
• First HDB’s Marc Reddy won the Manager of the Year, Large Operator Award.

• FTS appoint new Business Operations Director to lead continued growth for business

• McGill’s Group will take ownership of the business from 19^th September
• Both businesses pledge to put all staff and customers at the forefront of their plans

FIrst Bus announce new Partnerships Director