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Zoe Hands, MD of First Manchester4

First Bus appoints Zoe Hands as Managing Director of Manchester, Midlands & South Yorkshire business

Faizan Ahmad visits newly electrified Scotstoun Depot in Glasgow

First Bus welcomes new Decarbonisation Programme Director

  • First Bus appoints new Decarbonisation Programme Director 
  • Faizan Ahmad joins from Amazon and brings wealth of experience in decarbonisation delivery 
First Bus
Electric Buses
People
75 at night

First Bus and McGill’s Group announce continuation of Glasgow night bus network

Cllr Jenny Kent with Simon Carlisle1

City councillor for environment gets view of carbon reduction plan at First Bus depot

Electric Buses
Environment
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
First Solent's Katie Dadd with Portsmouth FC's Lawrence Bisgrove and Mark Judges

Portsmouth Football Club get on board with First Solent

  • First Solent announces corporate partnership with Portsmouth Football Club for 2023/24 season 
  • Partnership will encourage sustainable travel to games, using direct bus service to Fratton Park 
  • Further cements the company’s commitment to serving Portsmouth’s community 
Gary Hitchmough, Managing Director - Business to Government

First Bus appoints new Chief Growth Officer

  • First Bus MD Janette Bell has appointed Gary Hitchmough as Chief Growth Officer.
  • He brings a wealth of experience in winning, mobilising and operating high value contracts.
  • Gary will lead on bus franchising bidding, securing major commercial contracts, and growing development businesses.
People
First Bus
Doncaster Pride

Travel in style to Doncaster Pride with First Bus and its FREE!

  • Free travel with First Bus to Doncaster Pride on Saturday 12th August
  • Bus services 55, 57, 58 and 73 run from Doncaster Interchange to the event
Events
Historic buses in Union Street

First Aberdeen partners with local businesses to celebrate 125 years of public transport in the city

  • First Aberdeen will do four giveaways throughout August
  • Gifts will range from ice cream to coffee to football tickets
  • Family Open Day taking place on 26th August
Ronnie the Rhino flanked by (left) Freddy the Fox and Leo

West Yorkshire club mascots battle to see who’s the sporting best

  • Ronnie The Rhino finishes in first place
  • Rivals tested in each other’s sports
Commercial Partnerships
First Aberdeen has installed electric charging infrastructure at its King Street depot

First Aberdeen announces changes to further improve connectivity across the city

Ticketer Tap Off Reader

Travelmaster 7-day tickets will not be available for purchase on board a bus using the contactless function from 30th July due to excessive fraudulent use

  • From 30th July, TravelMaster 7-day tickets will not be available for purchase through the contactless function on board a bus. 
  • Cash purchases remain valid to purchase a 7-day TravelMaster ticket.
  • The change is being made to counter fraudulent activity related to the purchase of this ticket using the contactless       payment function. 
Payments / ticketing
Macmillan walk 2

'First Bus Great Expedition' - walking to support Macmillan in Doncaster

  • First Bus Great Expedition challenge across the UK
  • Local team at First Bus in Doncaster took on the challenge and walked 10 miles, equalling 270,000 steps  
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