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International Women’s Day 2024: First Bus pledges to double number of women in the business
- First Bus sets out new commitments and recruitment pledges to increase number of women in business by 2028
- Halifax trainee driver helps promote national announcement

First Bus gets to work on enhancing Rochdale bus depot
- £750,000 investment in depot
- Team of more than 120 drivers now in place
- Depot to join Bee Network on Sunday 24 March

First Bus ‘switch on’ the largest fleet of zero emission buses in West Yorkshire
- Electrification of Bramley depot completed as electric buses join city network
- £29m project combines investment by First Bus and co-funding from Department for Transport Zebra scheme secured by Combined Authority
- 57 zero emission buses with more expected in summer 2024

York boasts the UK’s biggest all-electric Park and Ride bus network
- First Bus and City of York Council achieve landmark in zero emission travel
- Rawcliffe Bar route completes all-electric fleet on network

First Bus launches new express service linking Halifax and Huddersfield
- X1 service combines with 501 to provide 8 buses an hour
- 501 service linking hospitals with 15-minute frequency
- New 543 service in Halifax
- Later evening journeys added to 576 service linking Halifax-Bradford
- 307/308 Huddersfield-Holmfirth route changes

First Bus to become UK’s largest national bus operator to be a real Living Wage employer
- 245 colleagues based at depots in West and North Yorkshire to benefit from pay commitment

First Bus announces first ever Bus Driver apprenticeship pilot in National Apprenticeship Week
- West Yorkshire depots to pilot scheme
- 13-month training includes PCV licence and functional skills in English and Maths

FirstGroup plc acquires York Pullman Bus Company
- Agreement to purchase York Pullman Bus Company
- High-performing business with strong track record of growth
- Independently-owned and highly reputable operator of coaches and buses, providing contracted and private hire services in York and the wider area from several depot locations
- Completion of the acquisition is anticipated in the next few weeks, subject to customary regulatory review.

First Bus electrifies university routes as rollout of new zero emission buses continues
- 10 vehicles introduced on 66 and 67 services alongside campus shuttles
- £3m investment by First Bus