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First’s X7 Express service to M&D’s is returning to Buchanan Bus Station this summer
(all areas)First’s X7 Express service to M&D’s is returning to Buchanan Bus Station this summer. Returning just in time for the summer holidays, the X7 M&D’s Express service connecting Buchanan Bus Station and Scotland’s much-loved theme park will operate daily from Friday 29 June until...
First Glasgow teams up with Pride Glasgow 2018 to offer discounted travel
(all areas)First Glasgow have teamed up with Pride Glasgow 2018 to provide discounted bus travel for revellers heading to this weekend’s festival in Kelvingrove Park on July 14 & 15. Pride Glasgow event programmes will contain 1000 codes for discounted travel (500 each day of the festivities) via the...
First Glasgow launch Kids go free in city centre with Ice lolly giveaway
(all areas)Wednesday (4th July) as part of Catch the Bus Week, and to launch the new Kids Go Free summer offer, First Glasgow Operations Director, Duncan Cameron spoke to customers and gave away free ice lollies, as he encouraged new users to swap a car journey for a bus trip, this summer. First have...
First Scotland announce new Marketing agency partnership
(all areas)First Scotland have appointed creative brand agency MadeBrave as their new creative partner covering advertising, brand and marketing activity across the three operating companies in Glasgow, Scotland East and Aberdeen. The first campaign – “Kids go Free” – launched this week across...
First Bus celebrates its female apprentices on International Women in Engineering Day
(all areas)Pictured above (from L to R): First Scotland Apprentices Katie Hannam, Rachel Tully & Erin Hind In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day on June 23rd (Saturday), First Scotland is paying tribute to our three female apprentices, who are bucking the trend within a traditionally...
First Scotland success at Scottish Transport Awards 2018
(all areas)On a night of glitz and glamour at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, First Aberdeen’s Cameron Dyche scooped the award for Frontline Employee of the year, while two of his colleagues from First Scotland East were highly commended in the same category. Cameron is a relatively new driver to...
First Glasgow launch new service in partnership with UWS
(all areas)First Glasgow and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have announced new transport routes which will significantly improve connectivity between the campus and the rest of the region. UWS, which is set to open the doors of its new Lanarkshire campus in September, has teamed up with...
First Glasgow Drivers get shirty to back Warriors ahead of crunch Semi Final
(all areas)Drivers from First Glasgow’s Scotstoun depot are getting shirty this week as they wear Glasgow Warriors tops in service to show their support of the Warriors ahead of their crunch Guinness PRO14 Semi-Final showdown with Scarlets this Friday (18th May 2018). 10,000 supporters are expected at...
First Blantyre Bus depot team up for charity challenge with Action for Children
(all areas)Six staff members of First Bus Blantyre depot along with two support workers from Action for Children will be setting out to summit Ben Nevis, on Sunday 20th May 2018. Along with them, will be two young gentlemen from Action for Children’s Moving On Project. David (18) and Michael (16) were...
Child mental health campaign to appear on UK transport network
(all areas)Child mental health campaign to appear on UK transport network Advertising campaign draws links between the mental health of children and adults Research shows that 75% of adults with lifelong mental health issues first experience symptoms by age 18[1] Three children in every classroom suffer...