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Stagecoach welcomes “constructive discussions” with Unite in Preston pay talks
- Planned union industrial action on 14, 15 and 16 October has been cancelled
- New pay proposals to be put to vote with “strong union recommendation to accept”
- Proposed deal if accepted would increase employee pay by £19.50 a week
- Stagecoach “100% committed to reaching a sustainable agreement”
Stagecoach criticises Unite union for fuelling "fantasy pay demands" in Preston and Chorley and threatening to disrupt vital community bus links
- Unite refusing to reach agreement on pay deal for bus drivers covering operations at Preston and Chorley depots
- Drivers offered increases of up to 6.2% over a two year period taking hourly pay to £12.00 within 12 months
- Proposed offer comes on top of a 2.25% pay increase last year at these depots
- Pay increases already agreed with Unite at all other Stagecoach bus depots in the region
- Unite has informed Stagecoach that it will be taking industrial action on 14, 15, 16, 22 and 23 October
Stagecoach joins “Race to Zero” initiative with commitment to set stretching science-based carbon reduction targets
- Targets designed to help meet Paris Agreement drive to limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2050
- Britain’s biggest bus operator joins businesses helping to halve global emissions by 2030
- Commitment follows publication of Stagecoach’s sector-leading sustainability strategy
- Package of company plans in place to back ambition of COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow
Stagecoach marks National Inclusion Week with plan to create a more inclusive workforce
- New sustainability strategy commits to 40% of females in leadership roles by 2026
- Further commitment to increase numbers of employees from ethnic minorities to 25%
- New employee-led diversity and inclusion networks now developed
- Investment in dedicated resource to support diversity and inclusion pledge
- Inclusion Week takes place from 27 September to 3 October
Stagecoach calls for urgent UK Government stimulus package in Spending Review to incentivise return to Britain’s buses
- Six-point plan to help boost regional economies and deliver on country’s net zero ambitions
- Bus use across country at 70% of pre-Covid levels while damaging car traffic accelerates
- Policy proposals include tax incentives, discounted fares and national bus marketing campaign
- Motoring tax reform proposed to incentivise modal shift and protect public funding base
- Call for clear government roadmap for investment to support decarbonisation of bus sector
- Proposals come as local authorities face National Bus Strategy improvement plans deadline
megabus partners with Airport Bus Express to offer easy and convenient new transfers between central London and Stansted Airport
- Convenient, easy and affordable transfers between Stansted Airport and central London
- Travel priced from as little as £7 in advance to one of the UK’s largest airports
- Services run 24 hours a day, making flights more accessible at Stansted
Stagecoach marks Scottish Climate Week with net zero plan for country’s bus fleet
- Investment to deliver estimated cut of 67,000 tonnes in annual carbon emissions by 2035
- Cut is equivalent to reducing the carbon footprint of more than 5,000 Scots to zero
- New electric bus fleets to be rolled out in Aberdeen, Kilmarnock and Perth later this year
- Further 40 tonnes of CO2e a year expected to be saved through more energy efficient buildings
- Stagecoach sustainability strategy aiming to deliver a greener, healthier and fairer Scotland
- Government must show “strong and brave leadership” on transport to incentivise right choices
Jobseekers’ bus journeys double as UK economy looks to fill close to 1m vacancies
- Trips under Stagecoach’s national jobseekers discounted travel initiative up 115% since May
- Bus travel to find work rises as latest ONS data reveals more than 950,000 UK job vacancies
- More than 120 people a day applying to work with Britain’s biggest bus and coach operator
- Job applications up 8.5% on pre-Covid levels as 300 operations and engineering roles on offer
- Government figures show bus journeys outside London now close to 70% of pre-Covid levels
Stagecoach launches new sustainability strategy with call for “radical behaviour change and incentives to reward the right choices” to make net zero a reality [copy]
- Strategy aims to leverage power of public transport to create better places to live and work
- Switching from cars to walking, cycling and public transport is central to climate action
- Government must address “contradictory policies and mixed messaging being sent to citizens”
- Stagecoach to decarbonise by c70% by 2035 on journey to become carbon neutral by 2050
- Company initiatives to reduce waste, conserve water and minimise energy use
- Leaders to be 40% women, and 25% of workforce from ethnically diverse backgrounds, by 2026
- Give back programme will see 0.5% of profit before tax go to charity and community causes
Stagecoach launches new sustainability strategy with call for “radical behaviour change and incentives to reward the right choices” to make net zero a reality
- Strategy aims to leverage power of public transport to create better places to live and work
- Switching from cars to walking, cycling and public transport is central to climate action
- Government must address “contradictory policies and mixed messaging being sent to citizens”
- Stagecoach to decarbonise by c70% by 2035 on journey to become carbon neutral by 2050
- Company initiatives to reduce waste, conserve water and minimise energy use
- Leaders to be 40% women, and 25% of workforce from ethnically diverse backgrounds, by 2026
- Give back programme will see 0.5% of profit before tax go to charity and community causes
Stagecoach carries out first trials of new bridge alert technology
- UK-wide roll underway across 4,000 double decker buses following successful trials in Cambridge
- New GreenRoad technology uses GPS data and mapping to alert bus drivers to low bridges
- First bus operator to invest in national deployment of industry-leading software
- 18,000 low bridges across the UK mapped into the new system
- Video released showing how new technology works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_ZB4ZDvX8&feature=youtu.be
Stagecoach to boost customer service offer with major investment in new contact centre
- Demonstration of continued commitment in customer service
- New one-stop phone and digital contact point for customers to open in spring 2022
- Extended opening hours and investment in new technology to improve customer service