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  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    First TransPennine Express
    TransPennine Express stripped of contract after months of poor service

    UK train operator will move into government hands after one in six services were cancelled in March

  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    Avanti West Coast
    UK rail operator Avanti West Coast granted 6-month contract extension

    Intercity group wins second temporary renewal as government hails ‘very significant’ improvement

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    FirstGroup raises full-year profit expectations as travel recovers

    UK transport company says bus passenger numbers rose to 83% of 2020 levels

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    Rail
    North of England mayors urge ministers to fix intercity rail service

    Passenger complaints against Transpennine Express double in last quarter triggering calls for urgent intervention

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Rail
    Avanti granted stop-gap extension to UK’s west coast rail franchise

    Troubled train operator angered passengers and politicians with slashed services

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    Rail
    Boss of rail operator to step down after chaos on UK’s West Coast line

    Avanti managing director Phil Whittingham will leave the company on September 15

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    FirstGroup rejects £1.23bn offer from private equity bidder

    UK’s biggest train operator says proposal from I Squared Capital ‘significantly undervalues’ business

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    FirstGroup evaluates PE offer valuing shares at up to £1.23bn

    Aberdeen-based bus and train operator’s stock rises 8% after unsolicited bid from I Squared Capital

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    City Bulletin
    FirstGroup squeezes out activist via a share sale Premium content

    Profits rise at Deutsche Bank and Santander while Microsoft and Google report revenue surge

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Transport
    Greyhound acquired by fast-growing German start-up

    FlixMobility agrees deal with FirstGroup as it seeks to be America’s number one coach travel provider

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    First’s new boss will face challenges closer to home

    Activist investor Coast had called for change of CEO as bus and train company focuses on UK

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    FirstGroup chief to step down after battle with activist investor

    Matthew Gregory to depart after Coast Capital’s objections to sale of company’s US bus businesses and call for new leadership

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    FirstGroup survives rebellion as investors back US bus sale

    Largest shareholders said £3.3bn disposal to private equity undervalued business

  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    Lex
    FirstGroup/Coast: activist should not brake US bus sale Premium content

    Timing is more important than Coast admits

  • Sunday, 23 May, 2021
    FirstGroup’s biggest shareholder escalates attack on board

    Coast Capital threatens legal action over sale of transport operator’s US bus business

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    FirstGroup’s biggest shareholder attacks company for bungling US sale

    Coast Capital said transport operator’s deal undervalued bus business and ‘stinks to the heavens’

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    Lex
    FirstGroup: US disposals are the start of a long journey Premium content

    Shareholders need to keep a tight grip on this ride; dividends remain a distant prospect

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    FirstGroup sells US bus operations to EQT for £3.3bn

    Swedish private equity fund to run thousands of yellow school buses

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Losses narrow at FirstGroup as demand in US rises

    British transport company remains in talks to sell North American business to pay down debt

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    LexCoronavirus
    Debt covenants: surfing the waivers Premium content

    Vulnerable companies should not expect a return to business as usual

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    FirstGroup predicts swing back into profit

    Forecast comes as passengers slowly return and state support bolsters the business

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    LexNational Express Group PLC
    UK transport: blunder buses Premium content

    Britain’s four biggest bus groups are losing value as fast as they are losing customers

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    FirstGroup warns of ‘material uncertainty’ over continuing as going concern

    Rail and bus company struggles from lack of clarity over state support as it worries over pace of recovery in transport sector

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    FirstGroup taps UK for £300m as buses and trains are left empty

    Transport group also expects its Greyhound bus service to receive US financial support

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Rail
    UK government agrees rail deals with Govia and First Group 

    Awarding of franchises allows skeleton services to continue on Southeastern and Great Western lines

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