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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

Stagecoach to create 80 jobs at new UK customer contact centre in Scotland
- 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
- Vote of confidence in Perth welcomed by local authority and business groups

Stagecoach statement
In response to today's court case sentencing hearing in Plymouth, in relation to the accident involving a Stagecoach Gold service at Totnes in October 2019, please find a statement below:

Stagecoach marks Clean Air Day with call for mass post-Covid switch from car to public transport
- Latest government data shows worrying rise in car use above pre-pandemic levels
- Major shift in transport behaviour needed to address health and climate challenges
- Stagecoach bus services help save thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions every year
- New Stagecoach sustainability strategy to be published over the summer

New City Sightseeing London hop-on hop-off operation to hit the streets from 20th May
- London’s newest attraction to be launched by a joint venture between Stagecoach Group, Grupo Julià and City Sightseeing

megabus partners with Yellow Buses to offer new service between London and Bournemouth providing more opportunity for a great British holiday
- Brand new seaside routes providing more opportunity for staycations
- Thousands of seats available each week to the popular south coast
- Tickets on sale now for travel from 21 May

New Managing Director announced for Stagecoach services in west of England and Oxfordshire
- Rachel Geliamassi appointed as new Managing Director with immediate effect
- New role will cover bus and coach services across the west of England and Oxfordshire