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• Super-deduction could enable investment in green transport technology
• Support for apprenticeships will be a boost for career switchers
• Go-Ahead calls for more measures to get people out of their cars

• 10 regional bus companies will each have go-to representatives on mental health
• Practical training is provided to spot triggers, reassure people in distress, and seek support
• Initiative developed in response to a UK-wide increase in anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic

• Go-Ahead tops table of 11 UK transport companies in independent ranking on community and environment
• The company received the highest scores overall of all bus and train operators
• Research is published by Britain’s Most Admired Companies (BMAC) - Britain’s longest running survey of corporate reputation

• The Go-Ahead Group sets a goal of hiring more than 1,100 apprentices across bus and rail in 2021
• Transport operator bucks the economy-wide trend of falling apprenticeship starts
• Two thirds of Go-Ahead’s apprentices will be deployed on London buses

The NHS and Metrobus have launched one of the UK’s first Covid-19 Mobile Vaccination Units in a bus in Crawley, targeting hard-to-reach and vulnerable communities.  

Go-Ahead bus company Go North East has today launched one of the UK’s first dedicated vaccination shuttle bus services.

• The Go-Ahead Group achieves “A minus” rating from the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)
• Emissions down 22% since 2016 despite international expansion in operations
• Impact of the “beast from the east” storm prompted renewed focus on climate change
• Rating reflects benefits of Britain’s largest fleet of zero-emission electric buses

• Apprenticeship applications double in rail and jump by a third in bus as transport attracts Coronavirus career switchers
• Despite the challenges of 2020, Go-Ahead has continued to invest in its workforce for the future
• Recruits include a former airline pilot, a member of the French Foreign legion, a prison van driver and a guitar instructor

• Normal services across most routes on Christmas Eve
• Saturday or Sunday services on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
• Special services serving hospitals and airports on Christmas Day

The Go-Ahead Group plc today announces its trading update for the period from 28 June 2020 to 2 December 2020. The next scheduled update is the Group’s half year results for the six months ending 2 January 2021 which will be announced on 11 March 2021.

• Go-Ahead cements its position as the UK’s largest operator of electric buses with new ‘clean, green’ fleet across the North East
• Government’s Ultra-Low Emission Fund helps to fund £2 million move, which takes electric buses to Newcastle and Gateshead​​​​​​
• The move helps Go-Ahead accelerate towards target of operating a ‘net zero’ bus fleet by 2035
•  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps hails move as example of industry “actively supporting” Government’s ambitions to end the UK’s contribution to climate change

• Bus and rail services play a critical role in keeping communities connected 
• Go-Ahead is supporting local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to remain viable and to grow during the pandemic and in the longer-term
• Go-Ahead’s bus and rail companies have delivered £5 million worth of community investment through volunteering, donations and fundraising in the past five years