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• Martin has managed two of the UK’s busiest bus businesses (Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus) since 2013
• He has occupied senior roles across Go-Ahead since the mid-1980s
• His ground-breaking work as Managing Director has focused on community, partnerships, innovation, diversity and inclusion

• Southeastern to launch mental health charter for rail operators this month, with the aim to extend to bus
• Covid-19 pandemic sharply escalates stress, anxiety and isolation among transport workers
• Go-Ahead is training Mental Health ‘First Aiders’ at every UK rail and bus business

• Switching one in 25 car journeys to public transport would save the UK two million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
• Public transport and active travel (walking and cycling) are part of the Government’s Green Ten Point Plan
• Earth Day (22 April) encourages individuals to think how they can help to Restore Our Earth

David Brown, Chief Executive of Go-Ahead has provided a statement on the publication of the national bus strategy.

Three priorities unchanged through the pandemic: to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our colleagues and customers; to play our role in society; and to protect our business.

• 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