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Unions Put FirstGroup Under Scrutiny As Euro Expansion Beckons - 1252/3571 Written by Lee on Monday, 29th January 2007 Transport unions from countries where FirstGroup plans to expand will meet with colleagues who already have experience of the company at the ITF in London on 31 January (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/01/unions_put_firstgroup_under_sc.html#more Representatives from the UK and US will join their counterparts from Ireland , Germany , Sweden and The Netherlands to examine the international rail and bus operator Re: Unions Put FirstGroup Under Scrutiny As Euro Expansion Beckons - 1252/3579 Written by bubblecat on Monday, 29th January 2007 Interesting - I didn't know FirstGroup was in the US?? I must read more! Re: Unions Put FirstGroup Under Scrutiny As Euro Expansion Beckons - 1252/3592 Written by Lee on Tuesday, 30th January 2007 [quote author=bubblecat link=topic=1252.msg3579#msg3579 date=1170103107]Interesting - I didn't know FirstGroup was in the US?? I must read more![/quote] http://www.firstgroup.com/corpfirst/company/namerica.php Re: Unions Put FirstGroup Under Scrutiny As Euro Expansion Beckons - 1252/3840 Written by Lee on Friday, 9th February 2007 FirstGroup has agreed to buy US-based yellow school bus firm Laidlaw for Re: Unions Put FirstGroup Under Scrutiny As Euro Expansion Beckons - 1252/3871 Written by Lee on Sunday, 11th February 2007 [quote author=Lee link=topic=1252.msg3840#msg3840 date=1171018367] FirstGroup has agreed to buy US-based yellow school bus firm Laidlaw for Re: Unions Put FirstGroup Under Scrutiny As Euro Expansion Beckons - 1252/4924 Written by Lee on Saturday, 21st April 2007 First shareholders have backed the Laidlaw deal (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6576583.stm In the first year of ownership , FirstGroup expects to generate about $70m ( link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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