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BT; Morrisons; Stagecoach; Barratt Developments

BT
BT has announced a 2% rise in annual pre-tax profit to £2.7 billion, despite price cuts at its Openreach business eroding sales by 1%.. Chief executive Philip Jansen, who tookRead More

CEO 'concerned' at ruling

Stagecoach ‘disqualified’ from UK rail franchise bids

Virgin Trains
Stagecoach operates a joint venture with Virgin Stagecoach says it has been told by the Department for Transport that it has been disqualified from three UK rail franchise competitions. ItRead More

New non-executive post

Dame Jayne-Anne joins board of transport firm Stagecoach

Jayne-Anne Gadhia of Virgin Money
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia has been appointed a non-executive director of Stagecoach, while Karen Thomson will not be seeking re-election as a director at the Annual General Meeting. A Chartered Accountant, DameRead More

Group to refocus on UK

Stagecoach sells North America business for $271.4m

Martin Griffiths
Transport company Stagecoach has sold its North America business to private equity firm Variant Equity Advisers for $271.4 million (£214.6m). The deal includes $207m in cash and $64.4m in debt,Read More

Griffiths 'confident' of growth

Stagecoach in talks to sell US business as pressures build

Stagecoach
Stagecoach: ‘public transport central to government policy’   Transport company Stagecoach is in talks about a sale of all or part of its struggling US business as it combats competitiveRead More

Disappointment at costs

Stagecoach ‘surprised’ at losing East Coast franchise

Virgin Trains
Stagecoach chief executive, Martin Griffiths, expressed disappointment over the cost over-run at Virgin Trains

Leonard demands nationalisation

LNER takes to rails as Labour steps up campaign

First LNER trains
Labour will mark the return of East Coast Main Line trains to pubic ownership by launching ...

Ideas for enterprise

How to transform a bus into a business

Bedroam
Ever thought of transforming a bus into something creative?

Company 'got sums wrong'

Stagecoach east coast franchise to end early

Virgin Azuma
Stagecoach's contract to run east coast trains is to end early after the government said the operator had "got its numbers wrong".

Fund-raising campaign

Stagecoach offers free travel to Sleep in the Park

Josh Littlejohn and Brian Souter
Stagecoach Group has agreed to provide a large number of free seats to fundraisers travelling to Edinburgh for the world’s largest sleep out on 9 December.