FirstGroup acquires KB Coaches in UK coach portfolio expansion

PUBT · 1d ago
FirstGroup acquires KB Coaches in UK coach portfolio expansion
  • FirstGroup acquired KB Coaches, a Gloucestershire-based operator, adding 30 vehicles to its UK and Ireland coach portfolio.
  • Deal establishes a presence in Gloucestershire, expanding First Bus coach operations into a new UK region.
  • KB Coaches employs 34, with a focus on home-to-school transport, private hire, and football club team travel.
  • Transport Manager Tom Weaver and Operations Manager Dean Francis stay; owner Andy Francis retires.
  • FirstGroup’s coach portfolio now nears 600 vehicles, employing more than 700 across the UK and Ireland.


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