Officers have issued an urgent appeal for help finding a Salford man who disappeared yesterday morning. Greater Manchester Police says Andrew was last seen at around 6.30pm on Thursday, September 14.
28.08.2023 - 07:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As Greater Manchester prepares for the launch of the Bee Network’s bus franchising system in September, 300 new recruits are expected to get behind the wheels of a massive new fleet.
Bringing control of the bus network back into council hands has many more implications than just yellow buses with a bee symbol - it is a complete shift in how companies run the buses. Go North West, one of the new bus franchise contractors has been training up numerous new drivers in anticipation of the launch.
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Arriving at Queens Road Bus Depot, the base of Go North West, it’s hard to believe that there are around 200 buses parked up behind the face of a Grade-II listed building. Beyond those walls it is a hive of activity with new recruits being sent off for training and old hands setting off for their usual routes in different corners of Greater Manchester.
There is a buzz about the place as management prepares for September 24, 2023 - when a London-style transport system will be rolled out. This will start with Bolton and Wigan, as well as parts of Manchester, Salford and Bury.
“Overnight, we will have a whole new brand for Manchester and that means us taking on the employment of all the staff that work there (in the Wigan and Bolton depots), the buses, the ticket machines,” Nigel Featham, managing director of Go North West said. “It will be a really big weekend for us and for Manchester.
“We have been engaging in a big recruitment campaign. We are aiming to pull in 300 people. We’ve never tried to recruit on this scale before.
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Officers have issued an urgent appeal for help finding a Salford man who disappeared yesterday morning. Greater Manchester Police says Andrew was last seen at around 6.30pm on Thursday, September 14.
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