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Christmas and New Year services
First West of England, First Cymru and First Worcester has confirmed its bus timetables over the Christmas and New Year period.

Free bus travel to mark remembrance weekend
Veterans and UK Armed Forces personnel using First Bus services in the West of England, Wales and Worcester are being offered free travel during remembrance weekend.

Care Leavers Week – Free bus travel for care leavers initiative launched by regional Mayor
Young people leaving care will be able to travel for free on the West of England’s buses

Park and travel to Weston Pride for less than £2 per person…and avoid the rail strikes!
UK Pride in Weston-super-Mare kicks off this weekend, and First Bus is offering advice to passengers to avoid planned rails strikes.

Biggest change in Weston-super-Mare’s bus network for years
One of Weston-super-Mare’s largest housing estates will benefit from a fast and frequent bus route into Bristol city centre as part of a package of changes from First West of England.

First West of England announce fare changes from 9th July
Bus operator First West of England has announced changes to some of its fares from Sunday 9th July.

Bus passengers and ‘Brizzle Icons’ raising thousands for charity
Bus passengers across the West of England will help raise thousands of pounds for charity thanks to a unicorn decked out in Bristol’s famous icons.

Free travel to mark Armed Forces Day
Serving members of the armed forces, veterans and cadets are being offered free bus travel this Saturday to show support for Armed Forces Day.

First Bus select Macmillan Cancer Support as new charity partner
- - Macmillan Cancer Support appointed as new national charity partner for First Bus for next three years.
- - Macmillan were chosen by thousands of First Bus colleagues across the UK operations.
- - Initial donation of £10k to kick off fundraising efforts.

First Bus completes UK wide rollout of Tap On, Tap Off ticketing technology across entire fleet
- First Bus completes UK wide rollout of Tap On, Tap Off (TOTO) technology on over 4000 buses.
- First Bus is first major UK bus operator to achieve this milestone across entire fleet.
- First Bus invests over £1 million alongside further investment from local authority partners.
- TOTO technology allows First Bus to charge more personalised fares to customers based on distance travelled.
- TOTO gives customers unlimited travel on buses, whilst never paying more than the daily or weekly cap.
- First Bus and Ticketer partnership has led to a first-of-its-kind pilot in the UK using this technology.

First Bus announces investment in solar power across 20 UK sites as part of net zero-emission strategy
- First Bus invests £2.5m in solar power across 20 of its UK depots.
- Over 6,000 Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) panels will be in place by mid-June.
- The panels will generate more than 2 million kWh per year - enough to power 700 family homes.
- This investment will help First Bus to become net zero and self-sustaining with on-site energy generation.