FIRST GROUP HAS SLOW START TO THE YEAR

First Group who operate throughout Suffolk and Norfolk, have announced that group revenue as dropped by 1.4% in the last three months,passenger volumes have also dropped by the same amount this has been due to lower high street footfall and traffic congestion, for those who don't follow First Group there has already been confirmed in the Lothian region that two depots will close these have been bought by Lothian Buses, with further efficiency measures to come which should improve margins for the whole year. For the Eastern region it has largely been a good year, with new and cascaded Buses from Leeds going to Great Yarmouth and Norwich, Ipswich will see an expansion to the fleet when they take over the Park and Ride from Ipswich to the Martlesham site with newer Buses expected, above is Volvo B7RLE 69428 and Volvo B7TL 32479 from the Ipswich fleet.