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FirstGroup plc |
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PROFILE |
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FirstGroup is not the first group to get stakes in the UK's deregulated bus, coach, train, and airport industries, but it is one of the largest diversified transportation groups (behind #1 Stagecoach). FirstGroup also is the #2 school bus operator in the US, behind Laidlaw. It has jumped into the US by buying Ryder's school bus operations and has expanded in the UK through acquisitions, including London operators Capital Citybus and Walthamstow Citybus. FirstGroup also operates the First Great Eastern, First Great Western, and First North Western railway franchises in the UK. FirstGroup has agreed to sell its 51% stake in Bristol International Airport and to buy Canada's Hertz Group of school bus companies.
COMPETITION |
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Stagecoach Holdings plc (SGC)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2001 Sales (mil.): 2,912.10
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 0.6%
Employees: 51,984
Revenue per employee: $56,019.16
KEY PEOPLE |
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Moir Lockhead
CEO
Iain Lanaghan
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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32a Weymouth St.
London WIN 3FA, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7291-0500
Fax: 44-20-7636-1338
Online: Web Site
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