Mcgill's Buses

Bus company McGill’s has announced it will significantly increase the scale of its partnership with global travel tech company FlixBus this year.

Bus firm McGill’s Group has appointed Alex Hornby as its new group managing director. Mr Hornby, 41, will join the Scottish firm at its Greenock headquarters following eight years leading North of England bus operator Transdev Blazefield. He will report to the McGill’s Group board i

McGill’s Buses, the UK’s largest independent bus operator, has announced a £20 million investment to introduce a further 41 new electric buses to its fleet. The company, owned by Scottish billionaire businessmen Sandy and James Easdale, has now invested a total of £55million

Scotland’s billionaire brothers, Sandy and James Easdale, have announced a £10 million investment to massively expand the partnership between McGill’s Buses and international coach operator, FlixBus. The McGill’s owners’ outlay will see 18 new state-of-the-art Volvo bus

McGill’s Buses have now completed their acquisition of First Scotland East and vowed that local management will be empowered to make decisions for local services serving local people. The deal was announced earlier in September and has now been officially completed. McGill’s Group has ta

First Bus has agreed to sell its Scotland East business and all its routes in the area to McGill’s Group. The sale, which will be finalised on 19 September, includes all First Bus depots in Livingston, Larbert, Bannockburn and Balfron, as well as the Edinburgh open-top bus operation Bright Bus

Sandy and James Easdale, the brothers who own McGill's Buses, have announced plans for a £20 million development of the former Watt Brothers department store in Glasgow, which they hope to turn into a boutique hotel. The two have lodged plans with Glasgow City Council for the redevelopment of

National Express, the UK public transport company, has agreed a deal to sell its Dundee operation, Xplore Dundee, to Greenock-based McGill’s Buses. The deal is subject to completion by the end of the year.