Go Ahead Group (Firm)

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Field of Activity
(lcsh) Bus lines--Management
Railroads--Management
(lcsh) Transporatation

found: Go Ahead Group www site, 27 Nov. 2006:Home page (Go-Ahead Group owns public transport companies that operate bus, rail, car-parking and aviation support services throughout the UK)

found: Its Directors' report and accounts for the year to 2 July 1994:title page (The Go-Ahead Group plc) page 6 (focused on urban public transport) page 12 (the Company is the parent undertaking of a group which operates buses, coaches and taxis in the North East of England, Brighton and Oxford) page 36 (subsidiaries: The Gateshead & District Omnibus Company Limited, The Tyneside Omnibus Company Limited, Brighton & Hove Bus & Coach Company [acquired in November 1993], City of Oxford Motor Services Limited [acquired 1 March 1994], [and others])

found: Wikipedia, viewed 9 March 2023(Go-Ahead Group; passenger transport company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England; formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in 2022 it was purchased by Kinetic Group and Globalvia; originally founded as Go-Ahead Northern Limited on 17 February 1987 as a consequence of the privatisation of the National Bus Company, during which a partial management buyout purchased its Gateshead-based northern division, known as the Northern General Transport Company; early expansion of the company involved the acquisition of several smaller competing bus operators in North East England; its first major acquisition was Brighton & Hove in November 1993; in October 1996, Go-Ahead entered the UK rail market when it commenced operating the Thames Trains franchise which it ran until March 2004)

found: Companies House Company Information website, viewed 9 March 2023:under Company number 02100855 (incorporated on 17 February 1987 as Go-Ahead Northern Limited; name changed to: The Go-Ahead Group Limited on 1 February 1994; re-registered as The Go-Ahead Group PLC on 20 April 1994, then The Go-Ahead Group Limited on 13 October 2022; registered office changed from Cross House, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1SB to: 117 Queen Street, Gateshead NE8 2UA on 16 June 1987; Level 16 Cale Cross House, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6SU on 3 July 1995; 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6EE on 8 July 2001)