Go North East apprentices share customer service expertise with Gateshead College for ‘day in the life’ initiative
Two rising star apprentices at Go North East swapped roles with senior staff at Gateshead College last week, in a ‘day in the life’ experience to mark National Apprenticeship Week (4 - 8 March 2019).
Go North East tackles feet on seats with a quirky new solution
The bus company is launching a quirky new solution to the age-old problem of people putting their feet up on rear facing bus seats.
On the road to success – Go North East celebrates its inspiring females with senior appointments
Ahead of International Women’s Day (Friday 8 March 2019), Go North East has announced a series of appointments to the company’s senior team, boosting its pool of inspiring female talent.
Go North East apprenticeships drive industry award wins
This National Apprenticeship Week (4 - 8 March 2019), the region’s biggest bus operator, Go North East is celebrating its young talent making a big impact – including two industry award-winning apprentices.
Why I’m living proof that apprenticeships work
To mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2019 (4-8 March), former apprentice Colin Barnes - now engineering director at Go North East, shares his views on the value of apprenticeships, from his own experiences to heading up the company’s award-winning bus and coach engineering and maintenance scheme.
Service changes in North Tyneside from 24 March
From 24 March 2019, there will be changes to some services in North Tyneside.
Electric buses to hit the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead
Following an announcement by the Buses Minister Nusrat Ghani MP, bus operator Go North East and Nexus the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, have been awarded funding in the latest round of the Government's Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme.
250 bus passengers get chatty in Go North East campaign tackling UK’s loneliness epidemic
Around 250 people took advantage of a new initiative to combat loneliness this week (Tuesday 29th January 2019) as Go North East’s ten-strong team of ‘chatty champions’ boarded over 30 buses travelling across the region in a bid to get people talking.
Go North East recognised for customer service excellence
The region’s biggest bus company, Go North East is continuing with its winning ways as its customer service team celebrates securing two finalist spots in the North East Contact Centre Awards.
A first in an industry that typically calls-in third party resource, the 12-strong in-house team is one of four in the running for the Dream Team of the Year accolade, after being selected by judges from
Go North East launches ‘Chatty Bus Champions’ to help tackle loneliness epidemic
Amid research highlighting three in 10 Brits go at least one day a week without speaking to anyone and in a bid to support North Easterners who maybe battling with loneliness, Go North East is introducing ‘Chatty Bus Champions’ to three of its busiest routes on Tuesday 29th January.
Spennymoor special school launches library-on-wheels with Go North East bus donation
A Go North East bus has been transformed into an inspirational learning environment, to encourage students with special educational needs from County Durham to read for fun and improve their literacy skills.