Awards and achievements

2024

  • Corporate Champions award for The Go-Ahead Group from the Campaign for Better Transport, the UK charity advocating for sustainable transport

2023

  • Go-Ahead Group is voted Britain’s top transport company, and comes joint first across UK industry for most effective corporate governance, in the annual Britain’s Most Admired Companies study.
  • Go-Ahead is listed as the UK's top transport company in the Financial Times Europe's Climate Leaders 2023
  • Go-Ahead Singapore recieve Certificate of Commendation (COVID 19) at the National Awards for exceptional efforts which had a significant impact in the fight against COVID-19

2022

  • Go-Ahead Group places first overall in Britain's Most Admired Companies report for transport
  • Macro Employer of Year 2022, National Apprenticeship Awards (regional winner)
  • Recruitment Excellence of the Year 2022, National Apprenticeship Awards (regional highly commended winner)
  • John Connell Awards - Noise Abatement Society awards 2022 – winner of the Silent Approach Award – Go North East
  • Brighton & Hove Buses and MetroBus awarded Large Bus Operator of the Year at the Route One Awards
  • Go-Ahead Singapore, Best Collaborative Partner at the Land Transport Excellence Awards

2021

  • Go-Ahead Group receive an 'A-' rating from the Carbon Disclosure Project 
  • Go-Ahead Group places highly commended for Company of the Year at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards
  • Go-Ahead comes first in two categories in Britain's Most Admired Companies report for transport 

2020

  • Go-Ahead wins 'Sustainable Journeys' award at the UK Fleet Champions Awards
  • Plymouth Citybus win the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the 'Promoting Opportunity' category
  • East Yorkshire's Scarborough Beachcomber buses receive TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice award 

2019

  • Go-Ahead London winner of the ‘Fire’ category at the Energy Globe Awards
  • Plymouth CityBus awarded Bus Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards
  • Oxford Bus Company (PickMeUp) awarded Most Innovative Customer serving Operator at the Global Transport Ticketing Awards
  • Winner of Top Company – Northumberland and Tyneside at the Top 200 North East Company awards
  • Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation for eighth consecutive year 

2018

  • Go-Ahead London won Bus Operator of the Year at the London Transport Awards 
  • Go-Ahead Group in partnership with iBlocks was awarded the Smart Cities UK Transport Award 
  • Go-Ahead awarded Top PLC at North East Top 200 
  • Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation

2017

  • Triple recertification of Carbon Trust Standard for carbon, water and waste reduction 
  • Go-Ahead bus company Go South Coast won UK Bus Operator of the Year at the UK Bus Awards  
  • 95% score in Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index  
  • Go-Ahead highly commended for building public trust at PwC's annual Building Public Trust Awards 
  • Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation 

2016

  • 95% score in Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index 
  • Carbon Disclosure Project score B – recognition for continuous improvement in tackling climate change 
  • Helping Hand disability initiative – winner of the UK Bus Awards 2016 for the Bus and Community category 
  •  Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation 

2015

  • 96% score in the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index – highest in the transport sector 
  • Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation 

2014

  • Carbon Trust triple accreditation – first transport company  
  • Carbon Disclosure Project score 84B 
  • Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation 
  • Environmental Impact Award (Corporate Social Responsibility Awards) 

2013

  • Sustainable Future Award (British Quality Foundation UK Excellence Awards) 
  • Platinum ranking in Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index 
  • Carbon Disclosure Project score 77B 
  • The Bus and the Community Award (UK Bus Awards) 
  • Gold ranking in BITC Corporate Responsibility Index 
  • Go-Ahead recertified with the FTSE4Good accreditation 

2022

  • Oxford Bus Company awarded Outstanding Customer Experience Award at the Route One Awards 
  • Putney Garage, London Bus Garage of the Year at the UK Bus Awards 2022
  • Go-Ahead Singapore, Best Community Inclusive Project (Merit) for Helping Hand at the Land Transport Excellence Awards
  • Go-Ahead Singapore, Best Land Transport Operations & Maintenance Initiatives for BC Click at the Land Transport Excellence Awards
  • Gold awarded to Go North East for its Marketing and Communications efforts at the UK Bus Awards 2022

2019

  • Highest average customer satisfaction in the transport sector – 92% (Transport Focus National Bus Passenger Survey) surpassing last year’s highest score of 91%  

2018

  • Highest average customer satisfaction in the transport sector – 91% (Transport Focus National Bus Passenger Survey) 

2017

  • Highest average customer satisfaction in the transport sector – 90% (Transport Focus National Bus Passenger Survey) 

2016

  • Joint highest overall customer satisfaction in the transport sector – 89% (Transport Focus National Bus Passenger Survey) 

2015

  • Highest average customer satisfaction score of all large transport operators – 90% average customer satisfaction with Go-Ahead regional bus services (Transport Focus National Bus Passenger Survey) 

2014

  • 92% average customer satisfaction for regional bus services (Transport Focus independent survey)  

2023

  • Koli Begum, Apprentice of the Year award at the 2023 everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards.
  • Go-Ahead ranked 5th on the list of the UK’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers, by the Department for Education. 

2022

  • GTR's Siggy Cragwell wins a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Heart of Gold awards
  • GTR's Maro Sakpere wins the Apprentice of the Year Award for the Logistics and Transport category at the Multicultural Apprentice Awards
  • Koli Begum, Top London Bus Driver at the UK Bus Awards 2022
  • Go-Ahead ranked top apprenticeship employer in the UK transport industry, by the Department for Education (ranked at number 23 in the list.)

2021

  • Go-Ahead Head Office re-awarded 'gold' Investors in People accreditation
  • Go-Ahead London and GTR pass their Ofsted New Provider Monitoring Visit
  • Go-Ahead receives Best Content for the Internal Audience (silver award) at the Corporate Content Awards
  • Southern wins Passenger Operator of the Year at the National Rail Awards
  • Go-Ahead London, Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards, The Industry Champion Award to Caroline Welch, Apprenticeship Manager

2020

  • Plymouth Citybus awarded Investors in People Platinum status accreditation
  • Southeastern wins 'Top Employer' at Women in Rail awards 
  • GTR's Siggy Cragwell wins Lifetime Achievement Award 

2019

  • David Brown wins Best CEO for Sustainable Transport at the European CEO awards

2018

  • First provider of bus and rail services to be nationally recognised for the quality of our transport sector apprenticeships by the Education and Skills Funding Agency 
  • Investors in People Gold status reaccreditation  

2017

  • Investors in People Gold status reaccreditation  

2016

  • Investors in People Gold status accreditation

2015

  • CEO David Brown runner-up for Leader of the Year (Investors in People Awards) 

2014

  • Investors in People Silver status accreditation

2013

  • Investors in People accreditation 

2021

  • Highly Commended, Best Content for the Investor Audience (Corporate Content Awards)

2020

  • Best Governance Disclosures Award (Round Recognition Awards)
  • Best Investor Communication Award (Plc Awards) 

2019

  • Fair Tax Mark awarded for a fifth consecutive year 
  • Best Use of Digital Media in the FTSE 250 (IR Society Awards) 

2018

  • Best Financial Reporting for 2017 report (IR Magazine Awards) 
  • Fair Tax Mark reawarded 

2017

  • Highly commended for best use of digital communications and the most effective integration of sustainability into corporate communication (IR Society Awards)  
  • Fair Tax Mark reawarded

2016

  • Silver for Best Printed Annual Report (FTSE 250) for 2015 report (Corporate & Financial Awards) 
  • Most effective integration of sustainability reporting into communications for a FTSE 250 (Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards) 
  • Fair Tax Mark reawarded  

2015

  • Commendation for investor and analyst communications (Corporate & Financial Awards) 
  • Fair Tax Mark reawarded

2014

  • Most effective communications of overall investment proposition (Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards) 
  • Best Use of Digital Communication (Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards) 
  • Fair Tax Mark awarded – first in the FTSE 350 

2013

  • Excellence in Reporting in the FTSE 250 for 2012 report (PwC Building Public Trust Awards) 
  • Best Communication of Sustainability in the annual report (Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards)