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The Go-Ahead Group plc (Go-Ahead) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Wickham as Managing Director, Plymouth CityBus (PCB) with immediate effect.

Andrew has over twenty years management experience in the bus industry. He was previously Operations Director for Go South Coast, incorporating Bluestar, Southern Vectis and Wilts & Dorset local bus operations.

Keith Ludeman, Group Chief Executive of Go-Ahead said: "I am delighted to appoint Andrew as the Managing Director for Plymouth CityBus. Andrew has a wealth of experience in the UK bus industry and I am confident he will build on the strong reputation that PCB has for delivering high quality, locally-focused services for the community of Plymouth."

"I would like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to John Ackroyd who has helped to build PCB into a first class operation. I am very pleased to announce that John has accepted a Group role with Go-Ahead in London."

Go-Ahead announced earlier today that it has completed the acquisition of PCB from Plymouth City Council for an enterprise value of £20m.

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Plymouth CityBus (PCB)

PCB operates a high quality fleet of 173 buses and 11 coaches from a large freehold depot in the centre of Plymouth, carrying around 14 million passengers each year across a wide network in and around the City. For the financial year ended 31 March 2009, the revenue for PCB was £17.6m and underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was £2.5m.

Go-Ahead

Go-Ahead is one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport services operating in the bus, rail and aviation services sectors. Employing around 27,000 people across the country, around 960 million passenger journeys are undertaken on our services each year.

Our local focus

We believe that public transport is best provided locally. All of our bus and rail companies are locally branded and form an integral part of the communities they serve. We empower our local managers to deliver services to their own markets in the way they best see fit. This local focus and understanding of community needs means we are able to provide high quality services.

Environment & corporate responsibility

Go-Ahead is the only UK public transport Group to have been officially certified with the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change. The Carbon Trust Standard is the UK's only independent certification recognising achievements in action on climate change by leading organisations in industry, commerce and the public sector. For the third year in a row Go-Ahead achieved a gold rating in Business in The Community's (BITC) 2009 Corporate Responsibility Index – the highest rating amongst comparable participating transport operators. These awards highlight our commitment to being a responsible employer and public transport operator.

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