Awards and achievements
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.
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)
- Brighton & Hove Buses and MetroBus awarded Large Bus Operator of the Year at the Route One 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
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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
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)
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
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
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
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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)