Weather Afternoon: 7°c Cloudy Tonight: 3°c Partly Cloudy Night

News

RSS

Brian Souter

Latest articles

Call on schools to do more to encourage enterprise

26.09.11
A business leader has called on Britain's schools to do more to encourage enterprise among young people in a bid to drive economic growth... more

Hundreds of thousands delayed by signalling cable theft

12.09.11
Hundreds of thousands of mainline rail commuters suffered major travel chaos after the fourth theft of copper signalling cable in a week ... more

Stagecoach pair boosted by Megabus return ticket

19.08.11
Stagecoach tycoon Sir Brian Souter and his sister Ann Gloag are set to pocket £85 million between them after their Megabus transport group announced it would return £340 million to shareholders... more

Stagecoach travellers have to sweat it out

29.06.11
Passengers packing onto Stagecoach's buses and trains helped its profits rise 28% last year, but the group's boss ruled out spending some of that money on air conditioning... more

Stagecoach on track for a lift from the snow

08.12.10
The icy roads from Britain’s Arctic weather forces drivers onto Stagecoach’s buses and trains as it posts a 43% rise in first-half profit... more

City Spy: It’s chocs away for Cadbury’s cream

05.11.10
So it came to pass that Cadbury, having been swallowed by Kraft, began to lose its executive spark... more

Rail staff ‘banned’ from volunteering for Games

02.08.10
London rail staff have effectively been banned by their firm from volunteering to help at the 2012 Olympic Games... more

Buses face Beeching-style cuts, campaigners warn

12.07.10
Some bus fares could rise by 10%, many routes could be cut and many jobs lost if a government grant system falls victim to cuts... more

Stagecoach profits crash as it struggles through recession

23.06.10
The recession caused Stagecoach's pre-tax profits to plunge 18% as it spent almost £5 million on consultant fees and a failed takeover bid... more

Stagecoach and Go-Ahead by high fare complaints

07.01.10
Shares in bus operators fall after the Office of Fair Trading calls in the Competition Commission over concerns about high fares... more

Bankrupt financier vows to repay clients’ lost millions

02.11.09
Financier who failed to return tens of million of investments made on behalf of prominent business figures promises to repay the money... more

Sports chief kills himself as missing trader loses £13m

21.10.09
Basketball manager hanged himself after investments linked to a London financier left him £12million in debt... more

City trader who owes clients millions goes on the run

14.10.09
Financier who has failed to return millions in investments he made on behalf of prominent business figures has disappeared... more

City Spy: So upbeat at Sir Victor’s leaving do

18.09.09
Much jollity at Sir Victor Blank’s leaving party at Lloyds Banking Group headquarters in Gresham Street the other evening... more

Last lap looms in takeover battle for National Express

03.09.09
The three-month long bid battle for National Express has entered its final mile... more

£680 million bid cranks up battle for National Express

27.08.09
The battle for National Express got into gear today as its biggest shareholder said it has made a private-equity backed offer of 450p for the struggling trains and coach group ... more

Stagecoach muscles in on National Express bid

27.07.09
The battle for National Express heated up today as arch-rival Stagecoach revealed that it is in exclusive talks to buy parts of the business from the consortium which has made an indicative takeover bid for the ailing bus and trains firm ... more

Stagecoach's Souter in the money but SWT struggles

24.06.09
Revenue growth and profit margins are fast disappearing at South West Trains. But despite warnings that the business is heading toward substantial losses boss Brian Souter has awarded himself a bumper dividend... more

Go north for £1 ... Stagecoach offers cheap new fares by rail then coach

26.03.09
A new combined rail and coach service connecting London and the North with fares as low as £1 was unveiled... more

Victor really a loser in the big banks merger?

23.02.09
Is all well at the top of Lloyds Banking Group? When Lloyds merged with HBOS, there was euphoria at the former's coup. ... more

Homeserve boss in shares admission

22.01.09
Governance: A new name has risen in the epidemic of top firms’ bosses pledging their company stakes to raise money to fund their private lives... more

Stagecoach says 4.89 pct stake is loan collateral

20.01.09
Transport: Transport company Stagecoach said chief executive Brian Souter and non-executive director Ann Gloag have used shares equivalent to a 4.89 pct stake in the group as collateral for personal loans... more

Stagecoach jolt as City job axe culls commuters

03.12.08
Transport: Stagecoach admits that its commuter train services have become a victim of the financial crisis and the loss of up to 100,000 London jobs... more

Mathewson, Burt and Scots political mafia

11.11.08
Sir George Mathewson, 68, and Sir Peter Burt, 64, who are trying to wrest control of HBOS from Lloyds TSB, should not try to kid anyone — their motives are as much political as fiscal... more

Stagecoach expecting to cash in on recession

29.10.08
Transport: Trains, buses and coaches group Stagecoach sees the recession driving more people from their expensive cars onto its cheaper buses and trains. ... more

Jobs under threat at firm behind South West Trains

09.10.08
Jobs at the company behind London's largest commuter train service are at risk as the credit crunch continues... more

As fuel costs soar, people shift from cars to trains and buses

11.07.08
Statistics from the Department for Transport indicate the rate of car usage has fallen every quarter in the last year. But why?... more

Stagecoach speeds ahead as commuters ditch their cars

25.06.08
Rail and bus operator Stagecoach posts a 7.6% jump in profits... more

Stagecoach rolling along as more board buses and trains

28.04.08
The economic downturn and record petrol prices are firing up a mass move on to the nation's buses and trains... more

Tycoons ditch shares in rush to beat tax rise

02.04.08
Dozens of wealthy company bosses and tycoons have been rushing to sell shares to avoid millions of pounds of extra tax... more


Don't Miss