2025 Finalists’ Announcement Timetable

Finalists will be announced on the UK Bus Awards X feed (@UKBusAwards), Facebook page (UKBusAwards), LinkedIn (UK Bus Awards) and Instagram (ukbusawards) on Thursday 19th and Friday 10th October. Categories will be announced at half hour intervals from 10am each day according to the timetable below. Individual Finalists will be announced at three or four minute intervals.

A list of Thursday’s Finalists will be posted on the website here after the announcement at 4pm, and a full list will appear here on Friday at 4pm after all Finalists have been announced.

Thursday 9th October

10:00 Bus and the Community
10:30  Culture Change
11:00  Engineer of the Year
11:30 Environmental Innovation
12:00  London Bus Garage of the Year
12:30 Luke Rees-Pulley Award for Top London Bus Driver
14:00 Manager of the Year
14:30 Marketing for Growth
15:00 Partnership for Excellence: The Peter Huntley Memorial Award
15:30 Recruitment and Retention

Friday 10th October

10:00 ROSCO Award for Contribution to Safer Driving
10:30 Top City Operator
11:00 Top Contracted Operator
11:30 Top National Bus Depot
12:00 Top National Bus Driver: The Chris Moyes Memorial Award
12:30 Top Shire Operator
14:00 Top SME Operator
14:30 Unsung Hero
15:00 Young Manager of the Year
15:30 UK Bus Operator of the Year – explaining how the grand-prix works