{"id":5112,"date":"2025-10-09T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/?page_id=5112"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:29:29","slug":"2025-finalists-first-half","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/2025-finalists-first-half\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Finalists &#8211; first half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>2025 Finalists &#8211; First half<\/h1>\n<p>Here are the first half of the Finalists from today&#8217;s annoucement. The second half will be announced tomorrow. The winners will be announced at the Presentation Ceremony in London on Tuesday 25th November &#8211; details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/presentation-ceremony\/\">here<\/a>. Buy tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/tickets\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All finalists can use the 2025 Finalist logo, which can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/download-finalist-logos\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Bus and the Community sponsored by Heathrow<\/h4>\n<p>Ask for Angel Street (Stagecoach East Midlands)<br \/>Bangor Clerical Team (Translink)<br \/>First Bus North &amp; West Yorkshire<br \/>Liverpool Zoe\u2019s Place (Arriva Merseyside)<br \/>Shelter Scotland (Lothian)<br \/>Somerset Passenger Solutions<br \/>Storybus (Konectbus)<\/p>\n<h4>Culture Change sponsored by Intuitive Talent Solutions<\/h4>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness (First Bus East of England)<br \/>Changing Gears (Translink)<br \/>Double Decker Diaries (Stagecoach East)<br \/>Fastrack (Go-Ahead)<br \/>Period Positivity campaign (Women in Bus and Coach)<br \/>Route 38 Rewired (Arriva Derby)<br \/>Transforming the Duty Office (Grant Palmer)<br \/>Youth Engagement Programme (West Yorkshire Bus Alliance)<\/p>\n<h4>Engineer of the Year<\/h4>\n<p>Martin Haldane (Lothian)<br \/>Graham Livesey (National Express West Midlands)<br \/>Scot Nicholetti (Whippet)<br \/>Steve Pither (Stagecoach South Wales)<br \/>Tony Spencer (First Bus North &amp; West Yorkshire)<br \/>Andy Wilson (Go North West)<br \/>Andrew Warrender (Stagecoach Manchester)<\/p>\n<h4>Environmental Innovation sponsored by CitySwift<\/h4>\n<p>Closed-loop de-inking system (Global)<br \/>First Charge (First Bus)<br \/>Greener from the ground up (Translink)<br \/>Right Bus, Right Route (Grant Palmer)<br \/>VEV-IQ (Stagecoach Yorkshire)<\/p>\n<h4>London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London<\/h4>\n<p>Croydon (Go-Ahead London)<br \/>Kangley Bridge (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Sutton (Go-Ahead London)<br \/>Tolworth (First Bus London)<br \/>Westbourne Park (First Bus London)<\/p>\n<h4>Luke Rees-Pulley Award for Top London Bus Driver sponsored by The Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust and TfL<\/h4>\n<p>Katarzyna Boczkaja (First Bus London)<br \/>Vincent Marcelo (First Bus London)<br \/>Amal Marzouk (Transport UK London Bus)<br \/>Musediku Mohammed (Metroline)<br \/>Catherine Mulumba (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Shaniya Pinnock-Johnson (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Emma Samuels (Stagecoach London)<br \/>Jay Songhurst (First Bus London)<\/p>\n<h4>Manager of the Year<\/h4>\n<p>Toby France &#8211; Arriva Midlands)<br \/>Jonathon Hunt (First Bus East of England)<br \/>Aleksandra Husejko (Grant Palmer)<br \/>Chris Kelk (Stagecoach East Midlands)<br \/>Gurpreet Sidhu (Metroline)<br \/>Sam Teggart (Transport UK London Bus)<br \/>Andrew Wilson (Translink)<br \/>Jack Wright (Stagecoach East Midlands)<\/p>\n<h4>Marketing for Growth<\/h4>\n<p>100 tickets for 100 years on the 100 service (Edwards Coaches)<br \/>Flightline (Heathrow)<br \/>LibertyBus<br \/>MK Loop (Milton Keynes Council &amp; partners)<br \/>Rejuvenating inter-urban routes (Reading Buses)<br \/>Route 1X (Brighton &amp; Hove Buses)<br \/>yLink and Youth-Led Engagement (Translink)<\/p>\n<h4>Partnership for Excellence: The Peter Huntley Memorial Award<\/h4>\n<p>Hull Bus Alliance<br \/>Devon Bus Enhanced Partnership<br \/>Portsmouth Buses Partnership<br \/>Student Travel Pass (Stagecoach East Midlands, trentbarton, Notts County Council and West Notts College)<br \/>Vision Awareness Training for Bus Drivers (Thomas Pocklington Trust &amp; 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