Stagecoach Group in UK Top 20 for Corporate Reputation

09 Dec 2014

  • Bus and rail operator rated Britain's most admired public transport group
  • Management Today survey of nearly 240 companies across 24 sectors

Stagecoach Group is one of the top 20 most admired businesses in the UK, according to an authoritative annual survey of corporate reputation.

The transport group, which operates bus and rail services in the UK and North America, was rated 20th out of nearly 240 businesses across 24 sectors in the Britain's Most Admired Companies (BMAC) 2014 Awards.

Stagecoach was ranked above well-known businesses including Marks and Spencer, Alliance Boots, BT Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Rolls-Royce.

It was voted the top public transport operator in the survey and was second only to easyjet in the wider transport sector. Stagecoach was ranked above International Airlines Group, parent company of airline BA, and Transport for London.

The Perth-based group has consistently been rated well ahead of its bus and rail group peers in Management Today's annual review of Britain's top companies.

In conjunction with Birmingham City Business School, Management Today asked Britain's largest public companies to rate their peers using nine measures on a scale of zero to 10.

Criteria include financial soundness, community and environmental responsibility, value as a long-term investment, quality of goods and services, use of corporate assets, quality of marketing, innovation, ability to attract, develop and retain top talent, and quality of management.

The table below shows the position in the full list and total score for each of the public transport groups surveyed:
Position Company Score
20 Stagecoach Group 64.80
58 Go-Ahead Group 60.73
98 National Express 57.20
169 Arriva 52.08
201 FirstGroup 47.10

Steven Stewart, Stagecoach Group's Director of Communications, said: "Our businesses make a huge contribution to the economy and local communities in the UK. We are a responsible business with a strategy focused on delivering sustainable growth.

"We have a strong track-record of low fares, good operational performance, high customer satisfaction and reinvesting our profits in improving our bus and rail services. That approach has benefitted our customers, taxpayers and our investors.

"Reputations don't just happen, they have to be earned, and the commitment our 35,000 employees who serve our three million customers every day is central to our success."

The Britain's Most Admired Company Award 2014 went to sustainable technologies specialist Johnson Matthey, with a score of 72.93.

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For further information, please contact Stagecoach Group Communications on 01738 442111 or email: media@stagecoachgroup.com

Notes to Editors

Stagecoach Group
  • Stagecoach Group is a leading international public transport group, with extensive operations in the UK, United States and Canada. The Group employs around 35,000 people, and operates bus, coach, train, and tram services.
  • Stagecoach is one of UK's biggest bus and coach operators with around 8,000 buses and coaches. Around 2.5 million passengers travel on Stagecoach's buses every day on a network stretching from south-west England to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The Group's business includes major city bus operations in London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Hull, Manchester, Oxford, Sheffield and Cambridge. Low-cost coach service, megabus.com, operates between more than 110 towns and cities across the UK and mainland Europe.
  • Stagecoach is a major UK rail operator, running the South West Trains, Island Line and East Midlands Trains networks. It has a 49% shareholding in Virgin Rail Group, which operates the West Coast inter-city rail franchise.
  • Stagecoach also operates the Supertram light rail network in Sheffield.
  • In North America, Stagecoach operates around 2,900 buses and coaches in the United States and Canada. Megabus.com links around 130 key locations in North America. Stagecoach is also involved in operating commuter and transit services, contracted bus services, charters, sightseeing tours and a small number of school bus services
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