Stagecoach buys Wigan bus business

Passenger transport group Stagecoach is to acquire the Wigan bus business and assets from First Manchester, part of FirstGroup.

Passenger transport group Stagecoach is to acquire the Wigan bus business and assets from First Manchester, part of FirstGroup.

Stagecoach is paying £12m for a business which operates both commercial bus services and a small number of school contracts.

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