FirstGroup FD buys initial stake

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Recently appointed FirstGroup finance director Jeff Carr has not let the industrial dispute at the bus and train operator's Thameslink subsidiary put him off buying his first shares in the group. Carr spent £58,198 on 15,000 shares.

Carr was previously finance director of budget airline easyJet. He has also worked in the finance area for Associated British Foods plc, Reckitt Benckiser, Grand Metropolitan and Unilever.

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