Resources: Case Studies
Buses just the job in Tyneside
Buses have been vital in connecting young people with jobs at the UK’s largest business park in Britain – Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside. The developers have been hugely proactive in travel planning for [...]
Buses needed to reinvigorate our high streets
As more major brands go into liquidation it feels like the life is being sucked out of our high streets. HMV and Blockbusters are just the latest in a long line of casualties. It is [...]
More than 50,000 free journeys made on the Bus for Jobs scheme
More than 50,000 local bus journeys were made as part of the recent Bus for Jobs scheme in January. Between 1st and 31st January, 52,033 journeys were made using the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Cards [...]
Buses boosting businesses
When energy giant npower relocated over 1,800 to new but difficult-to-reach Sunderland offices in 2010, one of the major issues to be addressed was how staff would get to work. npower turned to Go North [...]
Access to jobs
In West Yorkshire, Passenger Transport Executive Metro’s Travel for Work project (2007-2010), funded by Yorkshire Forward and a partnership with employers and JobCentrePlus, involved 4,250 jobseekers being assisted into employment by addressing information and cost [...]
