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We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way. Movement is what we power. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real time. At the incredible speed of now. The idea for Uber was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We’ve grown into a global platform powering flexible earnings and the movement of people and things in ever expanding ways. We’ve gone from connecting rides on 4 wheels to 2 wheels to 18-wheel freight deliveries. From takeout meals to daily essentials to prescription drugs to just about anything you need at any time and earning your way. From drivers with background checks to real-time verification, safety is a top priority every single day. At Uber, the pursuit of reimagination is never finished, never stops, and is always just beginning.

First West of England has a vision to be the smartest way to go around the region by providing affordable, convenient, accessible and sustainable public transport. We’re doing this by being at the forefront of developing and implementing smart bus travel services across the region including mobile ticketing, contactless payment, online journey planning and the introduction of the greenest and cleanest vehicles in the country to enhance air quality. We’re pioneering new solutions such as MYFIRSTMILE, an all in one cab and bus service, which is being trialled in Bristol initially to change how the population commute from their homes to their workplaces. We are also a major operator of the new £230m Metrobus rapid transit system, which will revolutionise public transport in the Bristol city region with faster journeys and a much higher standard in passenger experience. These developments mean we can fulfil our purpose of helping our communities live their lives every day. Whether it be shoppers to shops, fans to football, schoolchildren to school, students to study or workers to work.

National Express is the UK’s largest scheduled coach operator. We are headquartered in Birmingham, with locations across the country. Our national network serves hundreds of UK towns and cities. We run round-the-clock services to the UK's major airports and our festival and events services take customers to sporting and music events as well as festivals. Coaches are essential to a strong and well-connected national transport network and we work hard to grow the coach market to enhance the UK’s transport offer. Safety is our number one priority. Our fleet has market-leading safety features and we work across our entire business to drive safety improvements. In 2021, we received a five star audit rating from The British Safety Council for the eigth consecutive year. Coach travel is one of the most environmentally friendly forms of transport. We have continually invested in the cleanest and most efficient vehicles available to us. Every coach we have purchased since 2014 has been Euro VI – the highest emissions standard available. Emissions per coach passenger are much lower than those travelling by car and coaches reduce congestion by using road space more efficiently. We are accredited by the National Living Wage Foundation for pledging to pay the voluntary, higher real Living Wage across all of our UK businesses. We are part of the wider Mobico Group which employs 41,000 people worldwide, with bus, coach and rail services in the UK, Continental Europe, North Africa, North America and the Middle East.