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Lothian Buses and its subsidiaries used the company’s annual competition to select its drivers for this year’s Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) National Final.

On a recent visit to his home in East Sussex BDoY Chairman Joe Mackie presented long-serving stalwart Bryan Constable with a souvenir to mark his 35 years of service as a Director of BDoY.

It is with great sadness that The UK Bus Driver of the Year Association (BDoY) announces the death of one of its stalwart supporters.

Crowned UK Bus Driver of the Year 2022, Michael Evans won the BDoY Trophy and £4,600 prize money. He is a driver for Stagecoach South Wales at its Porth depot, where he has worked for five years having changed career from being a car salesman.

For the first time in since relocating to Blackpool almost 40 years ago the prestigious National Final of the UK Bus Driver of the Year (BDoY) competition has a new headquarters.

Joe Mackie, Chairman of The UK Bus Driver of the Year Association and a founder director of First Group, has been presented with his OBE.

A key member of The UK Bus Driver of the Year Association (BDoY) National Council, Operations Director Keith Fieldhouse, has been elected Vice Chairman and new directors have been appointed as a trio of long-standing stalwarts stand down.

At the 53rd National Final of the Bus Driver of the Year Competition in Blackpool yesterday (Sunday 1 September) Adam Stitt from Lothian was crowned "UK Bus Driver of the Year"