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We’re looking for the very best talent, so we’ve implemented a number of features to make this website easy to use, especially for users with disabilities.

This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for visual layout. Style sheets can be disabled or over-ridden on certain browsers to customise the website appearance to your preference.

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use a mouse for navigation.
Access keys for this site:
S: Skip to main navigation
1: FirstGroup Home Page
2: Accessibility
3: Sitemap
4: UK Bus Home Page
5: UK Train Home Page
6: Corporate Home Page
7: North America Home Page
8: Legal Information
9: Privacy Policy
0: Trading Terms

PCs
Internet Explorer 6 and above - Hold down ALT + the access key then release both keys and press ENTER.
Firefox - Hold down ALT + SHIFT + the access key.
Opera - Hold down SHIFT + ESC, release both keys, then press the access key.
Macs
Safari - Hold down CTRL + the access key.
Firefox - Hold down ALT + SHIFT + the access key.
These Access keys are based on UK Government guidelines. We’ve attempted to avoid conflicts with commonly used operating system shortcuts.

We appreciate that not everyone using our sites can use a mouse. So we make sure all of our websites can be browsed in a logical manner using the Tab button. Pressing the 'Tab' key while on a web page will select the next link on the page. You can press 'Tab' repeatedly to get to the chosen link. The selected link is indicated by the dotted border around the link. Once your chosen link is selected, you can trigger it by pressing the 'Enter' key on your keyboard. You can move backwards through links by pressing 'Shift' + 'Tab' together.

Here’s how you can resize fonts and/or increase page zoom in different browsers.

Click the View menu, then select Text Size and then choose larger or largest (the default is medium).
Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel (if you have one).

Click Page then Zoom. You can then increase or decrease the page's zoom level.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts. To do this, press Ctrl and '+' (plus) to increase the zoom and Ctrl and '-' (minus) to decrease the zoom.

Click Tools then Zoom. You can then increase or decrease the page's zoom level.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts. To do this, press Ctrl and '+' (plus) to increase the zoom and Ctrl and '-' (minus) to decrease the zoom. Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel (if you have one).

Click the View menu, then select Text Size and then choose whether you would like to increase the size (increase) or decrease the size (decrease).
Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and at the same time, push the - or + key.
Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel (if you have one).

Click the View menu, select Zoom and then choose your desired zoom level.
Alternatively, press Plus (hold Shift and press the = key) to increase the page zoom, or press the minus key (-) to reduce the page zoom.
Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel (if you have one).

Click the View menu then click Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar, find the 'zoom' section in the menu and select '+' to make page content larger or '-' to make page content smaller.
You can also use Ctrl and '+' (plus) (Option and '+' on Mac) and Ctrl and '-' (minus) (Option and '-' on Mac) keyboard shortcuts to increase and decrease content size respectively.

Labels are used to assist access to form fields. All forms follow a logical tab sequence.

Our site has been designed to be easy to read through its colour combinations. If you’ve any difficulties reading parts of our site, try increasing the font size or altering the visual appearance of your browser.

We’ve worked hard to ensure that our links are meaningful. Some links are explained in greater detail by using a title attribute, visible when hovering over the link.

JavaScript is used on the site to improve usability. All pages and processes are still accessible and usable if JavaScript is disabled or unavailable.

Flash may be used on the site to enhance the user experience. An effort will be made to make sure that if you don’t have the correct plug-in for Flash elements, it won’t prevent you from accessing the core content of our website.

This website is built to XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2.0 standards. To ensure code quality and that standards are maintained we’re committed to checking this on a regular basis.

This website will function and look as intended in browsers that support these standards. The most common of these are:

• Firefox, Internet Explorer (6+) and Opera on Windows
• Safari and Firefox on Mac OS X

If you don’t have one of these browsers installed or are unable to upgrade, you may find the website easier to use by disabling CSS altogether - please see your browser's help documentation for further information.

We’ll continue to make improvements to www.firstbus.co.uk but FirstGroup is not responsible for the accessibility of any other websites which this site may link to. If you’ve any questions about our continuing efforts to make web-based information accessible to all users, or wish to report an accessibility problem on any of our pages, please contact us.