Stagecoach is offering new drivers a £2,500 signing on bonus if they join the company next week. The bus company is hoping to poach drivers worried about jobs with Bristol Community Transport.
It has laid on a recruitment event in a bid to tackle the shortage of drivers which has caused Stagecoach to cancel journeys across the West Country almost every day. The shortage of drivers is a national problem but has caused major problems for passengers across Bristol and the rest of the West Country.
And the bus company is now offering a £2500 ‘signing on bonus’ to any successful applicant who can attend an interview on Tuesday. The bus operator is hoping to benefit from the failure of HCT, a social enterprise providing bus services, social services transport, school buses, minibuses and more across the UK.
