Go-Ahead announced that Nigel Featham has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Go-North West, its new bus business in Manchester. Nigel joins from Arriva where he led the North East, Yorkshire and Yorkshire Tiger bus operations over the past ten years, achieving strong passenger and revenue growth and consistently high levels of customer satisfaction. Go-Aheads entry into the North West market has been facilitated by the recent 11.2 million acquisition, from First Bus, of the 160-vehicle Queens Road bus depot serving Oldham and Bolton.