(11 Nov 2023, 9:15 pm)Andreos1 wrote I wonder if the decision to keep it in Newcastle, is more of a token, political gesture.
Similar to Barbour in South Shields or Fishermen's Friends in Fleetwood.
To get it back on thread, maybe that's why Arriva have their office in Sunderland - linking back to the Cowie's legacy.
Aye possible, does anyone actually know if there's anyone senior actually based there as usually the HQ rather than the registered address is their base which is the London office.
I think Barbour and Fishermen's Friends still have their HQ at both don't they?
Yeah, well and it's always been there to be fair. Why move you're whole team for the sake of it - plus the rent is cheap aswell. I always find it odd that the First HQ is basically still just an office slammed on the side of their main depot in Aberdeen. Not even a nice shiny building in a business park or in the city centre. Suppose could pay for your staff not wasting money on offices in central London or Grey Street.