Bluestar seeks more drivers

A bus company in Hampshire is aiming to employ more than 100 new drivers after taking over the routes of a rival operator.

Bluestar is holding a recruitment event in Guildhall Square, Southampton, until Friday 9th December, as it plans to run additional routes in the city.

First Southampton said its operations were ‘not sustainable’ and, as a result, would be withdrawing its services in February 2023.

Andrew Wickham, Bluestar’s managing director, said he was ‘looking forward to welcoming a raft of new colleagues’.