News Summary
- International development organisation, Transaid, has welcomed McGill’s Bus Group as a corporate partner.
- The partnership builds on the company’s sponsorship of the 2026 Scottish Transaid Dinner, taking place in June.
- McGill’s Bus Group joins more than 30 corporate partners supporting Transaid’s road safety and access to healthcare projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
The UK’s largest independent bus operator, McGill’s Bus Group, has joined international development organisation, Transaid, as its latest corporate partner – furthering the charity’s longstanding association with the passenger transport sector.
An initial three-year agreement builds upon the company’s sponsorship of the upcoming Scottish Transaid Dinner, set to take place at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa near Grangemouth on 4 June 2026.
Ralph Roberts, Chairman for McGill’s Bus Group, says: “We’re really looking forward to getting involved with all Transaid’s events and fundraisers, especially the dinner, which is set to be a highlight of the industry calendar. It is very clear that the work carried out by Transaid and its local partners is making a tangible difference in sub-Saharan Africa, and we’re excited to help in any way we can.”
McGill’s Bus Group joins more than 30 corporate partners from across the transport and logistics industry, sharing time, expertise and resources to support Transaid’s road safety and access to healthcare initiatives.
Joan Aitken, Chair of Transaid, and former Scottish Traffic Commissioner, says: “McGill’s Bus Group’s commitment to innovation aligns perfectly with our mission to transform lives through safe, available and sustainable transport. Bringing on board such a prominent name in passenger transport to sponsor the Scottish Transaid Dinner is a tremendous honour – to now welcome them as a corporate partner is a milestone moment. This kind of support is essential to making our programmes so successful and reflects Transaid’s wish to involve more transport operators and their people in supporting our work.”
Based in Greenock, McGill’s Bus Group is a family-owned business, founded in 1933. With a team of 1,800 employees, it operates services across the central belt, Dundee, Aberdeen, and Inverness, including city and rural bus services, intercity coach travel, city tours, day trips and private hire.
McGill’s Bus Group joins The Malcolm Group, the RHA and Logistics UK in sponsoring the 2026 Scottish Transaid Dinner. Tables of 10 at the event are priced at £1,000, or there’s the option to purchase individual tickets at £100 per person. For all ticket sales and sponsorship enquiries, please contact Lynsey Craik at ScottishTransaidDinner@hotmail.com.
For more information and to find out how you can support the organisation visit www.transaid.org.
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Note to Editor:
About Transaid
Transaid transforms lives through safe, available, and sustainable transport. Founded by Save the Children, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and its Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, the international development organisation works with communities, partners, and governments to solve transport challenges throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Transaid works in two core areas, road safety and access to health, to solve two of the biggest transport challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Transaid’s road safety work focuses on influencing safe driver behaviour with long term programmes in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, responding to local needs for improved training for drivers and riders of trucks, buses, motorcycles and forklift trucks. On the access to health side, Transaid is working with local partners and communities to strengthen access to health services, primarily in rural areas. They are also working to strengthen health supply chains in collaboration with local partners and governments.
Transaid enjoys strong backing from the transport and logistics industry and the active involvement of its patron, HRH The Princess Royal.
For further press information:
Maddy Matheson at Transaid: +44 (0)20 7387 8136 / maddy@transaid.org
Natalie Ganshert or James Keeler at Garnett Keeler PR: +44 (0)20 8647 4467, or by email to natalie.ganshert@garnettkeeler.com / james.keeler@garnettkeeler.com
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