PRINCESS OPENS NEW HQ FOR FIRSTGROUP

The Princess Royal has opened FirstGroup’s new £20million global headquarters and bus depot at former army barracks in Aberdeen’s King Street.

There are more than 200 staff based at the group’s global headquarters and 500 more staff at the new bus depot.

The façade of the historic listed building on King Street has been retained and forms the focal point of the new development.
The 1862 building will house a museum, which will chart the history of the building and of transport in Aberdeen.

Stewart Milne Construction won the contract to build the new facilities and work at the eight-acre site finished in June.
The headquarters and bus depot feature a range of energy saving features like movement responsive lighting and low energy intelligent lighting.

The transport group has raised more than £2.8 million in cash and in kind for Save the Children of which HRH Princess Royal is President.