LONDON: FirstGroup plc has acquired Shropshire-based Lakeside Group comprising well recognised local brands Lakeside Coaches, Merediths Coaches and A. T. Brown Coaches. Lakeside operates a fleet of c.145 buses and coaches of various sizes primarily from a central, owned depot in Ellesmere, Shropshire and from five smaller depots – one owned in Shrewsbury and the others leased…