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Want your brand to be seen across Greater Manchester? Bus advertising in Manchester is a simple way to keep your business visible on the routes people use every day.
As the UK’s largest bus advertising provider, Global works with Stagecoach, Arriva, First Bus and Go-Ahead to run campaigns on buses across Manchester city centre, Deansgate and Spinningfields, Piccadilly and the Oxford Road corridor, and key commuter routes across the wider region.
Whether you’re a local business looking to drive footfall or a larger brand wanting stronger local visibility, bus advertising helps keep your message in view across busy roads, high streets and neighbourhoods, from the Northern Quarter and Ancoats to Salford Quays, MediaCity, Trafford Centre and the suburbs across Greater Manchester.
If you want to explore formats, routes and costs, get in touch and we’ll talk you through the options.
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demographics
Of all adults seeing bus adverts every week, 53% are ABC1.
Of all adults seeing bus ads every week, 795k are daily radio listeners.
41% of adults aged 25-44 see bus advertising every week.
why Global?
bus advertising formats
Here are the bus advertising formats available in Manchester, from rears to full bus wraps. Explore each format below to see how it works, view examples and find the right option for your campaign.
mega rear
Manchester Mega Rear Total Jobs
Advertising on the entire back of either a double or single-decker bus is the perfect large-format solution when targeting in-car audiences. The format has a great presence in cities and town centres and is known to be highly memorable.
mega t-side
Mega T-Side London Bus Loaf campaign – global
These provide a much larger creative canvas than the standard T-side, especially in landscape.
rear
Bus Rear NHS Oxford Thames Valley
Bus rears offer advertisers coverage with low CPT levels at scale. With a local presence on a national level, this format delivers messaging to areas where no other outdoor formats often exist.
superside
Superside Bus Ad in Manchester, North West – Global
This format is pavement-facing and is positioned high up on the bus for optimum visibility. Supersides provide competitive levels of rare broadcast coverage and are ideal for retail environments. Making 95% pedestrian impacts on high streets across the UK, superside ads deliver prompts to purchase in the right place and at the right time.
t-side
T-Side Bus Ad in Manchester, North West – Global
T-Sides are commanding and give brands optimum visibility – always seen above environmental clutter. They offer very high levels of broadcast cover, with a balanced audience split of 45% vehicular VS 55% pedestrian delivery.
wrapped bus
Wrapped Bus in Manchester, North West – Global
A full bus wrap is a high-impact way to get your business seen. Great for brand launches, product launches or campaigns that need to stand out, bus wraps in Manchester take your creative across the city in one bold, mobile format.
Thinking about trams too?
If you want your campaign to cover Metrolink as well as buses, take a look at our tram advertising page. It covers formats including tram wraps and gives you more detail on pricing and options.
Looking to advertise nationwide?
Read more about about our national bus advertising offering. We have built up a connected network of outdoor opportunities, formed from thousands of individual town and citywide partnerships across the UK.