Bamford closes deal to acquire Wrightbus out of administration
Businessman to employ 60 initially as he assesses prospects for Ballymena bus maker
Rescue deal for Wrightbus rejected by company controlled by founder’s son
Bidder warns busbuilder faces liquidation as early as tomorrow if no deal approved
Wrightbus administrators in exclusive talks with one buyer
Jo Bamford specialises in providing hydrogen fuel for buses
Four interested parties in talks to buy Wrightbus
Trade union hopeful of deal which would ‘save jobs’ at Ballymena bus manufacturer
Wrightbus family urged to ‘hand land back’ to people of Ballymena
Unite says neither town nor Northern Ireland can afford loss of 1,200 jobs
Beleaguered Wrightbus received over £9m in state funding
Ballymena bus maker went into administration last week
Former Wrightbus workers ‘angry’ at donations to evangelical church
Cornerstone gave over £16m to local church in the years before mass redundancies
Walls closing in on Boris Johnson as his options run out
Business Week: also in the news was Budget 2020; fossil fuels; and commercial meltdown
Almost a third of Wright’s profits ploughed into charity
Cornerstone Group donated £15.38m to Christian and evangelical causes between 2010 and 2017
Wrightbus owner ‘made God a shareholder’ as it recorded £1.7m loss
Bus builder donated £4m to Christian charities in 2017
Wrightbus goes into administration with loss of 1,200 jobs
Ballymena company best known for building London’s red Routemaster buses
Northern Irish maker of ‘Boris bus’ in talks as Brexit risk hits
Ballymena’s Wrights Group, one of NI’s biggest exporters, has been hit by uncertainty
Ballymena bus group Wrights to buy 100-acre JTI Tobacco site
Engineering company says it is running out of space on current site after strong recent growth
Dublin buzz: new double-deckers to get wifi (and other stuff)
Vehicles represent investment of almost €35m in fleet replacement programme
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