A TOTAL of 106 jobs will be created by a Co Antrim coachbuilder in a £2.2 million investment supported by the Industrial Development Board.

Almost half the jobs are already in place and the remainder will be created over three years at Robert Wright & Sons in Ballymena.

The IDB has given £364,000 in grant-aid to the company as part of the investment to expand production in the British bus market.

The company employs 304 people in the construction of a range of full-size single deck buses and mini-buses.