Wrightbus

Wrightbus agrees record deal with Go-Ahead

Bus manufacturer signs biggest deal in its history

Tue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00

Antrim bus company Wrightbus set to create hundreds more jobs

Ballymena-based business was rescued from administration in 2019

Thu Aug 24 2023 - 16:51

What if unobtanium were the most abundant element in the universe?

Visions in science fiction of a hydrogen-powered society may be less fantastical than they first appeared

Thu Jul 13 2023 - 06:00

Wrightbus wins Stagecoach order for zero-emission buses

Ballymena group to deliver 48 double decker buses for use in London by the end of the year

Wed Apr 26 2023 - 17:53

Being boss of Wrightbus – ‘It was a big risk at the time: this isn’t Tesla’

Buta Atwal has led a resurgence at the Ballymena busmaker that collapsed in 2019

Wed Apr 13 2022 - 15:31

Antrim firm Wrightbus to create up to 300 permanent jobs

Company will also convert 120 existing temporary jobs into permanent positions

Tue Aug 17 2021 - 16:36

Hydrogen evangelist sees ‘dawning of an age’

JCB heir Jo Bamford aims to change public transport with Ballymena firm Wrightbus

Fri Nov 27 2020 - 15:30

Hydrogen-powered bus takes to streets of Dublin

Vehicle being trialled over coming weeks ahead of extensive rollout of such buses in 2021

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 18:29

Wrightbus delivers world’s first hydrogen double-deckers in Aberdeen

Ballymena bus-builder rescued from administration last year

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 10:51

Johnson backed into a corner despite rare Commons win

Business Week: also in the news were job losses; plant closures; and housebuilding

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 05:33

Bamford closes deal to acquire Wrightbus out of administration

Businessman to employ 60 initially as he assesses prospects for Ballymena bus maker

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 17:03

Tyrone company wins Ryanair bus contract

Engineering firm to deliver 32 vehicles in ‘multi-million pound’ deal

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 13:35

Ballymena busbuilder looks at unsure road ahead

Cantillon: Bamford buys Wrightbus but how many jobs will survive in business blackspot?

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 05:23

Wrightbus saved from liquidation as deal agreed

Owner Jeff Wright and entrepreneur Jo Bamford agree terms

Fri Oct 11 2019 - 14:58

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

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 19:59

Wrightbus administrators in exclusive talks with one buyer

Jo Bamford specialises in providing hydrogen fuel for buses

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 17:12

Harland and Wolff workers return to shipyard

Employees cheered asthey make their way back to work at historic shipyard in Belfast

Thu Oct 03 2019 - 12:06

Four interested parties in talks to buy Wrightbus

Trade union hopeful of deal which would ‘save jobs’ at Ballymena bus manufacturer

Wed Oct 02 2019 - 20:19

Lower pensions for women, tax breaks for trader uppers, and Wrightbus land

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Tue Oct 01 2019 - 06:30

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

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 04:27

Beleaguered Wrightbus received over £9m in state funding

Ballymena bus maker went into administration last week

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 07:22

Former Wrightbus workers ‘angry’ at donations to evangelical church

Cornerstone gave over £16m to local church in the years before mass redundancies

Sat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00

Potential rescue deal for WrightBus scuppered by lease

A number of potential buyers walked away from sale discussions because of the way lease arrangements were structured

Fri Sept 27 2019 - 02:30

How Wrightbus took the wrong turn

Questions are already being asked about charitable donations

Wed Sept 25 2019 - 21:35

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

Mon Sept 16 2019 - 21:43

Agenda: Is the North’s manufacturing landscape shifting rather than dying?

‘We do have a raft of successful medium-sized ones and a huge amount of successful smaller companies’

Fri Aug 09 2019 - 03:45

‘Boris cannot hide from us’: Harland & Wolff workers demand action from Johnson

Belfast firm's employees urge response from London as they battle to save their shipyard

Wed Jul 31 2019 - 01:00

Ryanair strike vote, Bord na Móna losses, job fears in North, and banker bonuses

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Wed Jul 24 2019 - 06:47

Wrightbus seeks new investor amid union concerns

Concern mounts among 1,400-strong workforce and wider community, says union

Tue Jul 23 2019 - 19:33

Ballymena bus company wins multi-million contract for London double deckers

Hydrogren buses will produce no pollution from exhausts

Fri May 10 2019 - 19:56

UK on ‘verge of historic mistake’ on Brexit deal vote, says Boris Johnson

Ex-foreign secretary tells DUP conference North would be ‘economic semi-colony of EU’

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 15:58

Cash for ash inquiry hears evidence of failure, fury and farce

RHI inquiry chairman incredulous that there was no written record of who decided not to pull the reins on the highly lucrative but disastrous scheme

Fri Sept 07 2018 - 06:00

Ballymena bus group Wrights to cut 95 jobs

Manufacturer cites downturn in orders as reason for job cuts

Mon Feb 12 2018 - 18:00

British want business as usual in North post-Brexit – Grayling

‘Very committed to maintaining free-moving border between NI and Republic of Ireland’

Thu Nov 02 2017 - 17:32