News category: Optare
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Products & Services
Ticket machine specialist ERG had a particularly successful time at the UITP World Congress event in Vienna, with a number of prominent visitors to... continue
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Business

SIX bus manufacturers gathered in London in early June to hear the specification for mayor Boris Johnson’s new “21st Century... continue
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Bus News

Meera Rambissoon
Changing market conditions have led bus manufacturer Optare and bus leasing firm Mistral to end their arrangement where Mistral had exclusive rights... continue
Changing market conditions have led bus manufacturer Optare and bus leasing firm Mistral to end their arrangement where Mistral had exclusive rights... continue
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Stockwatch

Apparently the gloomy days are now over. Recent media reports suggest that the market is rebounding from the credit crunch and investors can look... continue
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In brief
Transdev Yellow Buses has introduced the first of 11 new Optare Tempos on its 1A route between Bournemouth and Somerford. The vehicles feature... continue
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Stockwatch

After the good tidings of the last edition of Stockwatch with all of the major groups making significant progress on the market, this fortnight... continue
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Bus News
Bus builder Optare has announced that it is to make up to 160 of its permanent employees at its Blackburn factory redundant in the face of a slow... continue
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Stockwatch

Andrew Garnett
Well at last there is some good news. After a dismal performance in the last few months, all of our portfolio of transport stocks made significant... continue
Well at last there is some good news. After a dismal performance in the last few months, all of our portfolio of transport stocks made significant... continue
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Bus News

Bus manufacturer Optare last week launched the Solo EV, what it claims is Britain’s first practical electric bus, at a demonstration event at... continue
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Stockwatch

It was another rocky fortnight on the markets with gains and losses in equal measure, however bus manufacturer Optare had a particularly tough time... continue
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Business Comment Lead Story
On his appointment, Alexander Dennis chief executive Colin Robertson promised to continue the resurgence of the manufacturer and significantly expand... continue
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Stockwatch
The ever bleak economic picture means it was another gloomy fortnight for our portfolio of transport stocks, perhaps as a result of National... continue
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Business Comment
The news that Ballymena-based bus manufacturer Wrightbus is to make a significant proportion of its workforce redundant in the coming months makes... continue
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Bus News
London bus operator NCP Challenger has been forced to hire buses from rival operator Transdev due to delivery delays of new buses from bus builder... continue
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Stockwatch
The current state of the stock market does not inspire confidence, however the last fortnight saw something of a revival for a majority of listed... continue
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Stockwatch
Well after a fairly gloomy run of Stockwatch in recent times it would seem there was some New Year cheer for our portfolio of transport stocks.
All... continue
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Regular Feature

January
It was a difficult start to 2008 for Network Rail. The infrastructure controller came under fire after engineering works over Christmas... continue
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People
Optare has announced a restructuring of its commercial team that it says will help promote its sales across the UK and overseas.
Glenn Saint will... continue
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Stockwatch
Things can only get better? Well they certainly didn’t over the past fortnight with some of the bumpiest trading that we’ve seen in... continue
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In brief
Stagecoach says it is helping consumers beat the credit crunch with the news that it is offering 10,000 free seats on its Megabus.com low-cost... continue






