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Thursday, 06 January 2011
The Scotsman
- Marketing director latest to join exodus from Lothian Buses A SENIOR executive at Edinburgh's main bus company has been made redundant, the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the firm. It emerged yesterday that Lothian Buses marketing director Iain Coupar has left after being told he was being made redundant just before Christmas.
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- Government cuts £1m from free bus-pass schemeOne million pounds has been removed from Hampshire's free bus pass for pensioners scheme.
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- ESSEX: Bus service 339 has been axed due to the lack of passengers A BUS service has been scrapped just three months after it was launched.
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- Thermoelectric cycle helmets heat up or cool down on demand Clothing that can regulate temperature to protect its wearer from extreme conditions has long been used by astronauts and deep sea divers, but thanks to a new product called Climaware, cyclists could soon have access to climate-controlled vests, shoes and even helmets.read more
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