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- Coronavirus: Falkirk bus builder Alexander Dennis to cut 650 jobsThe Falkirk-based firm has confirmed a quarter of its 2,300 employees are at risk of redundancy.
- Earlier lockdown 'would likely have saved' bus driversThirty-four bus workers have died in London with Covid-19, including 29 bus drivers.
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- UK busmaker Alexander Dennis to cut 650 jobsThe busmaker Alexander Dennis is cutting 650 jobs in the latest blow to the UK automotive industry as it reels from the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Synectics wins contract to keep bus passengers safe in IrelandSynectics plc ,the security and surveillance systems firm, has secured contracts for the Irish Republic's National Transport Authority (NTA) with a total value of more than £1.0 million.
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- Invest in bus travel to drive green recovery, study urgesPublic transport 'essential' to driving economic activity, study argues, as bus operator First Group pledges zero emission fleet by 2035
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