Gmb:100 Jobs May Go

• GM Buses, the largest operator awned by a Transport Authority, aims to lose up to 700 jobs as part of a £5 million cost-cutting exercise. It needs to drag itself out of the......

Mancunian Minis

• East Midland has launched minibuses on routes in central Manchester under the fleet name Frontrunner North West. Five Iveco 19seaters have been bought to run two routes, won......

Bova Boys

• The 500th Dutch Bova integral coach for the UK market has been supplied to Bennett's Coaches of Newbury by the Moseley Group. The new vehicle joins five other Bova Futura FHDs......

Four For Yorks

• Yorkshire Rider plans to review staffing levels and reorganise its management structure by breaking down its divisions into four areas. The exercise will shed about 75 jobs......

Optare Plant Grows

• Optare has reorganised its Leeds factory to boost capacity to more than 400 vehicles a year. To cope with the 100vehicle increase, 30 staff have been taken on during the past......

Lrt Launches 11 Fleets For Dereg

• Spurred on by the prospect of deregulation in 1992, London Regional Transport has split up London Buses into 11 separate companies to give them time to prepare for the open......

Mayne Chance For Scania Doubles

• Manchester independent A Mayne and Sons has bought the UK's first Scania doubledeckers with Northern Counties bodywork — its first new vehicles for nearly eight years. Mayne's......