BUSES PURCHASE * UK - Bus builder wins £125m contract

A Northern Ireland bus-builder has landed a £125m order with the UK bus operator FirstGroup

Ballymena, Antrim,N.Ireland,UK -BBC News -15 April 2008: -- Wrightbus said the order - understood to be for about 1,000 buses - is the largest in its history... FirstGroup currently operates a fleet of almost 9,000 buses in the UK carrying 3,000,000 passengers a day in more than 40 towns and cities... Wrightbus said it faced stiff competition to win the order... (Picture: The company is to build about 1,000 buses)