STRUGGLING bus maker Optare said today it will retain a manufacturing site in Yorkshire after signing a new lease in Leeds. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get ...

Leeds bus manufacturer Optare is aiming to raise £7.4m through the issue of 370 million new ordinary shares at 2p each. The company said it is in the "advanced stages" of the placing involving ...

BUS maker Optare has won a contract, worth more than £2.2m, to supply 20 Versa midibuses – which are built at its Leeds factory – to transport group Go Ahead North-East. Did you know with a ...

BUS manufacturer Optare is planning to use a £7.4m share placing to relocate its Leeds factory, the company said today just days after announcing a major order. Optare had last month warned that ...

Nottingham bus operator Trent Barton has awarded an £8.1m contract to Blackburn and Leeds bus builder Optare. The company will supply 65 buses over the period of the contract. The agreement includes ...

LEEDS bus and coachbuilding company Optare has been sold in a £15.95m deal. Aim-listed Lancashire-based Darwen Holdings has agreed, subject to existing shareholder approval, to acquire Optare’s ...

The firm which will move into the area this summer hopes to build 1,200 buses at the new Sherburn plant each year, and said new jobs would be possible in future. Optare, which has sites in Leeds ...

A BUS company bought earlier this year by North ... this further enhances the visibility of our order book.” Leeds-based Optare, which employs 550 people, was bought by an investment group ...

BUS maker Optare is set to manufacture demo vehicles ... Last year, Optare switched 50 jobs from Blackburn to its Leeds plant but vowed East Lancashire would remain a key research and development ...

was said to have driven in a bus lane on York Road in Leeds in October. Owner Craig Temple said the council deserved "top marks" for the observation, but added the fine system "clearly doesn't work".