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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
101 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
5 September 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Bus and coach manufacturer, Alexander Dennis will create 101 new jobs at its factory in Falkirk in Scotland after receiving a grant for research and development from the Scottish Government’s economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise. The grant is for the amount of £7.3 million (approximately €8.64 million) and will be used by the company to accelerate its carbon vehicles programme. The company currently employs 900 people and the company has said that the grant will also help secure a further 126 existing jobs.
Sources
5 September 2016: BBC News
6 September 2016: Herald Scotland
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Alexander Dennis, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 88496, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88496.
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