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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.3 - Other passenger land transport 49.31 - Scheduled passenger transport by road
140 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 July 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Wessex bus has announced that it will close in the later part of 2018, with services being either cut or transferred to rival company Stagecoach. The company operates in the South West with depots in Keynsham and Avonmouth and employs 200 staff. It has been confirmed that 60 staff will transfer to Stagecoach under the TUPE regulations, while the other 140 jobs are being made redundant. The transfer of parts of the company to Stagecoach is expected to complete at the start of September 2018.
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Wessex Bus, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 94711, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/94711.