Dennis in £9m green bus deal
BUS maker Alexander Dennis has won a contract from Stagecoach to build 47 hybrid electric vehicles at its factory in Falkirk.
The double-deckers have been ordered as part of a 9 million investment by the Perth-based transport giant, with a further 4m coming from the UK government's green bus fund.
The Enviro400H buses pump 30 per cent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than standard double-deckers and have been developed using technology from BAE Systems.
Earlier this year, Stagecoach put 56 "greener" vehicles into service in Oxford and Manchester at a cost of 16m.