Workers at the Optare bus manufacturing plant in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, England are continuing their strike in pursuit of a pay increase. The workers have not had a pay rise for the ...

Optare will be featuring the Aircharge technology integration on its show vehicle at Euro Bus Expo 2018 (NEC, Birmingham) 30 Oct – 1 Nov. Contacts Aircharge Media Relations Stefano Piccioli ...

Optare has won the £21m contract to supply 114 buses for public transport in New Zealand.

Optare has recently raised around £8.6m through a share placing in a move to shore up its balance sheet and give it the “ability to exploit opportunities as the market recovers” which it ...

Andrew Palmer replaces John Fickling, who is stepping down as chairman after over a decade of association with Optare, due to personal reasons. The new role builds on Palmer’s established ...

Optare, Britain’s independent bus and coach maker which is vying for No 2 position in the UK bus market, is using today’s Coach and Bus Live event at Birmingham’s NEC to launch an all new version of ...

Optare, formerly East Lancashire Coachbuilders, said 60 out of the 99 staff in Blackburn are expected to relocate to the site at Sherburn, near Leeds. The move will bring 80 years of bus ...

BRITAIN’S richest men are taking taxpayers’ cash to furlough their staff. Bus firm Optare is using the Government scheme despite owners, the Hinduja family building a £22billion fortune. Tory ...

Optare has 400 workers at its recently-opened assembly plant at Sherburn-in-Elmet A North Yorkshire-based bus maker says it has secured its future after shareholders supported a rescue deal by ...

BUS manufacturer Optare has won a £3.6m contract for 20 vehicles. The company, which has one of its main manufacturing sites in Leeds, has won the order from bus service operator Rotala.