The Ven George Davison, Commissary for the Church of Ireland Bishop of Connor, has expressed sadness at the loss of 1,200 jobs at Ballymena–based Wrightbus.
The company, founded by the Wright family in 1946, went into administration on Wednesday, with Deloitte, the administrator, saying that just 50 jobs will be retained at the firm.
The company is known for building the new London Routemaster bus, or ‘Boris Bus’, ordered by Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London.
Archdeacon Davison said: “Our thoughts today are with all those Wrightbus employees, many of whom will have worked for the company for…
