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CompanyPrice
Arriva773
FirstGroup347
Go-Ahead1095
National Express223
Optare5
Rotala35
Stagecoach172

Share prices at: 31/08/10.
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UK Fuel Prices

RegionPrice
Northern Ireland118.6
Scotland118.0
Wales118.1
North117.4
North West116.9
Yorkshire & Humberside116.7
West Midlands117.3
East Midlands117.4
East Anglia118.1
South East118.1
South West118.1
London118.5

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School bus investment in New Zealand

Ritchies Transport is to buy 120 new buses from DesignLine over the next four years to update its nationwide school bus fleet. The NZ$21million (£9million) being spent will be the single biggest investment by a New Zealand company on school buses. The new vehicles will replace Ritchies’ existing school bus fleet.

Says director Andrew Ritchie: “We wanted to invest in a New Zealand company, after all, it is New Zealanders who we are carrying around the country. We could have looked at second-hand Japanese buses, but their emission levels are too high, and we could have gone for a cheaper Chinese version, but they are just not the quality of DesignLine’s buses.”

Ritchies has bases on both North and South Island and operates over 900 vehicles. It claims to be New Zealand’s biggest bus company.

www.ritchies.co.nz

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