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| There are fears that redundancies will be announced later at Wrightbus - the UK's largest coachbuilder. | |
| Workers have been called to a series of lunch-time meetings at the offices of the Ballymena-based bus builder. | |
| Wrightbus employs 1,000 people and supplies vehicles across the world. It is not clear how many workers could be affected by job cuts. | |
| A statement from the company is expected to be released on Tuesday afternoon. | |
| Earlier this month, Wrightbus signed an £11m partnership deal with a Dutch coachbuilder to supply 57 buses for use in London by operator Arriva. | |
| But it is understood that amid the global economic recession two substantial contracts have recently been cancelled, forcing job cuts. | |
| Democratic Unionist Party Assembly member Ian Paisley jnr said: "It is very worrying. I have heard there may have to be substantial job losses." |