Last BEG pair are taken on
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• Southampton Citybus has taken over the two remaining parts of the Bus Engineering Group which went into receivership about five months ago.
Most of the 13 staff at the two BEG companies — Bus Parts Eastleigh and Hampshire Body & Paint — will be kept on, while Mike Fortt will remain as head of the division in his new role as business development manager.
The Bus Parts Eastleigh depot will close; its stock will be transferred to Southampton Citybus's depot. BPE will trade under Southampton Citybus's engineering name, Ensign Engineering Bus Parts. The divisions have a combined turnover of about £600,000 — but Southampton Citybus plans to increase this by up to 20% by the end of 1991.