BUS manufacturer Optare today said it was on course to move into the black as the effects of its restructuring and sale to Indian firm Ashok Leyland bear fruit.

One of the major steps forward made by the company, according to chief executive Jim Sumner, has been the move to a new factory in Sherburn in Elmet in North Yorkshire.

The opening of the production site last year saw the closure of facilities in Leeds and Blackburn and the sale of the company's Rotherham site.

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