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More than 300 jobs are at risk at a bus company with sources saying the firm is set to close.

The Welsh Government and external consultants had been working with the management of Wrexham based GHA Coaches to safeguard jobs.

But sources now say they understand the company has ceased trading and the gates of the Wrexham depot locked.

It is understood an announcement on the future of the company will be made on Thursday.

How GHA Coaches closure will affect Denbighshire bus services

There is now uncertainty over existing routes run by GHA Coaches and also the jobs of workers.

A Welsh Government spokesman said: “We are aware of the current position at GHA Coaches and the risk to jobs at the company.

“We are working closely with local authorities to minimise any adverse affect to key bus services in the area.”

They said they had provided expert business advice to the company.

GHA have been asked to comment.

Routes

GHA Coaches is one of the largest independently owned bus and coach operators in the UK.

It operates 230 vehicles from six depots and employs between 300 and 400 people.

Its head office and central repair facility is located in Ruabon, near Wrexham, and the firm has additional depots at Ruthin , Tarvin (Chester), Winsford (Cheshire West), Macclesfield (Cheshire East) and Shrewsbury.

On its website the company says: “We operate local bus services both commercially and on behalf of local authorises and our network of bus services takes us from our home town of Wrexham and the surrounding counties of Flintshire , Denbighshire , Conwy and Gwynedd and over the English border where we also operate in Deeside, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire East, Warrington and into Greater Manchester.”

It also runs school transport contracts with local authorities in the area.

The firm was first started in Betws Gwerfil Goch near Corwen and is now run by principal directors Gareth and Arwyn Lloyd Davies.

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