Wrightbus’s collapse is another Brexit blow for Northern Ireland

Bus firm’s woes underline the challenge as region faces up to the threat of no dealWhen Wrightbus decided to buy the old Gallaher’s cigarette factory in Ballymena in 2016, it represented a symbol of hope for County Antrim’s manufacturers: a booming, hi-tech business – most famous for making Boris Johnson’s new London Routemasters – picking up the slack left by the departure of a dying industry. Those hopes proved short-lived: the bus maker announced 1,200 redu