page_title: Alexander Dennis
section_title: Mayflower collapse
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander Dennis / Mayflower collapse
caption_attribution_description: English: First Hampshire &amp; Dorset's 44508 (YX58 HWG), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, at the 2009 Cobham bus rally at Wisley Airfield. It is seen before it gained its branding for route 16.
context_page_description: Alexander Dennis is a Scottish bus building company based in Larbert, Scotland. The largest bus and coach manufacturer in the United Kingdom, Alexander Dennis has manufacturing plants and partnerships in Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
  In early 2016, Alexander Dennis had a 44% market share in the United Kingdom. Alexander Dennis was acquired by Canadian bus manufacturer and former joint venture partner NFI Group in May 2019.
  20 Aug 2020, Alexander Dennis controversially announced plans to cut 650 jobs from its UK manufacturing sites, including Falkirk, Scarborough and Guildford, citing a demand drop due to the Covid pandemic.
context_section_description: Alexander Dennis was incorporated in May 2004 to buy and hold on behalf of a consortium, including David Murray and —in a private capacity— Brian Souter and Ann Gloag of Stagecoach Group, a major portion of the collapsed Mayflower Corporation.
  Mayflower had bought Scottish bus-makers, Walter Alexander, in August 1995 and English bus-makers, Dennis Group, in October 1998. To reduce overheads Mayflower had joined Henlys Group in a joint venture rolling Alexander, Dennis and Henlys' Plaxton into one corporate unit with many factories all under the name TransBus International. The venture was not successful and Mayflower collapsed in March 2004. At that time Henlys' Plaxton was taken by its own management and operated under the ownership of Plaxton Holdings. Three years later, in May 2007, Plaxton Holdings was bought by Alexander Dennis.
caption: First Hampshire & Dorset Enviro 200 in April 2009
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