School bus and coach ops fuel National Express

National Express reported record annual profit and hiked its dividend after a stellar performance from its UK coach and US school bus operations.

National Express reported record annual profit and hiked its dividend after a stellar performance from its UK coach and US school bus operations.

Pre-tax profit rose to £180.2m in the year ended 31 December 2011 from £97.3m the year before after growth in every division. Full year revenue grew 5.3% to £2.2bn.

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