Andrew Forster and Lee Baker
Transport schemes could be among the projects that receive funding from the Government new Regional Growth Fund, worth £1bn over two years... continue

Andrew Forster and Lee Baker
Since communities secretary Eric Pickles and business secretary Vince Cable mapped out plans for Local Enterprise Partnerships in July, local... continue

Rik Thomas
On 24 August transport secretary Philip Hammond used a column in The Surrey Herald (he is MP for Runnymede & Weybridge) to explain to the people... continue

Stephen Plowden
Phil Goodwin’s account of the argument in my letter in your issue of 6 August is not quite correct. Phil ascribes to me the view that we should... continue

Vanessa Kovacevic
The last time you, my fellow LTT readers, heard from me in this column I was on the verge of retirement. In order to keep my mind active, I recently... continue

Construction group Costain has set out ‘indicative targets’ to broaden the scope of its maintenance and consultancy business. The group... continue

Mouchel has announced that its current cost cutting programme is expected to save £25m/year. A new trading statement said that cost reductions... continue

Carillion is targeting local authority outsourcing as a key growth area to offset declines in its UK construction markets. At the announcement of the... continue

The number of bus passenger journeys in Scotland fell 0.8% in 2008/09 to 493 million, according to figures released by Scotland’s chief... continue

A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute says road and rail transport in the UK can be completely decarbonised by 2050 but that dealing... continue

The Transport Planning Society is funding a short project into whether ‘sustainable’ transport planning should be led by politicians and... continue

The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to refresh the national transport strategy, published in 2006. Transport Scotland’s director of... continue

The Government will maximise value for money from transport spending by scrapping spending on new roads and diverting the funds into low-cost safety... continue

A new pattern of sub-regional transport planning in England was starting to take shape this week as councils submitted plans for Local Enterprise... continue

Chris Ruane has joined the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport to lead its new Public Authority Corporate Membership service. Ruane was... continue

Malcolm McKibbin has taken over as permanent secretary of Northern Ireland’s Department for Regional Development on a temporary basis following... continue

Andrew Potter, a divisional director with consultant Mouchel, has taken voluntary redundancy after eight years with the company.   ... continue

Rhiân Davies has been appointed to the new post of managing director at travel behaviour change organisation ACT TravelWise. Davies was... continue

Consultancy White Young Green has restructured its business around four core areas: transport solutions; buildings and critical infrastructure;... continue

Construction group Balfour Beatty has indicated that further acquisitions of transport and professional services consultancies are on its agenda... continue