Britain’s car-sharing provider, Zipcar, is planning to close its UK operations by the end of the year. The US-based company, which is owned by car rental giant Avis Budget, is to suspend new bookings after 31 December, pending the outcome of a consultation with its staff. It has been reported... continue
If you work in parking, you’ll know that Blue... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is seeking advice from the Climate Change... continue
Amongst a range of transport implications from the 2025 Autumn Budget will be new a pay-per-mile charge for electric vehicles to be introduced from 2028. This will help offset declining fuel duty revenues, though plug-in van and truck grants remain to promote EV take-up for businesses. The... continue
Ministers have announced £7.3bn capital funding for local highway maintenance in England over the next four years, keeping the £500m ‘uplift\from last year, but requiring councils to jump through more hoops to get the extra cash. The details of the funding from 2026-27 to 2029-30... continue
The Chancellor confirmed existing plans for significant investment in key rail, road and local transport projects, including pressing on with the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), the completion of HS2 to Euston, East West Rail, and the Transpennine Route Upgrade and the additional funding for local... continue
Details have been released of the Integrated Settlements for the 2026/27 to 2029/30 financial years for Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, North East Regional Combined Authorities and Greater London Authority. These tables set out the funds in... continue
Heidi Alexander told the Transport Committee that the Government’s planned Integrated National Transport Strategy, now due for publication next year, “will be broad, and it will be ambitious”. Asled what it would and would not cover she said “This is a strategy for domestic... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has ruled out Government funding for any public transport improvements required to underpin expansion of airports. Previous Governments have taken a co-funding approach, with the DfT contributing £200m for the recently completed £250m... continue
Asked about the The third road investment strategy (RIS3) due to be published in March, and whether there would be a greater focus on maintenance, Heidi Alexander said: “What we are trying to do through RIS3 is get the balance right.” “We want to progress significant enhancements,... continue
Heidi Alexander was challenged on the level of DfT’s spending resources, and how performance was measured , and how to improve the finances of the railways. Olly Glover MP pointed out that following the spending review, the Resolution Foundation calculated that real-terms per-person... continue
Asked about the The third road investment strategy( RIS3) due to be published in March, and whether there would be a greater focus on maintenance, Heidi Alexander said, “What we are trying to do through RIS3 is get the balance right.” The Transport Secretary has stressed that on each of... continue
Committee members expressed disappointment at the Department’s failure to embrace a number of suggestions made in its recent report on buses, in particular to consider adopting an ambition for local transport authorities to provide a minimum level of public transport connectivity based on... continue
New local bus statistics for Great Britain, including passengers, mileage, and vehicle fleet, have been released by the DfT for the year ending March 2025. The number of bus passenger journeys increased by 1% in England as a whole to a total of 3,661 million, comprising a growth of4%... continue
National Express owner Mobico is making back-office jobs reductions to cut costs and address business performance challenges cautioning that annual profits will come in at the lower end of the £180 million to £195 million expected range. The group said a “large-scale cost... continue
Debt resolution specialist DCBL has appointed Jamie Gibson as its new managing director. Gibson joins DCBL from... continue
WSP Global Inc has completed its acquisition of Ricardo plc, a global strategic and engineering consultancy firm based in the UK. Ricardo operates in over 20 countries across Europe, Australia, North America, Asia and the Middle East. As part of its 2025–2027 Global Strategic Action Plan, WSP... continue
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