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LNER launches new programme to benefit people, places and our planet
Transport
Warrick Dent talks about LNER's relationship with the people and the places it connects along the East Coast Main Line
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Report calls for more rail freight in Manchester to help construction sector and cut carbon emissions
North West
Mineral Products Association and Rail Freight Group want to encourage more use of rail rather than road
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Swansea Bay Metro project will not happen unless rail is devolved says its architect
Swansea Bay City Region
Prof Mark Barry said the Swansea Bay Metro scheme has a strong business and investment case, but fears the UK Government will not fund it
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West Midlands business review of 2023 - part four: HS2 downsized, Mailbox on sale and new future for Birmingham Wheels
West Midlands
Our West Midlands Review of the Year draws to a close with the final three months of 2023, featuring the controversial decision to scrap part of HS2, Birmingham's Mailbox complex going on sale and a new chapter for a famous racing park
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Hercules Site Services secures £5.75 million worth of contracts
Deals
The Gloucestershire-based firm has a blue-chip customer base, which includes Balfour Beatty, Costain, Kier, Skanska, Dyer & Butler and Volker Fitzpatrick
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Bournemouth Airport to invest more than £5 million in new facilities
Aerospace
The Dorset transport hub expects to see more than one million passengers pass through its doors in 2024
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Metrolink hopes for Stockport - all the key changes expected in the borough for 2024 from transport to office space and new homes
Transport
Plans include Stockport Exchange business district
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24 to watch in 2024: The South West firms set for success in the coming year
South West
Each year our business writers pick the firms that they expect to do great things in the coming year. Here we have selected 24 South West businesses for 2024
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Tough 2024 ahead for Welsh Government and Transport for Wales
Welsh Government
Some fundamental changes are needed in the role of transport policy and investment
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Hundreds of homes and a new station: The key developments coming to Wigan in 2024
North West
Borough projects also include revitalisation of Haigh Hall
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New electric bus investment for Gwynedd
Transport
They will come into operation in February Transport for Wales and Gwynedd Council have confirmed
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West Midlands business review of 2023 - part one: new future for old John Lewis, station revamp delayed and TV studios launch
West Midlands
Our West Midlands Review of the Year kicks off with the news of plans to breathe new life into the old John Lewis store, University station hit by more delays and work starts on Digbeth Loc. Studios
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Reopening date for Treherbert Line as part of £1bn South Wales Metro project
Economic Development
New tram-trains on the route are expected to enter service next summer
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New designs unveiled to revamp Villa Park station ahead of Euro 2028
West Midlands
West Midlands transport chiefs want to give facelift to 'unwelcoming' station
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Birmingham bus lanes fast tracked due to road closure
West Midlands
New measures being installed in a bid to speed up bus journeys during long-term road closure
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Airbus lands order from easyJet for 157 A320neo Family aircraft
easyJet
The aerospace giant employs people at its UK sites in South Gloucestershire and North Wales
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Stena Line signs major deal with Peel Ports to operate at Heysham Port for another 77 years
Transport
It follows shipping line's launch of a new freight service between Merseyside and Dublin
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Stagecoach South West's boss reflects on past year
Transport
The largest bus operator in the South West serves over 2 million journeys monthly across the region
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Ebbw Vale clothing firm wins £2.5m contract with Transport for Wales
Enterprise
Social enterprise Elite Clothing Solutions has assembled a Welsh supply chain to help deliver the four year contract
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Bristol Airport reaches Level 4+ international carbon accreditation scheme
Environment
It is the first UK regional airport to attain the status
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Hitachi slashes value of Durham factory amid crisis in rail industry
Transport
The firm said a £64m write-down in the value of its factory at Newton Aycliffe did not mean there would be a "cessation" at the planst
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Hundreds of jobs saved as companies making police cars, buses and hearses are bought from administration
Engineering
Five businesses from the WN Vtech Group rescued by Belgian entrepreneur Guido Dumarey
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On The Beach hails Ryanair court win and slams airlines for ‘anti-competitive behaviours’
Transport
Travel giant calls for regulation of sector
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Tender launches for HS2 people mover
West Midlands
Hunt is on for a contractor to carry out enabling works on new automated transit system to connect high-speed rail line with NEC and airport
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