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Mayors set up group to explore better rail links
Transport
Andy Street and Andy Burnham are working with private sector partners to explore ways to improve links between the West Midlands and North following decision to scrap parts of HS2
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Government pledges almost £4bn to improve rail links in northern England
Transport
Plan to improve Transpennine route between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, and York
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Council leaders defend decision to sell Gloucestershire Airport
Aerospace
The regional transport hub is located in between Gloucester and Cheltenham
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Pubs and bars urge Aslef to follow RMT lead to resolve pay dispute and end rail strikes
RMT
Disruption planned for next week
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Hercules Site Services secures £1.3 million deal with recruitment firm
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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Dale Vince’s electric airline strikes engine deal with Cotswold firm
Deals
The Gloucestershire businessman is looking to make Ecojet the world’s first carrier with a fleet of passenger planes powered by electricity earlier this year
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Rolls-Royce could sell off electric plane division under plans to cut £4-500m in costs
Aerospace
Business, which already plans up to 2,500 jobs cuts, would like to grow profits from £837m to £2.8bn
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Traffic-free section in North Somerset opens as part of Hinkley Connection Project
Construction
The project aims to bring low carbon, homegrown energy to six million homes and business across the UK
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£400-to-£500m Newark A46 bypass upgrade would ease hold-ups and cut accidents, says Midlands Connect
Transport
Report suggests busy bypass is not fit for purpose, suffering regular congestion and safety issues
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East Midlands Movers and Shakers: Lamp, Matthew Montague Architects, Topps Tiles, Label Apeel, MTMS, Shakespeare Martineau, Marketing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Appointments
Changes include Megan Powell Vreeswijk becoming CEO of Marketing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
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Harland and Wolff bid for Isles of Scilly ferry operator rejected
Maritime
Bosses at the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group have ‘unequivocally’ rebuffed an approach from the Belfast shipbuilder, which runs Devon’s Appledore shipyard
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Bus company trentbarton rewards engineers with pay rise
Employment
Qualified engineers at trentbarton’s East Midlands depots have received at least a 20 per cent pay rise
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MD appointed to lead Midland Metro
West Midlands
Sophie Allison has been installed in the top job following a period running the tram operator on an interim basis
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Local delivery firm Priority Express invests in new Frome site
Transport
Priority Express, part of The APC delivery network is the largest independent parcel delivery network in the UK
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Former transport secretary Lord Patrick McLoughlin on decarbonisation and the GCRE project
Climate Agenda
He believes the £400m project in South Wales can pioneer the development of new, more affordable and climate resilient rail nfrastructure
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Devon County Council receives highways funding boost
Transport
The South West council has welcomed the Government's announcement of an £8.3bn investment for road maintenance over the next 11 years
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Train operator Northern faced losses of almost £600m without Government help
North West
Northern is owned by the Department for Transport after previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February 2020.
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Freight company AGI takes bigger Derby offices
Offices
3,776 sq ft office is three times the size of its previous Cardinal Square base
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Somerset storage and distribution business bought by European firm
Deals
J R Harding & Sons has been bought by Dutch company CubeCold Europe
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Work starts on 200 acre Derbyshire warehouse park which could one day create 4,000 jobs
Construction
New Stanton Park has outline planning for a industrial/warehouse units ranging from 11,000 sq ft up to 1m sq ft
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Siemens Mobility adds logistics and warehousing to Goole rail village creating more jobs
Logistics
94,841 sq ft addition to be delivered by GMI and Trebor Developments
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Rolls-Royce completes Sustainable Aviation Fuel tests ahead of first transatlantic flight using 100% green fuel
Engineering
CEO Tufan Erginbilgic called it an 'important milestone for both Rolls-Royce and the wider aviation industry'
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Falmouth Harbour reports record cruise season
Maritime
Bosses at the harbour said the cruise traffic had provided ‘a welcome boost’ for local businesses
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Transport chiefs plan £18m temporary tram stop in Birmingham
West Midlands
First part of 'Eastside' extension will open in 2025/26 but project will be delayed by lack of access to HS2 site
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