Industry responds to government’s plans for Integrated National Transport Strategy
Different sectors of the highways and transport industry have been responding to yesterday’s announcement by the Government on plans for a Integrated National Strategy. The former Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP, outlined her vision for an Integrated National Transport Strategy across England during a speech to Mayors and Transport bosses […]
Go-Ahead’s bus operators announced as winners at UK Bus awards
Go North West, part of the Go-Ahead Group, won the Recruitment and Retention Category award at yesterday’s UK Bus Awards for their Elite Driver Recruitment campaign. They developed a fresh approach to recruitment and retention by changing perceptions of bus driving to attract new talent, making substantial investments in the entire recruitment process, involving their […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund seeks emerging transport career professional as an adviser
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is seeking early or emerging transport career professionals to support the Trustees as an adviser. Are you within the first 10 years of your transport or highways career? Do you enjoy thinking about the long term role that roads play in the UK, how roads can be more sustainable and environmentally […]
Driving forward improvements to roads across West Northants
Motorists across West Northamptonshire are seeing an increase in pothole repairs and road resurfacing schemes, enhanced by additional funding as part of the Highway Investment Programme. In July of this year, West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) approved an additional £10 million to extend resurfacing, maintenance, and local infrastructure improvements. Since then, a variety of works, have […]
Transport secretary Louise Haigh resigns
The Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has resigned, following her admission that she pleaded guilty to an offence relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone she originally said was stolen. The BBC reports that in 2013, she told police she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had […]
Telent appointed by National Highways to manage mission-critical nationwide network
Mission-critical infrastructure specialist Telent has been appointed by National Highways to operate and maintain its Corporate Wide Area Network (WAN), enabling collaboration and digital security across the company’s facilities. As well as providing the WiFi infrastructure for all National Highways staff, the Corporate Network Service connects and supports crucial operational systems across over 130 National […]
