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New Year's Honours winners

02/01/2024

Sector leaders from across a wide range of engineering, infrastructure and transport organisations were recognised in the New Year’s Honours, with variety proving the key theme.

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Atkins goes 'full English' on transport

05/01/2023

Atkins has appointed Andrew English as managing director of its transportation division in the UK and Europe, including responsibility for highways.

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New Year's Honours 2023: Full list of transport winners

03/01/2023

Industry leaders and campaigners have been recognised in the 2023 New Year Honours List, including the past secretary general of ITS (UK) Jennie Martin, who was awarded an MBE for services to transport technology.

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World's largest drone superhighway gets slice of £273m govt cash

19/07/2022

The world’s largest and longest network of drone superhighways is one of the key projects supported by a £273m government cash injection into the low-carbon aerospace sector.

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DfT unveils EV roll-out strategy for England

25/03/2022

The Department for Transport has unveiled a national strategy for expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in England with the target of reaching at least 300,000 public chargepoints by 2030.

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Manchester backtracks on CAZ plans

27/01/2022

Plans to charge polluting vehicles to drive in the Greater Manchester area have been referred back to government by local leaders following a wave of protests.

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New Year's Honours: Full list of roads and transport winners

04/01/2022

Senior figures in the transport sector were awarded some of the top gongs in the Queen's New Year's Honours List this year.

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Gove's review could spell end of the road for LEPs

02/12/2021

Local Enterprise Partnerships face an uncertain future after local government secretary Michael Gove suggested he was in favour of replacing them with something more democratic.

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Spending Review conceals local road funding cuts

28/10/2021

Local road maintenance funding appears to be facing a cut of around £200m over three years following the Spending Review.

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Hampshire saves £300k a year with new materials recycling centre

24/09/2021

A partnership between Hampshire County Council, Milestone Infrastructure and specialist recycling contractor, OCL, has set up a new purpose-built recycling centre for road materials.