In May 2021, the government released its long-awaited white paper, Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail, which sets out its plans to transform GB’s railways. Within the white paper is a proposal to make the biggest change to the railways in 25 years: the creation of a new public body – Great British Railways (GBR) – to bring the network under single national leadership. The plans outlined […]

Four Clean Air Zones (CAZs) are scheduled to be introduced in English cities in 2022 – Greater Manchester, Bradford, Bristol and Sheffield. These will join cities where CAZs and Low Emission Zones (LEZs) are already in operation – London, Birmingham, Bath and Portsmouth. However, Bradford’s CAZ, which was scheduled to begin operation in January 2022, […]

Rising air freight costs, reduced air capacity and the war in Ukraine are seriously impacting on the ability of the international air cargo sector – already hit hard by the pandemic – to transport goods to their intended destinations. FLIGHTS CANCELLED, AIRSPACE CLOSED The cancellation of flights to Russia from the UK, the EU, the […]