Caledonian MacBrayne has won approval from the Scottish Executive to build a new £2m ferry terminal in Oban. 31-Dec-2003

Lothian Buses has announced a £7m order for 45 new double-decker buses, to be built by TransBus International. 31-Dec-2003

VLM Airlines is to create 35 jobs with the launch of a new service between Liverpool John Lennon Airport to London City Airport from February. 24-Dec-2003

National Express has been selected as preferred bidder for the rail franchise for the Greater Anglia region. 24-Dec-2003

Londonderry Port is planning to invest £20m over the next five years, in order to double the size of the business. 23-Dec-2003

Wiggins is to raise £46m to fund the development of its airports and commercial property business, and will change its name to PlaneStation Group. 22-Dec-2003

The Department for Transport has approved plans for the development of an 11-mile guided bus scheme between Cambridge and Huntingdon and an 8-mile scheme between Bedford and Dunstable. 22-Dec-2003

Arriva has lost the rail franchise for the North West, as the Strategic Rail Authority has shortlisted Serco and First Group. 22-Dec-2003

John Menzies has won a £20m baggage and passenger handling contract from EasyJet at Luton airport, which will involve the transfer of 262 staff. 19-Dec-2003

EasyJet is to expand its low-cost airline operation at Paris Orly airport, having secured 2,190 additional flight slots per year. 18-Dec-2003

Associated British Ports is considering plans to invest more than £40m in the expansion of the port of Immingham over the next three years. 18-Dec-2003

The Department for Transport is to support plans to develop new runways at Stansted and Heathrow airports, and has also expressed support for new runways in Birmingham and Edinburgh and expansion projects at other airports. 17-Dec-2003

British Airways is considering plans to shed a further 5,000 administrative and middle management jobs. 17-Dec-2003

Thomsonfly is planning to launch a new low-cost holiday airline at Coventry Airport in March, with the creation of more than 200 jobs. 17-Dec-2003

Carlisle Airport is to seek public funding for a £18m investment programme, including new routes, a runway upgrade and new terminal facilities. 15-Dec-2003

Royal Mail has announced plans to shed 3,000 management jobs over the next few months, affecting departments such as sales and marketing, personnel and finance. 15-Dec-2003

TNT is to relocate its Curzon Street parcel depot in Birmingham to a £7m site at Network Park, in order to make way for a new £130m library. 15-Dec-2003

Network Rail has secured a £22bn government funding package to invest in track, signals and stations. 12-Dec-2003

Stagecoach is to close its bus depot in Kirkcaldy next spring, in order to relocate up to 200 jobs to Glenrothes and Aberhill. 12-Dec-2003

First Group and Keolis of France have formed a joint venture to run the new Trans-Pennine Express rail franchise between Liverpool and Newcastle, and £260m will be invested in new trains and depots. 11-Dec-2003

English Welsh & Scottish Railway is planning to relocate up to 25 maintenance jobs from Thornaby to North Lincolnshire, as a result of Royal Mail's decision to transfer more work from rail to road. 09-Dec-2003

Wolverhampton Airport is planning a £10m expansion of its training and aircraft maintenance operations, with the creation of 200 jobs over the next year. 09-Dec-2003

Ryanair is to open new bases in Spain and Italy early next year, as part of a strategy to become the largest short-haul airline in Europe. 05-Dec-2003

TBI, the regional airports group, is facing the prospect of a takeover bid from Hochtief of Germany. 05-Dec-2003

Serco has lost the contract to handle National Rail Enquiries, casting doubt on the future of 420 jobs at its call centre in Cardiff, and an announcement about who has won the contract is expected later this month. 05-Dec-2003

Prestwick Airport is to provide the base for a new airline called Air Omega UK, which will launch flights to unnamed destinations early next year with the creation of about 100 jobs. 04-Dec-2003

Blaenau Gwent Council has announced plans for a £25m project to reopen a rail freight line between Ebbw Vale and the South West Main Line. 03-Dec-2003

Rowe Group is to close its RR Transport haulage division in Redruth with the loss of 25 jobs. 03-Dec-2003

Norwich International Airport is to be acquired by Omniport, the owner of a share in Prestwick Airport, for £11m, and £8.3m is expected to be invested at the site. 03-Dec-2003

Flybe is adding four new routes from Southampton Airport, including flights to Glasgow and three French airports, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 03-Dec-2003

Corby Council is to consider plans from Rosemound Developments for the construction of a 160,000 sq ft distribution centre at Weldon South Industrial Estate, and a "household name" will create up to 200 jobs at the site. 03-Dec-2003

Loganair, the Glasgow-based airline, is to acquire seven Scottish routes from British Airways in March. 01-Dec-2003

Associated British Ports is to invest £0.7m in the provision of new storage facilities for North Sea Lumber at Alexandra Dock in Hull. 01-Dec-2003

Birmingham City Council has secured a £4.2m EU grant to help modernise New Street station. 27-Nov-2003

Royal Mail is to close its sorting depot at Stafford train station and relocate the 21 staff to other sites. 27-Nov-2003

Simon Group has announced plans to invest £25m in the expansion of the Humber Sea Terminal at Killingholme, including a fourth roll-on roll-off berth, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 27-Nov-2003

BAA is to invest £450m at Heathrow airport over the next ten years, to prepare for the introduction of the A380 super-jumbo aircraft. 26-Nov-2003

Jarvis is to move into the rail freight market early next year, which will involve the leasing of rolling stock and an agreement to provide haulage services for Scottish Coal. 26-Nov-2003

TBI is looking to sell its Bolivian airports and its US airline services division, in order to focus on European airports. 26-Nov-2003

Port of Tyne is creating 24 new jobs in South Shields and expanding its haulage fleet by 30%, following an increase in demand from manufacturers. 25-Nov-2003

EasyGroup is planning to launch a low-cost inter-city coach business called EasyBus next year. 24-Nov-2003

Forth Ports is to build a £31m paper and board warehouse for Stora Enso of Finland at the port of Tilbury. 20-Nov-2003

Associated British Ports is to build a second £6m roll-on roll-off freight terminal at the port of Ipswich, and a contractor will be selected in February. 20-Nov-2003

P&O is planning to shed 96 head office jobs and 525 seasonal staff from its 8,600-strong workforce, following a fall in demand for its ferry services. 19-Nov-2003

Sea Containers is planning to change its SeaCat ferry operation between Belfast and Troon from a ten month to an eight month a year service, with the loss of up to 68 jobs. 19-Nov-2003

Lex Transfleet has been selected by Aspire Defence as preferred bidder to win a £90m contract to supply a transport service to the British army base in Aldershot. 14-Nov-2003

CHC Helicopter of Canada is to shed 200 jobs in its European operation, which could affect some of the 265 staff in Aberdeen. 14-Nov-2003

Business Post is planning to launch its new UK Mail operation by next April, which will involve the collection and sorting of post from business customers. 13-Nov-2003

Yearsley Cold Storage & Distribution is to build a new £10m depot in Seaham, County Durham, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next two years, and is also seeking sites in the South and Scotland. 13-Nov-2003

Humberside Airport is seeking permission to extend its passenger terminal, and this is expected to be followed by a series of other expansion projects. 12-Nov-2003

Great Yarmouth Port Authority is to build a new £1.1m warehouse to cope with rising trade in grain and timber, while £0.6m will be spent on quay repairs. 11-Nov-2003

British Airways has reached agreement with BAA to transfer all of its Heathrow operations into the new fifth terminal in 2008, instead of phasing the move over four years. 07-Nov-2003

Transmanche is planning to order a new £27m ferry for the Newhaven-Dieppe cross-Channel route, which will be able to carry up to 70 trucks. 07-Nov-2003

EasyJet is to move into the German market by setting up an operating base at Berlin Schonefeld airport, and will launch 11 routes in May. 06-Nov-2003

West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority has revealed proposals for a £875m expansion of the Metro system, including new lines to Walsall, Digbeth, Bartley Green, Birmingham International Airport and Great Barr. 06-Nov-2003

Middlesbrough Borough Council is looking into the possibility of building a privately-operated light-rail tramway system to ease congestion on key routes. 06-Nov-2003

First Group has been selected as preferred bidder for a two-year extension to the Thames Trains franchise, and is also expected to announce plans to retain ownership of GB Railfreight following the completion of the acquisition of GB Railways. 05-Nov-2003

Lok n Store has received a bid approach, and has also announced plans to sell self-storage sites in Kingston and Reading for housing. 05-Nov-2003

Babcock Naval Services is to shed 51 jobs at its facilities management operation at Faslane. 05-Nov-2003

Network Rail is planning to remove its regional structure and replace it with three main divisions based on staff function - customer service, engineering and maintenance and operations. 04-Nov-2003

Bristow Helicopters is to shed about 50 jobs at its helicopter operations in Aberdeen and Norwich, due to falling demand from the North Sea oil industry. 04-Nov-2003

Ryanair has announced the creation of 200 engineering jobs at a new aircraft maintenance facility at Prestwick Airport, which is due to open by the end of the year. 30-Oct-2003

Newcastle Airport is planning a £7m expansion programme, including new routes, a larger departure lounge and more shops. 30-Oct-2003

Strathclyde Passenger Transport has announced plans for a £50m Crossrail project to link the two main rail stations in Glasgow with new track. 30-Oct-2003

Bombardier is seeking permission to build a new train maintenance depot in Derby, with the creation of 60 jobs. 27-Oct-2003

Solar Cold Services has linked up with a number of other regional distribution companies to create a new £30m group called Innovate Logistics, which will provide temperature-controlled distribution, storage and packing services across the country. 27-Oct-2003

Network Rail is to stop using private contractors to maintain the railways and will take the work in-house, which will involve the transfer of more than 18,000 staff from seven contractors. 24-Oct-2003

Teesside Airport is considering plans to change its name to Durham-Tees Valley, as part of a multi-million pound redevelopment programme. 23-Oct-2003

Simon Group is to set up new terminal and berthing facilities at its Humber Sea Terminal, which will enable United European Car Carriers to import 100,000 cars a year. 23-Oct-2003

Exel has won a £42m contract to manage commercial freight operations for the Ministry of Defence. 22-Oct-2003

Eurotunnel has confirmed plans to start its own rail freight business in 2005, having completed feasibility studies for a new container terminal at Folkestone. 22-Oct-2003

Autoroute Total Logistics, the Gloucestershire-based transport and warehousing company, has ceased trading with the loss of 28 jobs. 22-Oct-2003

National Rail Enquiries is considering plans to transfer its outsourced call centre activities from sites in Derby, Newcastle, Cardiff and Plymouth to India. 17-Oct-2003

Caledonian MacBrayne is planning to order a new £9m ferry for its Wemyss Bay to Rothesay route. 16-Oct-2003

Clydeport is to proceed with the next phase of proposals for the development of a £200m container hub at Hunterston in Ayrshire, which will create at least 250 jobs. 15-Oct-2003

P&O is considering plans to close its Dublin-Mostyn ferry service and offices in North Wales and Fleetwood with the loss of about 100 jobs, as part of an agreement with Stena to reorganise ferry services on the Irish Sea. 15-Oct-2003

Cambridgeshire County Council has approved plans from Network Rail for the development of a £30m rail maintenance depot in the town of March, and some of the workforce will relocate from the Temple Mills depot in London. 15-Oct-2003

Test Valley Borough Council is considering proposals to expand Andover bus station at a cost of £2.6m. 14-Oct-2003

First Devon & Cornwall, the regional bus operator, is to transfer its headquarters and up to 20 staff from Truro to Plymouth. 13-Oct-2003

National Air Traffic Services is to resume work on the development of a new £120m air traffic control centre at Prestwick, and the site is expected to be operational by 2009. 13-Oct-2003

Tesco is considering plans to switch deliveries to its Scottish stores from road to rail, and a number of trials will take place. 13-Oct-2003

Compania Sud Americana de Vapores of Chile has established an agency headquarters for its shipping business in Liverpool, and the initial workforce of 60 is expected to grow. 10-Oct-2003

Jarvis is to give up routine maintenance on the rail network, which will involve transferring 3,500 engineers and the contracts for the East Coast line and Midland commuter routes to Network Rail. 10-Oct-2003

Eddie Stobart is relocating the headquarters of its trucking business from Carlisle to Warrington, in order to get closer to its customers. 06-Oct-2003

Deutsche Post has acquired three warehouses totalling 75,000 sq ft at the Access 23 scheme in Croydon. 06-Oct-2003

Network Rail is to shed 700 management jobs over the next six weeks, in order to save up to £30m a year. 03-Oct-2003

Amaro Professional Distribution is seeking a 40,000 sq ft site to consolidate its Gateshead-based mail distribution operations, and expects to create hundreds of new jobs. 03-Oct-2003

Forth Ports is to invest £5m in the expansion of the freight-handling capacity at the port of Grangemouth, including new warehouses, reception facilities, a multi-container stacking system and IT improvements. 30-Sep-2003

Liverpool City Council is looking to start work on the construction of a new £10m cruise terminal next year, which it hopes will attract up to 50 ships a year. 29-Sep-2003

Associated British Ports is to invest more than £1m in new facilities at the Port of Southampton, having won a contract with Channel Freight Ferries to provide a daily ro-ro service to Rouen. 25-Sep-2003

European Metal Recycling is considering plans to expand its rail network to cover 14 waste metal depots feeding scrap into Liverpool, and is currently doubling the size of its major railhead at the Port of Liverpool. 25-Sep-2003

British Airways is recruiting an additional 300 cabin crew and 100 check-in staff. 23-Sep-2003

Wales & Borders Trains is considering plans to consolidate its Cardiff offices onto a single 30,000 sq ft site. 18-Sep-2003

Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth has secured a £2.9m DTI grant to build a new dry dock and paint facility, with the creation of 83 jobs. 17-Sep-2003

Aspray Transport is seeking permission for the £6.5m expansion of its haulage site in Willenhall, which could create up to 150 jobs. 17-Sep-2003

Eastern Airways is to launch a new twice-daily air service between Inverness and Birmingham in October. 09-Sep-2003

Postcomm has started a 30-day consultation on plans to award a long-term mail licence to Deutsche Post, which would enable the company to offer services such as bulk mail and document exchange. 09-Sep-2003

Forth Ports is planning to spend up to £30m on its property division over the next few years, including infrastructure improvements at the Edinburgh Granton and Western Harbour sites. 09-Sep-2003

ScotRail is to expand its engineering depot in Inverness with the creation of eight jobs. 04-Sep-2003

Tibbett & Britten has expanded its logistics business in Germany with the acquisition of a 27% stake in Vfw. 03-Sep-2003

Network Rail is seeking an additional 40,000 sq ft of office space in London to house its property division, while National Express is seeking up to 30,000 sq ft. 01-Sep-2003

Siemens is planning to build a train maintenance depot in Manchester with the creation of about 70 jobs, and a second depot will be built in York. 29-Aug-2003

The Scottish Executive is to provide funding of £2m for a new vehicle ramp at Dunoon, in order to secure the future of the Gourock ferry service operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. 29-Aug-2003

Associated British Ports is investing £3.5m in infrastructure works at the Port of Newport in South Wales, in order to expand the facilities for Australian metals-recycling company Sims Group. 28-Aug-2003

Thomas Cook Airlines is planning to double the number of charter flights from Newcastle Airport from 18 to 36 next year, with the creation of 50 jobs. 28-Aug-2003

Orkney Islands Council has published an economic report into proposals for the development of a £636m container port in Scapa Flow, but the project may face competition from a similar scheme at Hunterston in Ayrshire. 28-Aug-2003

Securicor is looking to spend up to £120m on acquisitions to expand its global security services business. 25-Aug-2003

GeoPost UK is planning to create at least 20 new jobs at its Parceline and Interlink Express telesales centre in Smethwick. 21-Aug-2003

Aberdeen Airport has announced plans to build a third heliport, which will be used by Bond Helicopters. 19-Aug-2003

Carmarthenshire County Council is to build a £5m road at Burry Port, as part of a strategy to help generate 1,000 new jobs in the Llanelli area. 14-Aug-2003

City of York Council is in negotiations with an unnamed rail company about plans to take over the Thrall wagon works site, which could create 100 jobs. 14-Aug-2003

BAA has announced a £425m bond issue to help finance its planned £8.4bn investment programme at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports over the next 11 years. 12-Aug-2003

GoVia has agreed a £115m deal with Lombard to upgrade six rail maintenance depots in the Sussex area for its South Central subsidiary. 11-Aug-2003

The Strategic Rail Authority is considering plans to open up Channel tunnel rail freight to a wider range of operators from November 2006, by introducing a new subsidy system. 11-Aug-2003

English Welsh & Scottish Railway has won a seven-year contract from Clydeport to transport coal from the Hunterston port in Ayrshire to a power station in Fife. 08-Aug-2003

Network Rail has won approval from the Strategic Rail Authority to invest £25m in the installation of new facilities at 68 stations, mainly in East Anglia and the north-west. 07-Aug-2003

British Airways is to reduce its network of routes from Birmingham International airport from 30 to 14 by October, and will terminate its local franchise agreement with Duo. 07-Aug-2003

BBA Group has shed 30 jobs at its Signature Aircraft Engineers division at Southampton International Airport. 06-Aug-2003

EasyJet is to recruit a further 24 cabin crew in Belfast next month, in preparation for the planned expansion in its services over the next year. 06-Aug-2003

Mayflower is to shed an unspecified number of jobs in its Falkirk-based TransBus bus manufacturing business, following the loss of 110 jobs in Guildford and Wigan last month. 05-Aug-2003

Arriva has secured a 15-year franchise to operate train services in the Wales and Border region. 04-Aug-2003

First Group and Keolis of France have secured an eight-year franchise to operate trains in the Trans-Pennine region, and about 200 jobs will be created in a £260m investment. 01-Aug-2003

P&O is to invest £800m expanding the port of Qingdao in China over the next six years, in partnership with Maersk and a number of local companies. 22-Jul-2003

Asda is to transfer more of its transport operations from road to rail by using a dedicated train between Daventry and Aberdeen next year, in order to improve the efficiency of delivery to its 30 Scottish stores. 18-Jul-2003

Associated British Ports is to invest £1.1m at the Port of Cardiff in order to create a steel importing facility for Marshall Maritime Services. 17-Jul-2003

Tibbett & Britten is to close the Asda distribution centre in Corby and 197 staff will be offered the chance to relocate to a new site at Magna Park in Lutterworth by March 2004. 17-Jul-2003

Stagecoach Devon is said to be considering plans to shed about 70 jobs and cut a number of services, partly as a result of recent strikes by bus drivers. 16-Jul-2003

GB Railways, the operator of Hull Trains, has received a £24m takeover approach from First Group. 16-Jul-2003

Southwold Town Council is to consider plans from the Southwold Railway Society for a £6.5m project to recreate the former rail link to Halesworth. 14-Jul-2003

Tellings Golden Miller, the bus company with depots in Twickenham, Byfleet, Harlesden and Portsmouth, is to raise £2.5m in a share placing on Aim to fund the opening of new depots and to acquire new routes. 14-Jul-2003

Alnmaritec is to increase its workforce in Alnwick from 16 to 40 over the coming weeks, following an increase in demand for aluminium-hulled work boats. 10-Jul-2003

Ferguson Shipbuilders of Glasgow has won a £15m contract from Plymouth City Council to build three replacement ferries for the Torpoint service. 10-Jul-2003

Flybe is to introduce six new daily routes from Exeter Airport to Alicante, Malaga, Murcia, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 10-Jul-2003

The Department for Transport has announced plans for a £7bn road investment programme, including the widening of the M25 and M1 motorways to eight lanes. 10-Jul-2003

GNER, the train operator, is to create about 300 jobs at its customer service centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne over the next 12 months. 07-Jul-2003

The Ministry of Defence is planning to close the RAF Lyneham military base in Wiltshire by 2012, unless an alternative use is found for the site, and its work will be transferred to RAF Brize Norton. 07-Jul-2003

Duo is to launch a new airline service in Edinburgh in October, offering flights to Oslo, Milan, Zurich and Geneva. 02-Jul-2003

The Strategic Rail Authority has given Connex six months notice on its franchise to operate train services in Kent and Sussex, and the SRA will appoint ex-British Rail managers to run the service until a new operator is found. 30-Jun-2003

Network Rail is considering plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs over the next three years, in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs. 27-Jun-2003

Chalcroft has won a £8m contract to build a cold store and distribution centre in Newark for transport company Phil Hanley. 27-Jun-2003

BAA is to invest up to £30m in a new rail connection between Heathrow Airport and the west London suburbs of Hayes, Ealing and Southall, and the service is expected to start by the end of 2004. 26-Jun-2003

National Express is to submit plans for a new £8m coach station at Great Charles Street in Birmingham. 25-Jun-2003

Tibbett & Britten is to relocate up to 84 staff from its distribution centre at the Meridian Business Park near Braunstone to depots in Lutterworth and Crick, in order to provide extra space for its contract with Hewlett Packard. 25-Jun-2003

Innogy is to invest £11m in a new deep water jetty at Tilbury Power Station, in order to handle larger vessels and enable the plant to burn a wide range of fuels. 24-Jun-2003

Peterhouse has been selected by Network Rail as preferred bidder for a £250m contract to renew railway lines in the north-west and Scotland. 24-Jun-2003

Alstom is to close its train-making factory at Washwood Heath in Birmingham next year with the loss of about 700 jobs. 23-Jun-2003

Network Rail has submitted plans for a £30m rail depot on a 108-acre site near March in Cambridgeshire, and work could start later this year. 19-Jun-2003

Liverpool City Council is to consider plans for the development of a £18m transport interchange in south Liverpool, including a new railway station, bus depot and park-and-ride car park. 19-Jun-2003

Associated British Ports has announced plans to invest £4m in the expansion of Millbay Docks in Plymouth, in preparation for the launch of a new superferry that will sail to Spain from next April. 18-Jun-2003

The Strategic Rail Authority has announced the formal go-ahead for the £9.9bn upgrade of the west coast mainline between London and Glasgow, and work is expected to finish by 2008. 17-Jun-2003

BMI is seeking a base at one of the London airports for its low-cost Bmibaby airline, but has also announced plans to shed 1,200 jobs over the next three years. 13-Jun-2003

Royal Mail is to stop transporting post by rail following a collapse in negotiations with English Welsh & Scottish Railway, which will involve the cancellation of 49 trains and an uncertain future for 500 jobs. 06-Jun-2003

P&O has raised £120m in a share placing to fund the acquisition of the Mundra International Container Port in India. 06-Jun-2003

BAA is to recruit an additional 700 security staff at its seven UK airports this year. 04-Jun-2003

British Airways has won approval from the US competition authorities to introduce a code-sharing agreement with American Airlines, which will enable each carrier to sell seats on many of the other's services. 02-Jun-2003

Gist is investing £8m in a new temperature-controlled logistics facility at its Faversham depot. 02-Jun-2003

Helios Properties has acquired a 154-acre site near Darlington to establish its fourth major distribution hub in the north, and it will be known as Newton Park. 02-Jun-2003

Network Rail is considering plans to outsource the management of its station retail and business centres, in order to focus on the operation and maintenance of the railway. 02-Jun-2003

Syltone has acquired certain assets of CE-Loading Systems and Aarig Terminal Systems for less than £1m, in order to expand its marine loading arm manufacturing operations in North America. 30-May-2003

Hadfields Transport has secured a £2.2m deal with NatWest Commercial Banking to fund the purchase of its north Manchester premises. 27-May-2003

P&O has sold its 50% stake in International Offshore Services to joint venture partner Farstad Shipping of Norway for £51m. 27-May-2003

Royal Mail has confirmed plans to sell off its Mail Rail underground miniature railway in London, and is in discussions with a number of organisations about possible options. 27-May-2003

Boots is to shed about 30 jobs at a Nottingham warehouse, while 500 jobs will be transferred following the award of a £7m distribution contract to Unipart and a £40m to Tibbett & Britten. 23-May-2003

The Strategic Rail Authority has approved plans from St George to build a £1.7m railway station at Imperial Wharf in Fulham, west London. 22-May-2003

British Airways is to withdraw services between Gatwick and Plymouth and Newquay from this autumn, as part of a restructuring of its CitiExpress business. 21-May-2003

Royal Mail is launching a recruitment drive to find 350 employees for a new £40m distribution centre due to open in Crick in September, and a further 300 will join later. 16-May-2003

Christian Salvesen, the logistics group, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed financial buyer. 16-May-2003

Midland Expressway is recruiting about 150 staff in preparation for the opening of the new M6 Toll road in January, including toll assistants and traffic control operators. 15-May-2003

National Express and British Airways are in talks with the French and Belgian state rail companies about plans to pull out of the consortium that operates the Eurostar rail business. 15-May-2003

Argyll & Bute Council and Forestry Commission Scotland have announced a £2.5m transport initiative to remove timber from rural roads by building alternative haulage routes and upgrading forest roads. 14-May-2003

Gwynedd Council is considering plans from Alfred McAlpine for a £17m investment in a railway system to transport 2m tonnes of crushed waste from its quarries in Blaenau Ffestiniog and Penrhyn, with the creation of 90 jobs. 14-May-2003

Wolverhampton Council has announced proposals to rebuild Wolverhampton railway station at a cost of £9m. 14-May-2003

Access Self Storage is looking to sell 15 of its 58 storage depots and five development sites. 12-May-2003

One NorthEast and Redcar & Cleveland Council are starting work on the development of a £3m freight park at Middlesbrough Road East, which could create 620 jobs over the next five years. 09-May-2003

EasyJet is to shed about 60 management jobs in its budget airline business, in order to eliminate duplication following the acquisition of Go. 08-May-2003

Sutton Harbour Holdings is to start work on a £1.5m series of improvements at Plymouth City Airport next month, including runway resurfacing, new landing lights and other safety works. 07-May-2003

Covelink Marine is looking to set up a factory in County Durham to build a new amphibious tourist bus, which could create up to 200 jobs by next year. 06-May-2003

Thames Trains is planning to shed up to 30 ticket office and cleaning jobs. 06-May-2003

BAA is planning to invest £8.4bn on the expansion and modernisation of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports over the next 11 years. 06-May-2003

Rapson Coaches Shetland is to close its bus depot at Scalloway with the loss of 26 jobs. 29-Apr-2003

BAA is planning an 800,000 sq ft office and distribution development on a 48-acre site at Southampton International Airport. 28-Apr-2003

Express Dairies has secured a seven-year licence from Postcomm to deliver up to 46m business postal items a year, which could lead to new investment in its distribution network. 25-Apr-2003

Serco and NedRailways have been selected as joint preferred bidder for the Merseyrail Electrics franchise, and the two companies are hoping to follow this up with further rail franchises across the country. 24-Apr-2003

British European has ordered 17 new aircraft in a £240m deal with Bombardier. 24-Apr-2003

Mid Suffolk District Council is to consider outline plans from GB Railways for the development of a rail freight depot at Creeting St Peter, near Stowmarket, which could create up to 500 jobs. 22-Apr-2003

Plymouth Citybus is considering plans to shed about 20 jobs and remove 10 vehicles from service, in order to make savings of £0.5m. 22-Apr-2003

National Express has expressed an interest in forming a partnership with one of the other leading UK bus and rail operators, and is also looking to acquire more privately-owned regional bus companies. 22-Apr-2003

The Strategic Rail Authority is expected to reinstate a system of grants to encourage companies to transfer freight from road to rail next year, with up to £20m being made available in 2004-05. 22-Apr-2003

Tendring District Council has received plans from Hutchison Ports for the development of a new container terminal at Harwich, which could lead to the creation of more than 700 jobs. 18-Apr-2003

Associated British Ports is to invest £2m in new facilities at Grimsby and Immingham, which will involve Sea-Cargo moving its container service to Immingham and Freshney Cargo Services expanding its operation at Grimsby. 11-Apr-2003

Christian Salvesen is to shed up to 50 of the 231 jobs at its Ikea distribution warehouse in Thrapston, Northamptonshire. 11-Apr-2003

Bmibaby is to set up a new base for its budget airline at Teesside airport this year, with the creation of 50 jobs. 11-Apr-2003

Tibbett & Britten has won a new contract to deliver merchandise to all 275 Homebase DIY stores across the country from July, which will involve the transfer of 120 staff. 08-Apr-2003

Invensys has won a £850m contract from Bombardier to upgrade signalling equipment on a number of London Underground lines, and the work will be carried out by its Westinghouse Rail Systems division. 08-Apr-2003

Yorkshire Forward is to help fund a project to transform the Esk Valley rail line between Whitby and Middlesbrough, in order to provide additional train services and new jobs. 07-Apr-2003

Peel Holdings has secured government approval to build a £80m commercial airport at the former RAF Finningley base near Doncaster by the end of next year. 07-Apr-2003

Liverpool John Lennon Airport is to go-ahead with a £20m expansion project that will lead to the introduction of flights to Milan, Copenhagen and Munich and create 700 jobs. 04-Apr-2003

Associated British Ports has secured a £1.2m grant from the Strategic Rail Authority for a £2m expansion of the Hams Hall rail terminal in Midlands by its ABP Connect division. 03-Apr-2003

Lufthansa Technical Training is to set up an aviation training centre in Cwmbran, in a joint venture with Blakebrook International. 03-Apr-2003

Bibby Distribution is to open a 41,000 sq ft site for its Bibby Route One Network near Birmingham, and is seeking 10 staff. 02-Apr-2003

Eurotunnel is seeking permission to operate freight trains in France next year, as part of a strategy to find new sources of income. 02-Apr-2003

EasyJet is to close the former Go call centre at Stansted with the loss of 114 jobs, in order to focus its airline booking operation at its site in Luton. 02-Apr-2003

Close Brothers Private Equity has acquired a 45% stake in V Ships, the ship management company with 40 offices around the world. 31-Mar-2003

London Underground is said to be planning to vacate its 282,000 sq ft office building at Canary Wharf next year. 31-Mar-2003

Network Rail is to restructure its rail maintenance contracts by taking direct control of the Wessex area, which is currently run by Balfour Beatty, and the East Midlands area, currently run by Serco. 28-Mar-2003

British Airways is to reduce its North Atlantic capacity and bring forward plans to cut 3,000 jobs by six months to September 2003, in response to a fall in demand for air travel. 27-Mar-2003

Appledore Shipbuilders is to shed up to 99 jobs at its shipyard in north Devon in April, due to a shortage of work. 26-Mar-2003

Securicor has reached agreement to sell its 50% stake in its parcels business to joint venture partner Deutsche Post for £192m, and the proceeds will be used make acquisitions in cash services, justice services and manned security. 25-Mar-2003

Sea Containers is looking to sell the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for about £150m. 24-Mar-2003

The Welsh Development Agency is hoping to develop a rail-connected distribution hub at Wentloog, providing up to 500,000 sq ft of warehousing, and a developer is being sought. 24-Mar-2003

Mr-Office.com is creating up to 32 jobs at a new office supplies distribution facility in Machynlleth, Powys. 19-Mar-2003

Brighton & Hove Council is to spend more than £7m improving transport in the city, including integrated transport schemes, cycle routes and traffic calming. 19-Mar-2003

British Airways has put its German subsidiary Deutsche BA back on the market, after EasyJet pulled out of takeover negotiations. 19-Mar-2003

The Civil Aviation Authority has agreed terms for the financial restructuring of National Air Traffic Services, clearing the way for a £1bn investment in the UK's air traffic control network. 19-Mar-2003

Jarvis Rail is to retrain up to 150 former miners to work on the railways over the next two years, using a new multimedia training centre being set up at the closed North Selby colliery. 17-Mar-2003

National Express is looking to cut its number of rail passenger franchises from nine to about four, in order to reduce its exposure to the UK rail market. 14-Mar-2003

Cold Move is to shed 120 of the 250 jobs at its site in Oswestry, having lost a distribution contract with Kwik Save. 14-Mar-2003

The Scottish Executive has unveiled proposals for a £500m project to provide rail links to Edinburgh and Glasgow airports by 2010, and will now fund the design work needed to obtain parliamentary approval. 14-Mar-2003

The Civil Aviation Authority is considering an application for an operating licence from a new company called Now, which is planning to launch low-cost flights from Luton to seven European destinations in the summer. 12-Mar-2003

Babcock BES is to shed 95 jobs at its Rosyth shipyard next month, following the completion of work on two submarines. 12-Mar-2003

Trent Barton is considering plans to relocate its Nottingham bus depot from Lower Parliament Street to a goods yard off London Road, in order to make way for a council-led city centre regeneration scheme. 11-Mar-2003

Postcomm is considering an application from Express Dairies for a seven-year licence to deliver and sort bulk mail. 11-Mar-2003

Newcastle Airport expects to create about 2,000 new jobs over the next five years, with the number of passengers doubling to 6m a year. 10-Mar-2003

British Airways is said to be in negotiations to transfer part of its regional network and a fleet of Dash-8 turboprop aircraft to Plymouth-based Sutton Harbour Holdings, resulting in the formation of a new airline called Air South West. 10-Mar-2003

The National Assembly for Wales is to spend £2.5m improving facilities at 47 Welsh rail stations over the next 12 months. 06-Mar-2003

British Airways is reviewing the future of its call centres in Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Belfast, prompting speculation that some jobs could be transferred to India. 06-Mar-2003

GNER has announced plans to spend £8.7m renovating 10 trains serving destinations between London and Scotland over the next 10 months. 06-Mar-2003

The Scottish Executive has indicated that it would provide £375m of funding to develop the first stages of a new tram network in Edinburgh by 2009. 05-Mar-2003

Hays has announced plans to focus on its recruitment division by selling off its interests in logistics, document storage, back office processing and mail delivery. 05-Mar-2003

Wincanton is to close the head office of its Trans European logistics business in Ipswich, with the loss of more than 100 jobs. 03-Mar-2003

Air Wales is looking to set up the first scheduled airline service from Wales to London for more than 30 years, and up to 100 jobs could be created with flights operating from Cardiff and Swansea airports to London City Airport. 27-Feb-2003

The Scottish Executive is considering the introduction of a toll system to recover a £35m investment in the re-opening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link. 27-Feb-2003

Ryanair is planning to shed up to 400 jobs at the newly-acquired budget airline Buzz, including 25% of pilots, 80% of cabin crew and 50% of ground staff. 27-Feb-2003

Brambles Industries is to shed up to 400 jobs in its Chep Europe pallets business over the next 18 months, and £21m will be invested in the reorganisation of its depots. 27-Feb-2003

The University of Birmingham has secured £7m of government funding to establish a national base for independent railway research, which will examine ways to improve safety and cut maintenance costs. 26-Feb-2003

Tibbett & Britten has won a contract to manage the Scottish distribution operations of The Big Food Group, involving warehouse facilities in Livingston and Bellshill. 25-Feb-2003

Serco Group is to take over the contract to run Newquay Cornwall Airport from Sutton Harbour Holdings. 25-Feb-2003

Stena Line is to invest £70m in a ferry crossing between Northern Ireland and Scotland, by building new terminals at Belfast and Cairnryan by mid 2005. 24-Feb-2003

ProLogis has acquired a 16-acre distribution depot in West Thurrock for £11m, which will involve Case New Holland relocating its tractor business to ProLogis Park in Northamptonshire. 24-Feb-2003

Sunderland Council is backing a report from developers GL Hearn for a £10m refurbishment of the city's central railway station. 21-Feb-2003

Christian Salvesen is planning to exit up to 10% of its UK industrial logistics business this year, as a result of higher labour and insurance costs. 20-Feb-2003

Scottish Power is considering plans to stop importing coal via Hunterston on the Clyde in order to set up its own shipping terminal at Burntisland, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 19-Feb-2003

City of York Council is backing plans for the development of a £1m Yorkshire Rail Academy at the National Railway Museum, in order to provide training for railway workers. 17-Feb-2003

Bmibaby is to open a third UK base for its low-cost airline business at Manchester airport, with the creation of 50 jobs. 17-Feb-2003

Lambert Smith Hampton is looking to sell the 146,000 sq ft former Gripperrods distribution depot in Cannock for £5m. 13-Feb-2003

Fenland District Council is in discussions with Network Rail about plans to set up a track maintenance depot on a 200-acre derelict site in the town of March, which could create 500 jobs. 12-Feb-2003

East Riding Council is planning to set up a new transport depot in Market Weighton, with the transfer of 20 staff from its Pocklington depot, 20 from Goole and 35 from Beverley. 12-Feb-2003

Strategic Rail Authority has announced plans to replace Rugby's Victorian railway station with a modern hub over the next three years. 11-Feb-2003

Maersk Air, the Birmingham-based British Airways franchise partner with 400 staff, has been put up for sale by its Danish parent. 07-Feb-2003

Exel is said to be considering plans to close its distribution depot in Hackbridge, south London, with the loss of up to 500 jobs, due to Sainsbury's supply chain transformation programme. 06-Feb-2003

Shetland Islands Council has announced plans to build a £3.3m ferry terminal at Hamars Ness, Fetlar, with completion due in March 2004. 06-Feb-2003

Docklands Light Railway is planning a further £150m extension of its east London network from Gallions Reach to Dagenham Dock. 06-Feb-2003

Virgin Express is to receive a £23m equity injection from Virgin Group to fund the expansion of its low-cost airline. 04-Feb-2003

RoadChef has won a 25-year contract to operate a service area on the new M6 Toll privately-financed motorway near Birmingham, and will spend £3m fitting out the facilities. 04-Feb-2003

ProLogis is in negotiations to acquire the 200-acre Lafarge site near St Albans, which could lead to the development of a 3m sq ft distribution centre and rail terminal. 03-Feb-2003

BAe Systems and Thales have won a £2.9bn government contract to build two aircraft carriers, with most of the construction work expected to be carried out at yards in Scotland. 31-Jan-2003

National Express is planning to set up a new bus depot in Walworth, as part of a strategy to expand its bus operations in London. 31-Jan-2003

Wallace Arnold, the coach operator, is expected to be put up for sale by venture capital group 3i, with an estimated value of more than £60m. 30-Jan-2003

Hays is considering plans to sell off its logistics business, which has an estimated value of between £250m and £400m. 30-Jan-2003

Amec has won a £800m contract to provide infrastructure services at BAA's seven UK airports over the next ten years. 30-Jan-2003

Hays Distribution Services has reached agreement with Richardson Developments to set up a 260,000 sq ft warehouse at Merlin Park in Birmingham, which will create about 100 jobs. 24-Jan-2003

DML is to shed 240 of the 4,800 jobs at the Devonport naval dockyard in Plymouth over the next six months. 22-Jan-2003

BMI is to create 33 new jobs at Aberdeen Airport through the £4.2m relocation of its engineering base from East Midlands Airport. 20-Jan-2003

The Strategic Rail Authority is expected to announce plans over the next few weeks for the £1bn upgrade of the power supply to London commuter lines. 20-Jan-2003

Amec and Cogifer have won a £200m track renewal contract from Network Rail, including lines from Paddington to west Wales and Cornwall. 20-Jan-2003

Arup and its partners in the London Regional Metro consortium have announced proposals for an alternative project to the London Crossrail scheme, which would involve a new tunnel between Paddington and Liverpool Street. 20-Jan-2003

Cambridgeshire County Council is working on plans for the construction of a new £18m railway station in Chesterton by 2007. 16-Jan-2003

City of York Council has revealed plans for a new £3m Park & Ride site at an undisclosed location in Wigginton. 15-Jan-2003

London Underground is planning to invest £29m overhauling its IT systems, with contracts being awarded to SAP and Axon. 14-Jan-2003

Network Rail is to take over the maintenance of parts of its railway network, starting with the area to the west of London Paddington, in order to improve financial control and safety. 14-Jan-2003

KLM is seeking a merger or strategic alliance for Buzz, the Stansted-based low-cost airline, and talks are taking place with a number of possible partners. 14-Jan-2003

Daventry District Council is to consider plans for the expansion of the Daventry International Railfreight Terminal, with the creation of 2,000 jobs by 2006. 13-Jan-2003

Deutsche Post is planning to acquire the remaining 50% of Securicor's UK parcels distribution business for up to £192m. 13-Jan-2003

Western Log is setting up a new timber import terminal at Cardiff docks, in order to handle rising demand for fencing products from Estonia and Latvia. 10-Jan-2003

DHL Aviation is creating 24 new jobs at East Midlands Airport, in order to expand its warehousing operation. 10-Jan-2003

Shetland Towage is to shed 30 jobs over the next few months, due to a fall in demand for its tug boat services at the Sullom Voe oil terminal. 09-Jan-2003

The Tube Lines consortium has announced details of the £4.4bn upgrade programme for the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern underground lines in London, including track renewal, station refurbishments and new carriages. 09-Jan-2003

Teesside Airport is expected to undergo a £20m expansion programme following its acquisition by Peel Airports. 08-Jan-2003

York Inward Investment Board has announced the formation of a new railway engineering company called Lancsville Rail, which will create more than 50 jobs at premises in Goodramgate this year. 08-Jan-2003

Mitchell's of Mansfield is to set up a new £2.5m distribution centre and warehouse near Sutton-in-Ashfield, following an increase in its overnight palletised freight business. 06-Jan-2003

North Wiltshire District Council is considering plans to reopen the Thingley Junction rail depot in Chippenham, in order to cut the amount of building materials transported by road. 03-Jan-2003

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