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The information below comes from the
UK Activity Report.
Maxjet, the US business-class airline, has filed for bankruptcy and flights from its main base at Stansted Airport have stopped. 28-Dec-2007
Bombardier is to close its Plant Works railway maintenance operation in Doncaster next month, but the contracts and up to 20 staff will transfer to Webtec. 24-Dec-2007
Manx2 is to set up a new headquarters and aircraft maintenance base at a former hangar at Ronaldsway airport on the Isle of Man. 20-Dec-2007
Ryanair is to expand its budget airline operations at Newquay airport with new flights to Stansted and Spain, with up to 45,000 additional inbound passengers every year. 20-Dec-2007
Langham Park has secured funding of £12m for the development of a 167,000 sq ft distribution centre at Temple Normanton in Derbyshire next year. 19-Dec-2007
EasyJet is to establish a new base for its budget airline at Manchester Airport next year, as part of a regional expansion programme that will also involve more flights from Liverpool. 18-Dec-2007
Palletforce is in negotiations to set up a 400,000 sq ft headquarters and distribution centre at RD Park in Burton-upon-Trent. 17-Dec-2007
Robert Heald, the container haulier with sites in Wakefield and Felixstowe, has gone into liquidation with the loss of 35 jobs. 17-Dec-2007
The Ministry of Defence is planning to close eight military distribution centres in Bulford, Catterick, Chilwell, Colchester, Llangennech, Longmoor, Shorncliffe and Stirling. 13-Dec-2007
Birmingham City Council is looking into the possibility of setting up a freight consolidation centre, in order to reduce the number of trucks visiting shops. 12-Dec-2007
Stagecoach is to invest £71m in the acquisition of 584 new buses, in order to improve inner-city and rural services throughout the country. 06-Dec-2007
Innovate Logistics has announced a multi-million pound investment in new temperature-controlled facilities at five depots, including Bardon in Leicestershire. 04-Dec-2007
Ringway Handling Services is to shed 188 baggage handling jobs at Manchester Airport. 03-Dec-2007
Rothdean is to relocate its Cinderford-based transport services business to the Forest Vale Industrial Estate within a year. 03-Dec-2007
Arup is drawing up proposals for the development of a high-speed rail line from London to Scotland, via Heathrow, in order to improve access to the Channel Tunnel. 03-Dec-2007
Transport for London has agreed to set up a 135,000 sq ft office at Quintain's Greenwich Peninsula development in east London in 2009. 29-Nov-2007
Southampton City Council is looking to set up a transport consolidation centre outside the city by 2009, and is currently seeking business partners for the project. 28-Nov-2007
Big Yellow is forming a £150m investment partnership with Pramerica Real Estate to develop up to 25 self-storage sites in the north of England, the Midlands and Scotland. 27-Nov-2007
EWS is planning to double the number of cross-Channel freight trains early next year, in order to reduce road traffic and congestion at container ports. 27-Nov-2007
Silverjet is to raise £22m from a share placing and loan to fund the expansion of its business-class airline. 26-Nov-2007
The Department for Transport has unveiled proposals to build a third runway and a sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport. 23-Nov-2007
Merseytravel is looking to relocate its 800 Liverpool-based staff to a new 100,000 sq ft headquarters by 2010, and is currently considering two potential sites. 22-Nov-2007
Network Rail is considering plans to set up a 22,500 sq ft office at Davidson House in Reading town centre. 22-Nov-2007
Skyscanner of Edinburgh has secured funding of £2.5m from Scottish Equity Partners to fund the commercial development of a new airline fares comparison system that covers every scheduled flight in the world. 21-Nov-2007
Stagecoach is planning to set up a £4m fast ferry service between Torquay and Brixham by 2009. 21-Nov-2007
Network Rail has unveiled plans to invest £18m in the modernisation of Derby station over the next 18 months, including new platform canopies. 20-Nov-2007
PD Ports has unveiled plans to develop a £50m regional import centre at Tees Dock in Redcar, with the creation of more than 800 jobs. 20-Nov-2007
Babcock Marine is to create a further 350 jobs at its naval support operations in Rosyth over the next 18 months, and a £50m programme of improvements in new facilities starts next spring. 20-Nov-2007
Flybe is looking to recruit hundreds of mechanics for its aircraft maintenance operations in Exeter over the next few years. 15-Nov-2007
East Midlands Trains is planning to transfer some rail maintenance work and an unspecified number of jobs from the Meridian depot in Birmingham to Derby. 13-Nov-2007
Advantage West Midlands and Gazeley UK have unveiled plans for the development of a £50m logistics park at Chatterley Valley in North Staffordshire by 2009, including 385,000 sq ft of warehouse space and up to 500 jobs. 12-Nov-2007
Air Charter Service is planning to raise £8m in a flotation on Aim to fund the expansion of its air charter broking business. 12-Nov-2007
Eddie Stobart is to set up a 103,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Heywood Distribution Park in Manchester. 02-Nov-2007
Network Rail is looking to recruit up to 1,000 engineers and project managers to help deliver its planned £10bn investment in improvements to the railway system over the next five years. 01-Nov-2007
Air Southwest is to increase the number of destinations available from Plymouth City Airport and Newquay, with new routes starting next year to Newcastle, Glasgow, Dublin and Chambery. 31-Oct-2007
National Express has submitted final plans to Birmingham City Council for the £15m modernisation of Digbeth Coach Station by 2009. 30-Oct-2007
The Department for Transport is to fund a £43m investment in the expansion of rail freight capacity between Southampton and Nuneaton by 2011, one of four projects designed to reduce dependency on road transport. 30-Oct-2007
Transport for London has awarded a £56m contract to operate the city's congestion charge from 2009 to IBM, which is expected to involve the transfer of 400 staff from Capita. 29-Oct-2007
Able UK has won planning permission to redevelop a shipyard in Hartlepool for ship breaking and wind turbine manufacture, which is expected to secure 1,500 jobs and contracts worth £300m. 29-Oct-2007
Northwestern Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders, the Birkenhead-based shipyard with 500 staff, is to change its name to Cammell Laird by the end of the year. 25-Oct-2007
Bombardier is to shed 200 of the 333 jobs at its rail maintenance depot at Chart Leacon in Kent, as a contract with South West Trains will end in December. 22-Oct-2007
BAA is to consolidate several offices into a new 200,000 sq ft office at the Compass Centre in Heathrow. 22-Oct-2007
Swissport is to shed up to 60 jobs at its ground-handling services business at Stansted Airport, due to a reduction in the number of Ryanair flights. 19-Oct-2007
UK Coal has announced that an unnamed distribution firm is planning to relocate up to 50 jobs to a new headquarters on its Asfordby Business Park site near Melton in Leicestershire over the next six months. 19-Oct-2007
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority is to set up a new headquarters for its Passenger Transport Executive in a five-storey office in Sheffield city centre. 18-Oct-2007
Network Rail is seeking a property partner for a £500m development project at eight station sites in Twickenham, Wembley Cutting, Enfield, Epsom, Walthamstow, Paddington, Maidstone and Guildford. 16-Oct-2007
Network Rail has been asked by the government to conduct a feasibility study into the development of a freight superhub at Manchester Piccadilly railway station. 16-Oct-2007
Bath & North East Somerset Council has secured initial government approval to build a £51m hi-tech rapid transit bus link across Bath. 12-Oct-2007
Rotala has raised £0.5m in a share placing to fund the acquisition of vehicles to operate new bus services for the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. 09-Oct-2007
The Department for Transport is to proceed with the £16bn Crossrail scheme to build a rail link through the centre of London, with construction expected to start in 2010. 08-Oct-2007
Noble Denton is to expand the workforce at its recently-opened marine consultancy office in Seaton Burn, North Tyneside, from eight to 24 over the next two years. 05-Oct-2007
Trenport is looking to create 600 jobs at the former Peugeot site in Coventry, having sought permission for Littlewoods to use one of the warehouses as a sorting office over the Christmas period. 04-Oct-2007
National Express is in discussions with Sea Containers about the future of the 220 jobs at the GNER train ticket call centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as it is not part of the East Coast franchise that National Express takes over in December. 04-Oct-2007
Network Rail is to set up a 40,000 sq ft office at the King's Place development in London N1, joining Wolverine Worldwide and The Guardian newspaper at the 500,000 sq ft scheme. 04-Oct-2007
Servisair is considering plans to withdraw its ground-handling operations at Aberdeen Airport, with the loss of 93 jobs. 03-Oct-2007
South West Trains is planning to close nine of its travel centres at stations in the South East, in order to replace them with commercial shops. 02-Oct-2007
Lok n Store has acquired a site in North Harbour, Portsmouth, for £4.3m, in order to set up a new 60,000 sq ft self-storage centre. 01-Oct-2007
WM Armstrong is to recruit about 20 drivers to operate a fleet of road tankers for the West Lakes cheese factory due to open near Carlisle in September 2008. 01-Oct-2007
ANC Holdings, the Staffordshire-based parcel delivery firm with 1,700 staff, is to rebrand its 2,000 vehicles, its 3,000 employee uniforms and its buildings under the FedEx UK name by autumn 2008. 25-Sep-2007
North East Lincolnshire Council has awarded outline planning permission to Katoen Natie of Belgium to build a logistics facility with 110 storage silos in Stallingborough, which will create 90 jobs. 25-Sep-2007
Arriva is planning to close its bus station in Hawkhurst, Kent, by the end of the year, in order to transfer most of the 40 staff to an alternative site. 24-Sep-2007
Royal Bank of Scotland is considering plans to sell Angel Trains, the train leasing business with offices in London and Derby, for about £4bn, having appointed Lazard to conduct a strategic review. 24-Sep-2007
East Lancashire Coachbuilders is considering plans to shed some of the 360 jobs at its Blackburn-based bus manufacturing business, as part of a reorganisation by new owner Darwen Group. 19-Sep-2007
East Yorkshire Motor Services is to close the Whittle Coach & Bus depot in Ludlow in November, with the loss of 14 jobs. 19-Sep-2007
First Group is planning to set up a new bus depot for First Hampshire & Dorset at the 3.8-acre former Exel Logistics site on Empress Road in Southampton, in order to relocate from its current site in Portswood. 19-Sep-2007
Wincanton is to create a further 300 jobs at its recently-opened distribution centre at Woodlands near Doncaster, having won approval to operate a night shift. 18-Sep-2007
Jet2 is to create a further 200 jobs at its budget airline operations at Leeds Bradford Airport, Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Belfast. 11-Sep-2007
EasyJet has confirmed plans to close its call centre at Luton airport with the loss of 144 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Germany and Poland. 10-Sep-2007
Scrabster Harbour Trust is planning a £15m expansion at its Highlands harbour, including a new deepwater quay, and construction work could start next year. 05-Sep-2007
BMI is to expand its airline operations in Asia, having announced 17 new destinations from Heathrow to countries such as Iran, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. 05-Sep-2007
Wrexham & Shropshire has won approval to start rail services between London Marylebone and North Wales from next spring. 04-Sep-2007
Unipart Logistics is to create hundreds of jobs at a new distribution centre in Burton upon Trent, having won a contract to provide supply chain services to the Waterstone's chain of bookshops. 03-Sep-2007
BAA is planning to shed up to 2,000 jobs at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, as part of an operational review that could lead to the sale of one or more airports. 30-Aug-2007
The Forth Estuary Transport Authority is to shed about 40 of the 100 jobs on the Forth Road Bridge, following the Scottish Parliament decision to scrap all bridge tolls. 27-Aug-2007
Gazeley and Harworth Estates have unveiled plans to build a new £70m 850,000 sq ft distribution park at the derelict Lounge coal depot in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which will lead to the creation of up to 900 jobs. 23-Aug-2007
Bond Aviation Group is to invest £4m in a new training programme that will create jobs for 12 helicopter pilots and 20 engineers at sites in Gloucestershire and Aberdeen. 23-Aug-2007
Great Bear Distribution is to open a new distribution centre in Desborough early next year to service its contract with Master Foods, and up to 330 jobs will be created. 23-Aug-2007
NYK Logistics is to expand its Northampton-based logistics business, having won a £21m contract from BSH Home Appliances to distribute electrical products. 22-Aug-2007
Tyne & Wear Metro has secured government funding to invest £14m in a new ticketing system, including the installation of machines that accept notes and credit cards. 22-Aug-2007
Eddie Stobart is to create up to 150 jobs when it starts making truck deliveries to the new Tesco distribution centre due to open in Goole in September. 22-Aug-2007
GrantRail Signalling is to relocate its headquarters and 14 staff from Doncaster to Micklegate in York next month, and hopes to create up to 40 jobs over the next two years. 17-Aug-2007
Reading Borough Council has received plans from PRUPIM for the development of a £12m privately-financed railway station at GreenPark. 16-Aug-2007
Bond Offshore Helicopters has submitted plans to extend its site at Aberdeen Airport, including a new helicopter hangar and office facilities. 16-Aug-2007
The Pallet Network is looking to relocate its freight distribution business and 60 staff from the existing 224,000 sq ft site in Rugby to a larger unidentified site nearby. 15-Aug-2007
National Express has won the franchise to operate the Intercity East Coast rail network until 2015, and plans to add 25 additional train services by 2010. 15-Aug-2007
Bombardier is to create an unspecified number of mechanical and electrical jobs at its transport maintenance plant in Crewe, in order to expand the existing 622-strong workforce. 14-Aug-2007
The National Assembly for Wales has announced a £13m project to improve the Cambrian rail network between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury by December 2008. 10-Aug-2007
Silverjet is to stop offering charter flights through its Flyjet subsidiary, with the loss of up to 50 jobs. 09-Aug-2007
Aer Lingus is to create more than 100 new jobs with a £100m investment at Belfast International Airport, which will involve new flights to several European cities. 08-Aug-2007
Gazeley has won planning permission to build a £23m 68,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Towers Business Park in Rugeley, and is seeking a logistics company to acquire the site. 08-Aug-2007
Owens Road Services is to acquire the former Panasonic site at Baglan in Port Talbot, and hopes to create up to 200 jobs operating the 141,000 sq ft distribution centre for an unnamed company. 03-Aug-2007
Cold Move is considering plans to shed up to 30 jobs at its cold storage and distribution business in Oswestry, having lost a contract to supply frozen foods to pubs and clubs in Scotland and Newcastle. 03-Aug-2007
Inverness Airport has outlined a £75m blueprint to expand the airport over the next 25 years, including extensions to the runway and terminal. 03-Aug-2007
National Express is to relocate its headquarters and up to 60 jobs from London to a new site in Birmingham early next year. 27-Jul-2007
Associated British Ports is expected to shed 44 jobs at the Port of Ipswich following the recent closure of the Ferryways freight service to Belgium. 24-Jul-2007
Bedworth Transport Services of Coventry has gone into liquidation with the loss of 20 jobs. 23-Jul-2007
UPS is expected to create up to 1,000 jobs at a new 335,000 sq ft parcel distribution centre due to open at the Birch Coppice Business Park in Tamworth later this year. 23-Jul-2007
Peterhead Port Authority is to invest £30m in a new quay at Peterhead harbour, in order to benefit the fishing industry and improve facilities for offshore-decommissioning work. 19-Jul-2007
Transport Scotland has announced a £3.6bn blueprint to improve Scotland's railway system between 2009 and 2014. 16-Jul-2007
Sedgefield Council is considering plans from Merchant Place for the development of a 1.4m sq ft distribution centre at the 100-acre Amazon Park site in Newton Aycliffe. 13-Jul-2007
TIE is to shed 15 jobs in Edinburgh, following a reorganisation of the city's trams project. 12-Jul-2007
EasyJet is to launch an operation at Birmingham International Airport in December, with flights to Geneva, Switzerland, and Grenoble, France. 12-Jul-2007
John Laing is conducting a strategic review of its Laing Rail business, which could lead to the sale of the subsidiary that operates the Chiltern Trains and London Rail services. 12-Jul-2007
Swansea Council is in discussions with Mariners Marine Consultants about plans to launch a £5m passenger ferry service between South West England and Wales in 2008. 11-Jul-2007
Safestore is planning to expand its network of 100 self-storage centres in the UK and France with 16 new sites by the end of next year, adding about 770,000 sq ft of space. 11-Jul-2007
Arriva has won the franchise to operate the new expanded long-distance Cross Country rail services, and will take over from Virgin Trains in November. 11-Jul-2007
Belfast Harbour Commissioners has announced proposals for the £630m expansion of the Port of Belfast, which would involve the reclamation of 120 acres of land from Belfast Lough over the next 20 years. 09-Jul-2007
Stobart Air has announced a £25m plan to introduce passenger services to Carlisle Airport, including a new runway, control tower and hangars. 05-Jul-2007
Caetano has shed 18 of the 60 jobs at its bus manufacturing and repair site in Waterlooville. 03-Jul-2007
Flybe is planning to set up a new staff training academy at Exeter International Airport over the next two years, including a 60-bedroom hotel. 28-Jun-2007
ProLogis is to start work this month on the development of the Crossflow 550,000 sq ft distribution centre in Avonmouth, which will create 600 new jobs after opening in March 2008. 25-Jun-2007
Sitel is to shed 170 jobs at the National Rail Enquiries call centre in Longbenton, Tyneside, in September, in order to transfer the work to Rotherham. 25-Jun-2007
GoVia has won the new West Midlands rail franchise until 2015, including the London to Northampton Silverlink routes and some Central Trains services. 25-Jun-2007
Stagecoach has won the franchise to operate the new East Midlands rail service until 2015, including Midland Mainline routes from London St Pancras and the eastern section of Central Trains. 25-Jun-2007
Bulmers Logistics has secured funding of £10m to expand its Teesside-based transport business across the country, including a new depot in Felixstowe. 21-Jun-2007
Foulger Transport and Norfolk County Council are setting up a freight consolidation centre in Snetterton by August, in order to cut the number of heavy goods vehicles entering Norwich city centre. 20-Jun-2007
MTR Corporation of Hong Kong has won a franchise to operate a number of rail services in London, and more than 400 jobs will be created to improve standards on the proposed London Overground system. 20-Jun-2007
Sloane Helicopters is to set up a £1.3m helicopter maintenance facility at St Angelo Airport in Enniskillen. 13-Jun-2007
Aer Lingus is considering plans to set up a new base at Belfast International Airport, which could create up to 1,000 jobs. 13-Jun-2007
The Department for Transport has awarded grants totalling £44m to encourage the transfer of freight from road to rail, with Freightliner receiving £29m, GB Railfreight £5.6m and EWS £4m. 12-Jun-2007
Babcock Naval Services is to shed about 225 jobs at the Clyde Naval Base over the next 18 months, due to a fall in demand for submarine maintenance work. 11-Jun-2007
Stena Line has won planning permission to develop a new £40m ferry terminal at Cairnryan in Dumfries & Galloway by the end of 2008, in partnership with P&O Irish Sea. 06-Jun-2007
BAA, the airport operator, is seeking a suitable 200,000 sq ft site near Heathrow to consolidate its existing London and Thames Valley offices. 04-Jun-2007
DP World has won government approval to build a £1.5bn container port on the Thames in Thurrock over the next 15 years, including a logistics and business park and the creation of 14,000 jobs. 31-May-2007
British Airways is to create 40 new jobs at its IT centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne over the next few months. 30-May-2007
International Port Holdings is to invest £50m in the expansion of the port at Great Yarmouth, having taken control of Great Yarmouth Port Authority. 30-May-2007
Innovate Logistics is to take over the operation of a Nestle distribution centre at Bardon in Leicestershire in July, with the transfer of 130 staff from TDG. 28-May-2007
Port of Tyne is to invest £21m in the expansion of its cargo handling capacity this year. 25-May-2007
DJ Dunabie has ceased trading with the loss of 25 jobs at its haulage business in Ayrshire. 24-May-2007
Mid Suffolk District Council is to consider plans from the Stowmarket Multi-Modal Distribution Park consortium for the development of a road and rail freight distribution centre next to the A14 in Stowmarket. 24-May-2007
Metronet Rail is to shed up to 290 office jobs from its 5,000-strong workforce, in order to secure the future of its London Underground maintenance contract. 24-May-2007
NetJets Europe is planning to increase the pilot numbers in its executive jets business from 750 to 1,500 by 2011. 24-May-2007
Veolia Transport is planning to shed up to 30 jobs at its Abercynon bus depot in South Wales, in order to withdraw from some unprofitable routes. 21-May-2007
JetBird of Ireland is considering plans to set up an operating base for its executive jet service at Stansted airport. 21-May-2007
Air Partner is planning to set up a "high security private jet enclave" at Biggin Hill airport near London, including hangars and maintenance facilities. 21-May-2007
Boeing is to announce plans to set up an Integrated Vehicle Health Management facility in the UK later this year, in order to remotely monitor the maintenance requirement of vehicles, and is considering potential sites in the North East and two other regions. 18-May-2007
Erinaceous has submitted plans to expand Shoreham Airport in West Sussex, including the restoration of the terminal building, new offices, a new hangar and the creation of up to 200 jobs. 17-May-2007
EasyJet is considering plans to close its call centre in Luton with the loss of up to 168 jobs, in order to transfer the work abroad. 17-May-2007
Go-Ahead has won a £60m contract to provide ground handling services to British Airways at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester airports, with the transfer of an unspecified number of staff. 14-May-2007
Smart Storage of Merseyside is to invest £6m in the expansion of its self-storage business with the opening of up to ten new sites by the end of 2008. 11-May-2007
Maxjet is planning to raise up to £50m in a flotation to fund the expansion of its business-class airline, which flies from Stansted to the US. 09-May-2007
Wincanton has confirmed plans to close its distribution depot in Tewkesbury in June, and expects to transfer at least 30 of the 180 jobs to sites in Brockworth and Bridgwater. 07-May-2007
Stacey's Coaches is to set up a new depot at the ice rink site in Carlisle, with the creation of 30 new jobs. 30-Apr-2007
Network Rail is planning to build a £40m rail maintenance depot at Woodhouse Junction near Sheffield, with the creation of about 150 jobs. 27-Apr-2007
ProLogis has secured outline planning permission from North Lanarkshire Council for the development of a 1m sq ft warehouse and distribution scheme at Newhouse. 26-Apr-2007
First Choice is to cut flights from Cardiff International Airport in November with the loss of up to 50 jobs, but some of the staff could transfer to a new base in Exeter. 26-Apr-2007
BAA has announced plans to invest £9.3bn in the development of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports over the next 11 years, in order to improve facilities and reduce congestion. 26-Apr-2007
JGB Transport has ceased trading with the loss of dozens of jobs at haulage depots in Aberdeen, Rosyth and Middlesbrough. 25-Apr-2007
Jetstream Express is planning to launch new routes from Blackpool airport to Belfast, Aberdeen and Southampton over the next few months. 19-Apr-2007
Lydd Airport in Kent is to shed 25 jobs from its 77-strong workforce, in order to cut costs as it tries to secure planning permission for a multi-million pound terminal building and runway extension. 18-Apr-2007
Zoom Airlines is planning to launch a daily low-fare transatlantic airline service between Gatwick and New York in June. 12-Apr-2007
Red Funnel is said to be considering plans for the £200m sale of its Isle of Wight ferry business. 12-Apr-2007
Nottingham City Transport is to close its Pathfinder bus depot in Newark and transfer the 26 drivers to Trent Bridge. 06-Apr-2007
Contract Design (Northern) is to create up to 90 jobs in Newcastle for mechanical engineers, draughtsmen and electrical design engineers, following a rise in demand for its ship design services. 06-Apr-2007
GNER is creating 65 new jobs for drivers, station staff, maintenance workers and catering staff in London and Leeds, following the launch of 12 additional rail services. 06-Apr-2007
Bridgepoint has been selected as preferred bidder to acquire Leeds Bradford Airport, and the deal is expected to be worth more than £100m. 06-Apr-2007
Royal Mail has warned unions that up to 48,000 of the 160,000 jobs in its letters division could be cut over the next five years, due to increased automation. 05-Apr-2007
Network Rail has announced plans to invest £2.4bn in the expansion of the railways over the next two years, including longer platforms, speed increases, new tracks and resignalling. 04-Apr-2007
Silverjet is to raise £26m in a share placing to provide working capital for its new business-class airline. 04-Apr-2007
Stagecoach has been selected as preferred bidder to operate and maintain the Manchester Metrolink for the next seven years. 04-Apr-2007
SkyMerlin is to launch its new Flyforbeans airline from Cardiff International Airport later this year, offering flights to several European destinations and creating an initial 100 jobs. 29-Mar-2007
BAA is investing £40m in the recruitment of 1,400 security guards and the opening of 22 new security lanes at its seven airports. 28-Mar-2007
Home Delivery Network is to restructure its nationwide network of 60 depots with the loss of 400 of the 7,000 jobs by May. 26-Mar-2007
ProLogis is to let a 245,000 sq ft warehouse in Hemel Hempstead to Keystone Distribution and a 240,000 sq ft warehouse in Dunstable to CD manufacturer Cinram. 26-Mar-2007
Kuehne & Nagel is to set up a 170,000 sq ft logistics warehouse at the Hams Hall distribution park in Birmingham. 26-Mar-2007
Hanseatic Shipping Company is planning to create 20 jobs at its new shipping management office in North Shields over the next three years. 22-Mar-2007
Stena Line is to open a new £35m fast ferry terminal at the Port of Belfast by summer 2008. 22-Mar-2007
Peel Ports has won government approval to build a new £90m shipping terminal at Seaforth on the Mersey by 2010, which will create about 180 jobs. 22-Mar-2007
Metronet Rail is to invest £7m in the development of a test track for London Underground trains at the former Asfordby pit near Melton Mowbray. 20-Mar-2007
Keystore is to invest £4m in the expansion of its warehouse facilities in Hull with the creation of 24 jobs, in order to benefit from ABP's planned new container terminal. 20-Mar-2007
Diamond Bus Company is creating 35 new jobs for drivers and support staff, in order to expand its bus operations in the Redditch area. 15-Mar-2007
Fortec Pallet Distribution Network is to relocate to a new £5m 140,000 sq ft site near Rugby after Easter. 15-Mar-2007
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is considering proposals for the £2.6bn expansion of Glasgow's underground railway system, including an extension to the east of the city. 15-Mar-2007
British Airways is planning to expand its operations at London City Airport by 70% with the introduction of 250 CityFlyer flights a week. 15-Mar-2007
NFT is planning to relocate up to 68 drivers from its Elstree depot to the Sainsbury's operations centre in Waltham Point, Essex, by the end of April. 12-Mar-2007
Track Safe Telecom, the Cardiff-based rail industry telecoms company, is to create 90 new jobs over the next three years, and has just acquired London-based track-welding specialist Gem-Weld. 09-Mar-2007
Wincanton is considering plans to close a distribution centre in Rugby with the loss of up to 200 jobs, following a decision by Woolworths to withdraw from the site. 08-Mar-2007
Ferguson Shipbuilders is to shed 99 of the 130 jobs at its Port Glasgow shipyard, prompting speculation that the site could close within a year. 06-Mar-2007
British Airways is in negotiations to sell its ground handling operations at Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen airports to Aviance, which would involve the transfer of about 730 staff. 06-Mar-2007
Bournemouth Airport has submitted plans for a £32m expansion project, including improvements to the terminal buildings, better access and additional car parking. 27-Feb-2007
British Airways is planning to recruit 20 graduates for its new IT training programme in Heathrow and Newcastle upon Tyne. 26-Feb-2007
Mark's Specialised Transport of Lincolnshire is planning to expand its 70-strong workforce with up to 30 new jobs over the next year, and will relocate to a new £0.3m site in Washingborough in May. 23-Feb-2007
WA Developments International is to relocate the headquarters of its haulage business and dozens of jobs from Appleby to Kingmoor Park near Carlisle over the next six weeks. 22-Feb-2007
Distribution Unlimited is planning to open a further seven franchised leaflet distribution sites by the end of the year. 21-Feb-2007
The Department for Transport is considering four bids from Arriva, First Group, National Express and a Virgin-Stagecoach joint venture to run the East Coast Main Line rail franchise. 21-Feb-2007
The Ministry of Defence and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency are in discussions with four consortia about plans to outsource coastal search and rescue operations, including the provision of helicopters and the maintenance of 12 coastguard sites. 19-Feb-2007
Capita has acquired a further 150,000 sq ft of warehouse space for its document management business at Darlington's Lingfield Point business park, which could lead to the creation of 30 jobs. 16-Feb-2007
Taxibank is planning to create up to 120 jobs at its taxi booking call centre in Plymouth over the next year. 15-Feb-2007
One NorthEast is to help fund the development of a £2.3m International Marine Design Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne by March, in order to help the region win international ship design contracts. 14-Feb-2007
Safestore is planning to expand its chain of 76 self-storage centres with up to ten new sites a year, and is also preparing for a flotation that will value the business at about £700m. 08-Feb-2007
Hays Public Services is looking to recruit 98 delivery workers and 107 follow-up staff to carry out a test run for the next official census in Stoke-on-Trent. 06-Feb-2007
NYK Logistics is to close its site in Telford with the loss of more than 30 jobs. 06-Feb-2007
Birmingham International Airport has secured a £25m grant from Advantage West Midlands to fund infrastructure improvements. 02-Feb-2007
Metronet is recruiting 550 additional engineers, in preparation for a new maintenance regime on the London Underground. 01-Feb-2007
Transport Scotland has announced plans to build a £20m transport interchange in Gourock, Inverclyde, over the next five years, in order to link bus, rail and ferry services. 31-Jan-2007
West Wales Airport has submitted plans to Ceredigion Council for a £5m expansion project, including a new terminal, control tower and 48-bedroom hotel. 31-Jan-2007
Caledonian MacBrayne is looking to relocate its Gourock Pier headquarters and 130 staff to another part of Inverclyde over the next three years. 31-Jan-2007
BAA has unveiled plans to build a second runway and terminal at Stansted airport by 2015, as part of a £2.4bn expansion project. 31-Jan-2007
Storage King of Australia is looking to open six self-storage centres across Scotland over the next year, having appointed King Sturge to search for sites. 29-Jan-2007
Merseytravel has identified up to 12 suitable sites in the Liverpool area to build railway stations. 26-Jan-2007
Eddie Stobart has ordered 500 new trucks from Scania of Sweden, in order to expand its haulage business and cut exhaust emissions, with delivery starting in March. 26-Jan-2007
Foulger Transport has submitted plans to Breckland Council to build a 180,000 sq ft freight warehouse at Roudham, near Thetford. 23-Jan-2007
Daher has suffered a major fire at its 70,000 sq ft logistics warehouse at Hilton near Derby, and is now seeking an alternative site for the 120 staff. 23-Jan-2007
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is to shed 104 jobs, following the loss of an Easyjet baggage handling contract by the Airport Company. 22-Jan-2007
British Airways is said to be considering plans to invest up to £1bn a year in the purchase of 135 long-haul aircraft over the next 15 years. 18-Jan-2007
Network Rail is to set up an 80,000 sq ft storage and distribution centre in Derby. 15-Jan-2007
VT Halmatic is planning to shed up to 130 of the 270 jobs at its shipyard in Portsmouth. 11-Jan-2007
Highlands & Islands Enterprise is to invest up to £6m in the expansion of Inverness Airport over the next three years, as part of a long-term strategy to create a centre of excellence for the maintenance of aircraft. 05-Jan-2007
Peel Holdings has acquired the Cammell Laird Shipyard in Liverpool from Reddington Finance for undisclosed terms, as part of its expansion project at the Port of Liverpool. 05-Jan-2007
One, the regional train operator, is to create 120 new jobs in East Anglia, in order to improve service standards over the next year. 03-Jan-2007
Bournemouth Aviation Services Company (Basco) is to shed 145 jobs at its aircraft maintenance business at Bournemouth International Airport. 02-Jan-2007
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