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Derby City Council has approved plans from Goodman Group to build a 1.2m sq ft warehouse at the £175m Raynesway industrial park scheme. 24-Dec-2008 Aer Lingus is to launch a new base at Gatwick airport in April 2009, with flights to Faro, Knock, Malaga, Munich, Nice, Vienna and Zurich. 22-Dec-2008 National Express is to shed up to 750 back-office jobs from the 18,000-strong workforce in its rail and bus business over the next year. 18-Dec-2008 Birmingham International Airport has won approval from Solihull Council for the £130m extension of its runway, in order to attract larger aircraft. 17-Dec-2008 Tube Lines is to shed the jobs of 60 staff working on its London Underground engineering contract early next year. 16-Dec-2008 DFDS Seaways is to relocate its call centre from Harwich to North Shields. 16-Dec-2008 Go Associates has shed 34 of the 45 jobs at the newly-opened Liverpool Produce Terminal at Seaforth docks. 15-Dec-2008 Defra is considering Merseyside as a potential location for the headquarters of a new Marine Management Organisation, which would employ 200 staff to manage all of the country's marine activities. 15-Dec-2008 GeoPost UK is to set up a DPD parcels depot at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle early next year, with the creation of an unspecified number of new jobs. 15-Dec-2008 The Scottish Government has outlined plans for a £25bn investment in transport, including a new Forth bridge and 28 other projects mainly aimed at improving rail services. 12-Dec-2008 Redcats UK is to shed up to 130 jobs at its distribution operations in Bradford and Wakefield. 12-Dec-2008 Culina Logistics is to open a new distribution centre at Cabot Park in Bristol in January, employing 200 staff. 10-Dec-2008 British Airways is to shed more than 100 ground operations jobs at Gatwick Airport next year and reduce the number of summer flights by 15%. 08-Dec-2008 Flybe is to close its ground operation at Norwich Airport in March 2009, with the loss of up to 45 jobs and the end of budget flights to Dublin. 08-Dec-2008 EWS is to shed 530 jobs at its Doncaster-based rail freight business, due to a fall in demand for the transport of steel and cars. 08-Dec-2008 Wincanton is to close its distribution depot at the Brockworth Business Park in Gloucester next March, with the possible loss of up to 450 jobs. 05-Dec-2008 Stagecoach is considering plans to shed hundreds of the 11,000 jobs in its South West Trains, Virgin Trains and East Midlands Trains services into London, in order to reorganise its back-office functions. 04-Dec-2008 European Aviation is cutting 70 jobs and grounding its two aircraft based at Bournemouth Airport. 03-Dec-2008 Dodd's Transport is expected to shed up to 50 jobs in Sittingbourne in March 2009, following the loss of a contract with paper firm M-Real. 02-Dec-2008 Rhenus Logistics is to open a new 70,000 sq ft hub at Gallan Park in Cannock in 2009. 02-Dec-2008 Leicester City Council is considering proposals to build a new £55m bus station in Charles Street or Humberstone Gate East. 02-Dec-2008 Bulmers Logistics is to shed 50 of the 350 jobs at its container transport operations in Teesside, Hull, Immingham, Ipswich and Malton. 28-Nov-2008 North West Leicestershire District Council is in discussions with an unnamed developer about plans for a 270-acre distribution centre on farmland between East Midlands Airport and Castle Donington. 26-Nov-2008 Aer Arann is to launch three daily flights from the Isle of Man's Ronaldsway Airport to London City Airport in January. 25-Nov-2008 BAe Systems and VT Group are to shed up to 100 jobs at their newly-created BVT Surface Fleet International shipyard in Portsmouth, in order to eliminate duplication of jobs. 24-Nov-2008 TNT Express is to shed up to 300 jobs from its network of 55 parcel delivery depots in the UK and Ireland. 24-Nov-2008 Royal Mail has confirmed plans to close its mail centre in Bletchley with the loss of up to 600 jobs, in order to transfer the work to an enlarged centre in Northampton in 2010. 21-Nov-2008 TDG is to relocate its Lisburn-based logistics business to a new site at Mallusk, but some of the 19 jobs will be lost. 20-Nov-2008 Associated British Ports is to shed about 45 of the 450 jobs at the Port of Southampton. 19-Nov-2008 National Express is to shed 314 jobs at its East Anglian rail franchise, including the closure of a call centre in Norwich and a reduction in administrative staff. 19-Nov-2008 Parcelnet is to open a new parcels hub in Nuneaton by mid-2009, with the creation of 100 jobs, and its head office will relocate from Bradford to Leeds. 19-Nov-2008 Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners is considering plans to invest £8m in the expansion of Faithlie Basin, in order to allow larger fishing vessels into the port. 18-Nov-2008 Owens Road Services of Llanelli has shed 42 driving jobs from its network of transport depots. 18-Nov-2008 John Menzies is to shed 600 of the 14,000 jobs in its global aviation business, including 50 ground handling jobs at Manchester, Gatwick and Luton airports. 14-Nov-2008 Cannon Group has closed its transport and distribution operation, with the loss of an unspecified number of jobs at sites in Abingdon, Knottingley and Coventry. 13-Nov-2008 Transport for London is to shed more than 100 jobs in December, having scrapped a five-year contract with parking enforcement contractor Ontime Automotive. 10-Nov-2008 BMI is to stop long-haul flights from Manchester Airport to the US and Caribbean early next year, with the possible loss of up to 140 jobs. 07-Nov-2008 Leeds Bradford International Airport has unveiled plans for a £28m extension to its terminal building, as part of a £70m five-year investment programme by owner Bridgepoint Capital. 05-Nov-2008 KLM is to start daily flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Schiphol airport in the Netherlands from March 2009. 04-Nov-2008 Network Rail is planning to set up a new 350,000 sq ft national headquarters for 3,000 staff on the site of the former National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, and details will be announced next year. 31-Oct-2008 Stobart Group is looking into the possibility of setting up a distribution complex at the new London Gateway container port scheme at Thurrock. 30-Oct-2008 The Ministry of Defence is to close the control centres at RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire by 2014, with the loss of up to 37 jobs. 30-Oct-2008 Pink Ladies is planning to expand its Warrington-based women-only cab service across the country, with operations starting in Bury, Cardiff and Ipswich by the end of the year. 28-Oct-2008 Optare is to relocate its Blackburn-based bus factory to the 280,000 sq ft former Corus plant at Walker Business Park early next year, securing the future of about 300 jobs. 28-Oct-2008 Coventry Airport is to shed some of its 36 firefighting jobs, following the withdrawal of holiday airline Thomsonfly. 28-Oct-2008 Woody's Haulage has ceased trading with the loss of 75 jobs at its Norfolk-based building materials transport business. 27-Oct-2008 Stena Line is to cut its fast ferry service between Holyhead and Ireland from two crossings a day to one, with the loss of an unspecified number of the 100 jobs. 27-Oct-2008 Eastern Airways is to set up an operation at London City Airport, and flights to Amsterdam will start in January. 27-Oct-2008 National Express is planning to sell or close its Dot2Dot airport transfer service, which employs 180 staff. 27-Oct-2008 Bristol International Airport has unveiled a £70m expansion that could double the size of the airport over the next eight years, and expects to submit an outline planning application next March. 24-Oct-2008 Aer Arann is to shed up to 100 jobs at its Irish airline, which includes flights to Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton. 21-Oct-2008 Portsmouth Continental Ferry Port has won permission to build a new £15m terminal by the end of 2010. 16-Oct-2008 P&O is planning to shed up to 62 of the 2,000 jobs at the Port of Dover, due to the effect of competition on its ferry service to Calais. 15-Oct-2008 The Highways Agency is planning to relocate its Birmingham office to a 50,000 sq ft unit at The Cube development near The Mailbox in March 2010. 13-Oct-2008 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is to invest £60m at its lifeboat stations around the coast of Wales over the next five years, including six new boats. 10-Oct-2008 Huelin-Renouf Shipping has started work on the development of a new £6m logistics facility at Southampton docks, and hopes to transfer the work from Portsmouth in December. 10-Oct-2008 Kent International Airport has unveiled a 25-year expansion plan that anticipates an increase in passenger numbers from 16,000 a year to 6m by 2033. 09-Oct-2008 British Airways is planning to close its cabin crew base in Glasgow, with the loss of up to 140 jobs. 08-Oct-2008 Network Rail is to invest £15m in the expansion of the Edge Hill railway depot in Merseyside. 08-Oct-2008 The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to sell off the former RAF airbase at Machrihanish in Kintyre with the loss of 20 facilities management jobs. 08-Oct-2008 Aer Lingus is planning to shed up to 1,500 jobs, including the closure of its cabin crew base at Heathrow. 08-Oct-2008 Burke Bros is to create about 50 new jobs at its Wolverhampton-based removals business, and 16 vehicles are being added to its fleet. 01-Oct-2008 ECM Vehicle Delivery Service of Carlisle is to shed 45 of the 530 jobs at its nationwide network of 20 car delivery sites. 01-Oct-2008 PremiAir is to expand its private jet operation at Oxford Airport by the end of the year, with the creation of 15 jobs. 26-Sep-2008 Kingmoor Park Properties is seeking planning permission to invest £100m in the development of two new distribution centres at Wrexham Industrial Estate, and has two potential occupants. 19-Sep-2008 Norfolkline is to restart the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry route next spring, providing passenger and freight services on a new vessel. 19-Sep-2008 BAA has put Gatwick Airport up for sale with an estimated valuation of £1.8bn, in order to comply with an expected ruling by the Competition Commission. 17-Sep-2008 British Airways is to offer voluntary redundancy to 1,400 managers, as part of a strategy to reduce salary costs by up to £170m. 15-Sep-2008 Continental Airlines is to withdraw from Gatwick Airport in October, with the loss of 44 jobs, in order to operate all transatlantic flights from Heathrow. 12-Sep-2008 South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive has drawn up plans to develop a new £40m Bus Rapid Transit between Rotherham Interchange and Sheffield city centre. 12-Sep-2008 Network Rail has unveiled plans for the £425m transformation of Reading railway station by 2015, including five new platforms and a new entrance. 11-Sep-2008 Royal Mail is to close sorting offices in Stockport, Bolton and Oldham over the next two years, as part of a plan to develop a new regional distribution centre in Warrington and four delivery offices in Manchester and Liverpool. 11-Sep-2008 Howard Tenens is to open a new logistics depot in Ashby de la Zouch by the end of the year, and the 15-acre site will include 150,000 sq ft of warehouse and office space. 11-Sep-2008 Telford & Wrekin Council is to support a £8m public-sector investment in the development of a new international rail freight park next to the Hortonwood Industrial Estate by spring 2009. 10-Sep-2008 Flybe is planning to expand its flights from Aberdeen Airport in 2009, including new routes to continental Europe and the creation of 100 jobs. 10-Sep-2008 Servisair is to shed up to 180 ground handling jobs at Manchester Airport, and is seeking redundancies in the baggage hall, passenger services, administration, operations and despatch. 09-Sep-2008 Bluebell Railway is to proceed with plans to raise £1.8m in a share offer to fund the extension of its Sussex-based vintage railway line by 1.8 miles. 09-Sep-2008 Optare is to close its bus manufacturing plant in Rotherham, in order to transfer production to sites in Leeds and Blackburn. 08-Sep-2008 The Weardale Railway in County Durham has sold a 75% stake to Iowa Pacific Holdings of the US, which is expected to lead to the development of new freight, passenger and tourist services. 08-Sep-2008 Sandy McCracken & Son has shed 60 jobs at its Lanark-based haulage business, having appointed MLM Insolvency to consider a move into liquidation. 02-Sep-2008 AirTanker is to create an initial 30 jobs at Ventura Park near RAF Brize Norton, in order to work on a contract to replace the RAF transport and refuelling fleet. 01-Sep-2008 Cert Octavian is setting up an 84,000 sq ft logistics centre at Adwick Park near Rotherham. 27-Aug-2008 City Link is planning to open new express delivery depots in Coventry, Norwich, Stoke and Worcester over the next two months. 25-Aug-2008 Norbert Dentressangle is setting up a 242,000 sq ft logistics warehouse at the Big Tel site in Telford. 25-Aug-2008 Coastal Container Line is planning to close its dock in Cardiff with the loss of 34 jobs. 19-Aug-2008 The Dover Harbour Board is to outsource port operations such as security, mooring and tug boat work to the private sector next year, with the transfer of 190 jobs. 14-Aug-2008 Secured Mail has received a £1.6m investment from Aquarius Equity Partners to fund the expansion of its Liverpool-based postal services business. 14-Aug-2008 Royal Mail is to close its Copperas Hill sorting centre in Liverpool and transfer the work to Warrington by next year, affecting up to 800 jobs. 06-Aug-2008 Servisair is to shed about 160 ground services jobs at Gatwick Airport in October. 05-Aug-2008 Norbert Dentressangle is planning to close its haulage depot in Fareham with the loss of 50 jobs, and further sites could close in Pontypool and Bovey Tracey. 30-Jul-2008 The Bristol Port Company is seeking government approval to change the nature of Avonmouth docks, in order to progress plans for the development of a £500m deep sea container terminal. 29-Jul-2008 Palletline is investing £20m in the development of a new freight hub at its site in Solihull over the next few months. 24-Jul-2008 Nexus is seeking £300m of government funding to go towards the proposed £600m modernisation programme for the Tyne & Wear Metro rail system, including improvements to trains, stations, communication systems, tunnels and bridges. 23-Jul-2008 Royal Mail is to set up a distribution centre on a 12-acre site in West Thurrock, including a 220,000 sq ft refurbished building and lorry park. 22-Jul-2008 Ryanair is to reduce its flights by 14% this winter with the loss of up to 150 jobs at Stansted, due to the rising price of fuel. 21-Jul-2008 Royal Mail is to invest up to £70m in a new mail sorting and distribution centre at the Swan Valley Industrial Estate in Northampton by 2010, but the Bishop Street site in Coventry will close with the loss of about 500 jobs. 09-Jul-2008 Skyblue Aviation is to create about 15 jobs at its new Atlantic Express airline in Exeter, following the delivery of a 46-seater aircraft. 04-Jul-2008 Network Rail has confirmed plans to invest a further £30m in the development of the Whitemoor rail yard in the Cambridgeshire town of March, in order to recycle railway materials and create 25 jobs. 03-Jul-2008 A&P has agreed a £53m contract with the Ministry of Defence to maintain Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, which will secure the future of an estimated 750 jobs at docks in Falmouth and the Tyne. 02-Jul-2008 Palletforce is to create about 100 jobs at its new £30m 380,000 sq ft distribution centre due to open in Burton early next year. 02-Jul-2008 Dee Set is planning to relocate its three logistics, fulfilment and storage sites in North Staffordshire and up to 160 staff to a former Royal Doulton warehouse in Fenton over the next few months. 01-Jul-2008 Bath & North East Somerset Council is considering plans to set up a freight transhipment depot at an undisclosed location, as part of a £5m initiative to remove heavy trucks from Bath city centre. 30-Jun-2008 Big Yellow has acquired sites in Camberley, High Wycombe, Poole and Reading, which will provide total self storage space of up to 235,000 sq ft. 26-Jun-2008 A&M Transport, the Pontardawe-based warehousing and transport company, is expected to go into liquidation through Grant Thornton with the loss of about 100 jobs. 20-Jun-2008 Silverjet is to shed 420 jobs at its Luton-based airline, following the failure of a takeover approach from Kingplace. 16-Jun-2008 Innovate Logistics, the Nottinghamshire-based transport and distribution group, has been put up for sale by Icelandic parent company Eimskip. 12-Jun-2008 Virgin Atlantic is to create 100 cabin crew jobs later this year by doubling the number of flights between Heathrow and Hong Kong. 11-Jun-2008 Stagecoach is to close its bus depot in Louth in September, and the staff will relocate to sites in Grimsby and Skegness. 10-Jun-2008 Transport for London is to set up a 116,000 sq ft headquarters at 25 Canada Square for its Crossrail project. 09-Jun-2008 Network Rail and the Welsh Assembly Government have unveiled proposals to invest £52m in improvements to the rail network in South Wales, including the £22m revamp of Newport station. 03-Jun-2008 BAA has secured a £7.6bn financing package to fund the redevelopment of parts of Heathrow and Stansted airports, including a new Heathrow East building to replace terminals 1 and 2. 03-Jun-2008 South West Trains is planning to shed up to 118 jobs and reduce ticket office opening hours at 114 stations. 02-Jun-2008 H Whittaker & Sons is to close its haulage business in Macclesfield with the loss of 15 jobs. 02-Jun-2008 Arup has unveiled proposals to build a new mainline station to link Heathrow Airport to the national rail network. 29-May-2008 Superfast Ferries is to stop operating a ferry service between Rosyth and Belgium in September. 29-May-2008 Belfast City Airport has been put up for sale by Ferrovial Group of Spain, and the price tag is expected to be more than £100m. 28-May-2008 DFDS Seaways is to close a passenger ferry service between Tyneside and Scandinavia in September, with the loss of 350 jobs. 28-May-2008 Stobart Group has agreed a £15m deal with Tesco to provide a second dedicated rail freight service from Grangemouth to Inverness. 22-May-2008 The Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN) is to invest £70m in new low-emission vehicles, real-time information systems and dedicated lanes in Bristol over the next three years, having secured a £42m government grant. 21-May-2008 Bmibaby is planning to double the size of its low-cost airline operations at Manchester Airport over the next few years, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 21-May-2008 Royal Mail has confirmed plans to close its Caversham Road sorting office in Reading by June 2009, with the loss of 400 jobs. 20-May-2008 Triple A Transport is planning to open two more depots following the launch of its new 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Tilbury, and is considering sites in Bristol and Yorkshire. 16-May-2008 Hapag-Lloyd is to relocate its Liverpool-based shipping office and 60 staff to the Port of Liverpool Building, and Warrington-based Claremont has won the fit-out contract. 13-May-2008 Stagecoach is to close its Milethorne Lane bus depot in Doncaster with the loss of 12 maintenance and management jobs. 13-May-2008 EuroManx has filed for voluntary liquidation with the loss of 70 jobs, and will stop flying from the Isle of Man to Belfast, Liverpool, Manchester and London City airports. 12-May-2008 Cold Move is considering plans to shed up to 38 jobs at its cold storage business in Oswestry, and transport operations will be centralised at its Stone Cross Park depot in Warrington. 06-May-2008 PD Ports has reached agreement with Tesco to set up a £50m import centre at Tees Dock, with the creation of 800 jobs over the next two years. 05-May-2008 Geoff Gilbert International is planning to close its Boston-based transport operation with the loss of up to 40 jobs. 02-May-2008 East Midlands Trains is to relocate 50 jobs from Midland House in Derby to a new office in Nottingham this summer. 30-Apr-2008 St Modwen is to build a 102,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Quedgeley West Business Park in Gloucester for CM Downton, in order to store Dyson vacuum cleaners. 29-Apr-2008 Home Delivery Network is considering plans to close its home shopping delivery depot in Farnworth, Lancashire, in August, with the loss of up to 90 jobs. 28-Apr-2008 A&P Tyne is to create about 200 jobs at its South Tyneside shipyard to work on a £30m contract to convert an icebreaking ship into a floating accommodation vessel. 18-Apr-2008 Wrightbus has won a £125m order to supply buses to First Group, which will secure the future of more than 1,000 jobs at its factory in Ballymena. 17-Apr-2008 Harper Haulage is to cease trading with the loss of 20 jobs at its transport business in Prestatyn, Denbighshire. 16-Apr-2008 Portsmouth Ferry Port is considering plans to build a new terminal building, having appointed Halcrow Group to review the site's passenger and freight facilities. 16-Apr-2008 Hampshire County Council is to consider proposals from Transport for South Hampshire for a £15m waterbus service across the Solent between Southampton and Portsmouth, as part of a £2.6bn upgrade of the area's transport network. 11-Apr-2008 Mediterranean Shipping Company is to open a new £4.7m extension to its headquarters at Ransomes Europark in Ipswich in October, in order to consolidate the 350 local staff onto one site. 11-Apr-2008 Peel Ports has won planning permission for the second phase of the Liverpool Intermodal Freeport Terminal, including 400,000 sq ft of warehousing space on a 70-acre site. 10-Apr-2008 The Department for Regional Development is considering proposals to develop a £147m rapid transit network in Belfast. 09-Apr-2008 Network Rail is forming a joint venture with Kier Property for the £500m redevelopment of six station sites across the South East, including Enfield, Epsom, Guildford, Maidstone, Twickenham and Walthamstow. 03-Apr-2008 Expect Distribution is to relocate its haulage business and 130 staff to a new 105,000 sq ft distribution centre and headquarters at the Premier Point development in Bradford in December. 01-Apr-2008 Rochdale Council and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive have secured a £10m government grant to build a new bus station near the existing site in Rochdale. 28-Mar-2008 East Midlands Trains is to invest £90m in service improvements, including the refurbishment of stations and trains and a new control centre in Derby. 26-Mar-2008 Interfleet Technology is opening a new rail consultancy office at Devonshire Square in central London, and the initial 60 staff will rise to 100 by 2012. 26-Mar-2008 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is looking into the possibility of setting up a freight consolidation centre, in order to reduce the number of vehicle deliveries in Glasgow city centre. 26-Mar-2008 The Department for Transport and Northern Rail have announced plans to run a trial of "tram train technology" between Huddersfield, Barnsley and Sheffield from 2010. 19-Mar-2008 UPN, the Leicestershire-based logistics company, is planning to expand its nationwide chain of 60 freight depots with ten new sites this year. 18-Mar-2008 Network Rail is seeking a suitable site in the Midlands for a new 350,000 sq ft headquarters, as part of a relocation strategy that could affect up to 3,000 staff. 18-Mar-2008 Bulmers Logistics is to create 35 driving jobs in Ipswich and Immingham over the coming weeks, but 23 jobs have been cut in Hull and Teesport. 14-Mar-2008 Gazeley has unveiled plans for the development of a distribution centre called Magna Park at Stanground near Peterborough, including seven warehouses, a rail freight interchange and the creation of up to 5,400 jobs. 13-Mar-2008 National Express East Coast is to shed about 95 of the 400 jobs at its office in York, in order to consolidate finance, payroll and other back-office work with National Express Group. 13-Mar-2008 IDS Logistics is to create 200 new jobs in Leicester, following a recent £3.5m investment at its distribution depot on Sunningdale Business Park. 13-Mar-2008 BAA has submitted plans to build a new £2.5bn runway and terminal at Stansted Airport by 2015, which could create more than 13,000 jobs. 12-Mar-2008 The Department for Transport has announced a £8m investment in new transport technology research, including the Freeflow transport data system and the Foot-Lite driver-vehicle interface system. 12-Mar-2008 Leicester Regeneration Company has unveiled plans for the £150m revamp of Leicester railway station, including new shops and offices. 07-Mar-2008 Royal Mail is to close its delivery office at Leek Road in Stoke-on-Trent, in order to transfer up to 250 jobs to other sites. 06-Mar-2008 Van Hee Transport is planning to double the number of people trained by its Gateshead-based logistics training business to 2,400 over the next two years. 06-Mar-2008 Glasgow City Council has commissioned a feasibility study for the introduction of a commuter river bus service on the Clyde. 06-Mar-2008 Peel Holdings is planning to develop a new hub for business aviation at Barton Aerodrome, which has now been renamed City Airport Manchester, in order to benefit from the growth in private jets. 05-Mar-2008 Air Menzies is seeking a suitable site at Heathrow for a 250,000 sq ft air freight warehouse and headquarters, in order to relocate from three existing offices by the end of 2009. 04-Mar-2008 Transport for London is seeking a suitable 100,000 sq ft office in London for its £16bn Crossrail project. 04-Mar-2008 Ryanair is to expand its budget airline operations at Edinburgh Airport this year, with the addition of 12 new routes to European destinations and the creation of 100 jobs. 03-Mar-2008 First Great Western is to invest £29m in improvements to its rail service, including five additional trains and a £4m training package for customer service staff. 27-Feb-2008 UK Ultraspeed is expected to receive funding from the Merseyside Partnership for the development of a high-speed magnetic levitation rail network between Liverpool and Manchester. 27-Feb-2008 Darwen Holdings, the Lancashire-based bus manufacturer with 250 staff, is to float on Aim with a market capitalisation of about £15m. 26-Feb-2008 PD Ports has won government approval to build a £300m deep-sea container terminal at Teesport by 2011, which could lead to the creation of up to 5,500 jobs. 25-Feb-2008 City Link is to open a new 37,500 sq ft parcel distribution centre at the Broadland Business Park near Norwich in the summer, to replace its existing site in Bowthorpe. 25-Feb-2008 National Express is to launch luxury commuter coach services from Reading and Swindon to London in April, and additional routes will be added in the future. 25-Feb-2008 Air Partner has announced plans to invest £7m in a new terminal and hangar facilities at Biggin Hill airport in Kent, in order to benefit from the growth in private jets. 25-Feb-2008 Exeter International Airport is planning to invest £124m in an expansion programme, in order to cope with an expected rise in annual passenger numbers from 1m to 3.3m by 2030. 22-Feb-2008 Network Rail is to relocate its railway infrastructure records from Glasgow, London and Birmingham to Clifton Moor in York by autumn, with the creation of more than 30 jobs. 20-Feb-2008 Merseytravel is to relocate the Liverpool-based headquarters of its public transport business to the 140,000 sq ft Mann Island development at Pier Head. 19-Feb-2008 Eddie Stobart is planning to take over the running of Tesco's regional distribution centre in Middlewich, Cheshire. 19-Feb-2008 Wolverhampton City Council and Neptune Developments have unveiled plans to build a £140m travel interchange, including new rail and bus stations, a casino, a hotel and shops. 18-Feb-2008 CrossCountry, the rail operator, is to set up a 21,000 sq ft headquarters at Cannon House in Birmingham city centre this summer. 15-Feb-2008 Babcock Marine is to shed 600 of the 4,300 jobs at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth over the next year. 14-Feb-2008 Chambers Coach Hire is to create 25 driving jobs at a new £5m operating centre due to open in Londonderry in March. 14-Feb-2008 Pickfords, the Enfield-based removals company, is said to be looking to sell all or parts of its business in order to secure the future of up to 1,100 jobs. 13-Feb-2008 Network Rail has secured £388m of government funding to expand New Street station in Birmingham, and work will start in 2009. 13-Feb-2008 Parceline has announced plans to change its name to Dynamic Parcel Distribution and open a new £56m parcel delivery hub in Oldbury. 13-Feb-2008 National Express East Coast is to relocate its York headquarters and most of the 194 staff to a 22,300 sq ft office at Albion Wharf in June. 13-Feb-2008 Sheffield City Airport is to close its remaining pleasure flights business in April with the loss of about 15 jobs, and a new £100m business park will be built on the site. 12-Feb-2008 Nottinghamshire County Council has approved plans for the development of a £10m bus station at Quaker Way in Mansfield. 07-Feb-2008 The Ministry of Defence is planning to relocate two army units from Germany to RAF Cosford in Shropshire in 2013, which would create up to 300 jobs. 04-Feb-2008 DHL is to set up a 37,000 sq ft logistics unit for its pallet network services business at Summit Park in Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire. 04-Feb-2008 British Airways is to launch business-class flights from London City Airport to New York in 2009, with a twice-daily service using Airbus A318 aircraft. 04-Feb-2008 City Star Airlines has ceased trading with the loss of 55 jobs working on flights between Aberdeen and Scandinavia. 01-Feb-2008 Flybe is planning to set up a base as Newcastle International Airport, including new flights to Gatwick and the creation of 100 jobs over the next two years. 31-Jan-2008 Southend Airport is being put up for sale by Regional Airports, in order to raise funds for the £35m development of a railway station, new terminal and runway extension. 28-Jan-2008 Cosco Logistics is to set up another 34,000 sq ft warehouse at the Zenith Industrial Estate in Basildon. 28-Jan-2008 Go-Ahead is to relocate the head office of its public transport business from Tyneside to London, but there will be no transfers and only one job will be lost from the 24-strong Newcastle-based staff. 25-Jan-2008 Stobart Group has unveiled plans to expand its container terminal in Widnes, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs, and is seeking retailers that are interested in setting up distribution centres on the site. 24-Jan-2008 Isle of Man Steam Packet is to close its ferry call centre in Belfast in March, with the loss of eight jobs, in order to transfer the work to Douglas. 23-Jan-2008 Safestore is planning to expand its chain of 104 self-storage centres with ten new sites this year. 23-Jan-2008 TNT Post is planning to set up a 230,000 sq ft distribution centre at Burnaston Cross in Derbyshire, providing space for a mail sorting depot and offices. 22-Jan-2008 Royal Mail has appointed Lambert Smith Hampton to find a suitable site in Northamptonshire for a 200,000 sq ft parcel delivery warehouse. 22-Jan-2008 P&O Ferries is planning to shed 43 of the 170 jobs at Dover Eastern Docks, in order to introduce more flexible working arrangements. 17-Jan-2008 Ryanair is to set up a new base at Birmingham International Airport with up to ten aircraft flying on 100 routes within five years, which could create 5,000 jobs for pilots, cabin crew, engineering and support staff. 17-Jan-2008 Ascott Transport is planning to expand the 75-strong workforce at its Derbyshire-based transport and warehouse business with 15 new staff over the next year. 17-Jan-2008 East Devon District Council is to proceed with plans for the development of a multimodal freight depot on a 160-hectare site near Exeter, in order to encourage the use of rail freight and create up to 750 jobs. 16-Jan-2008 Network Rail has won approval from the Welsh Assembly for a new train depot in Wrexham, in order to support 45 jobs being created with Wrexham & Shropshire's new service to London Marylebone from spring 2008. 11-Jan-2008 BMI is creating 20 management and strategy jobs at the Castle Donington-based head office of its airline business. 11-Jan-2008 Ryanair has selected Bournemouth Airport as the 24th European base for its budget airline business. 10-Jan-2008 Lok n Store has acquired two new sites in Maidenhead and Northampton for the development of self-storage centres, taking its total number to 23. 09-Jan-2008 National Express has acquired the call centre that handles ticket sales for the Inter City East Coast rail franchise in Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Sea Containers, with the transfer of 200 staff. 09-Jan-2008 ProLogis has secured government approval to build a £80m 2.1m sq ft rail freight depot on the 155-acre Howbury Park site in Bexley, London. 07-Jan-2008
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