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Glasgow Airport is to invest £25m in improvements to its passenger facilities and traffic access over the next two years. 31-Dec-2009 DHL is considering plans to shed an unspecified number of jobs at its parcel delivery depot in Worcester, as it will stop providing services to Homebase and Boots in 2010. 23-Dec-2009 Tram Power is in talks with Network Rail about the possibility of building a £100m light rail system in Preston, and also wants to set up a factory in Leyland to manufacture the tram systems. 22-Dec-2009 Centro has won permission for the £13m expansion of the Midland Metro tram depot in Wednesbury, with the creation of 15 jobs. 21-Dec-2009 The Department for Transport is to invest £20m in the introduction of smart ticketing systems for public transport in cities throughout the country over the next five years. 16-Dec-2009 Intelenet Global Services is to take over the running of the Firstinfo rail enquiries call centres in Fort William and Plymouth, with the transfer of about 250 staff. 16-Dec-2009 Renaissance International of Canada is to set up a private jet maintenance facility at Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster next year, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. 15-Dec-2009 The Ministry of Defence is considering plans to close the Defence Storage & Distribution Agency depot at Ashchurch in Gloucestershire, with the relocation of up to 400 jobs to Donnington, Shropshire. 14-Dec-2009 Anglesey County Council is to consider plans from Conygar Investment Company for a £10m distribution depot at the port of Holyhead, which could create 450 warehouse and office jobs. 14-Dec-2009 Coventry Airport has closed with immediate effect, casting doubt on the future of up to 300 jobs at its cargo terminal and executive jet operations. 10-Dec-2009 Nottingham City Council has shortlisted Arrow Connect and Tramlink Nottingham to extend and operate the city's tram network by 2014. 10-Dec-2009 South Holland District Council is seeking a suitable site for a rail transport hub to support the proposed Spalding International Food Park. 10-Dec-2009 London Underground is said to be considering plans to close 144 station ticket offices, with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs. 10-Dec-2009 National Express is to shed about 200 jobs from its Birmingham-based headquarters and its bus and coach division. 09-Dec-2009 The Port of Tyne is to build a new biomass storage facility next year, having agreed a £16m deal to handle the fuel for the Drax power station in North Yorkshire. 09-Dec-2009 Blackpool Transport is to cut a number of bus services with the loss of 60 driving jobs. 08-Dec-2009 The Ministry of Defence is considering plans to privatise parts of the Defence Storage & Distribution Agency, in order to make savings of up to £700m over 20 years. 07-Dec-2009 The Department for Transport has awarded grants of £30m to bus operators and local authorities throughout the country to acquire low carbon buses by 2012. 07-Dec-2009 Arriva North East is planning to close three bus depots in Alnwick, Bishop Auckland and Peterlee, with the loss of 21 jobs. 03-Dec-2009 Aer Lingus has threatened to transfer its main base from Dublin to Gatwick or Belfast, having failed to agree pay cuts with pilots and cabin crew. 03-Dec-2009 Howard Tenens, the logistics company, is said to be in negotiations to acquire the 233,000 sq ft Voltaic warehouse in Dagenham. 01-Dec-2009 Network Rail has unveiled plans to invest £10m in improvements to Oxford railway station by 2011, including a new platform. 30-Nov-2009 BMI British Midland is to shed a further 600 jobs from its 4,470-strong workforce and stop a number of flights from Heathrow in January, as part of a cost-cutting programme. 26-Nov-2009 Bombardier is planning to shed up to 40 of the 340 permanent engineering and design jobs at its train manufacturing business in Derby. 25-Nov-2009 Manchester Airport has won permission to build a new 200,000 sq ft cargo depot at the World Freight Terminal. 24-Nov-2009 Portsmouth Commercial Port is to announce plans for a £16m investment in new facilities, including a terminal building that could help to attract a fifth ferry operator. 23-Nov-2009 Leicester City Council has unveiled plans to build a new £67m bus station in Mansfield Street. 23-Nov-2009 Royal Mail has won permission to build a new sorting depot at Orchard Retail Park in Coventry, which will employ 250 staff. 23-Nov-2009 Francis Drake has ceased trading with the loss of 35 jobs at its bus operations in Gwent. 18-Nov-2009 Network Rail is to invest £3.2bn in improvements to more than 2,000 stations across the country over the next five years, including lifts, ticket offices, information systems, lighting and CCTV. 16-Nov-2009 Port of Tyne is to invest £5.7m in the restoration of the western fishing quay in North Shields. 16-Nov-2009 Alexander Dennis is to shed a further 260 of the 900 jobs at its Falkirk-based bus manufacturing business. 16-Nov-2009 Stagecoach is to seek a buyer for Preston Bus, including a bus depot and a network of routes, following an investigation by the Competition Commission. 12-Nov-2009 Invest in Nottingham has announced that Silver Track is to open a new training centre for rail industry apprentices at the National Rail Heritage Centre in November. 12-Nov-2009 Bmibaby is to shed up to 158 jobs at Birmingham, Cardiff and Manchester airports, as part of a strategy to consolidate its airline operations at East Midlands Airport. 05-Nov-2009 Harris Pye has won a contract to refit a Saga cruise ship at Swansea Dry Dock, which could create 300 new jobs. 05-Nov-2009 LD Lines is to shed 19 jobs at the Port of Dover, in order to transfer one of its cross-Channel ferries to Portsmouth. 05-Nov-2009 Stobart Group is looking to extend its new refrigerated rail service that delivers fresh produce between Spain and Dagenham to its transport hub in Widnes. 05-Nov-2009 Severn Link has unveiled plans to launch a catamaran ferry service between Swansea and Ilfracombe next spring. 02-Nov-2009 Interserve has acquired a 240,000 sq ft warehouse at Pioneer Point in Ellesmere Port from Royal London Asset Management. 02-Nov-2009 The Department for Transport is to consider plans from Metro for the development of a £275m 14-mile electric bus network in Leeds by 2015. 29-Oct-2009 Lufthansa Resource is to relocate its ground-based technical training facility and about 22 staff from St Athan and Cwmbran to Cotswold Airport near Cirencester next May. 29-Oct-2009 Freightex is setting up a new road freight office with ten brokers near Manchester Airport by March 2010. 28-Oct-2009 Co-operative Group is to close two distribution centres in Talke and Eccleshall next summer, with the loss of about 500 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in St Helens. 28-Oct-2009 EasyJet is to launch 22 new routes from Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh to winter sun destinations over the next few months. 27-Oct-2009 East of England Development Agency has announced £8.3m of European funding for the development of a rail freight line between Felixstowe and Nuneaton. 26-Oct-2009 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council is to consider plans from the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive for a new £11m transport interchange on Smith Street. 26-Oct-2009 Rotala is to raise £2.1m in a share placing to fund the development of new bus depots in Droitwich and the Bath area. 22-Oct-2009 Tube Lines, the London Underground maintenance company, is seeking a suitable location for a 125,000 sq ft office. 19-Oct-2009 DHL is to conduct a review of its 36m sq ft property portfolio, which is likely to result in the development of smaller 30,000 sq ft distribution centres near towns and cities. 19-Oct-2009 DHL is to set up a 47,000 sq ft office at Ocean House in Bracknell. 19-Oct-2009 Norfolkline, the ferry company, is to expand its financial services centre in Belfast, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next 18 months. 19-Oct-2009 Grocontinental is to invest £3m in a new 80,000 sq ft temperature-controlled facility for its Shropshire-based haulage business, with the creation of about ten new jobs. 19-Oct-2009 CEVA Logistics is to close its depot in Wellingborough at the end of the year, with the loss of up to 160 jobs. 15-Oct-2009 LM Logistics is seeking funding to secure the future of its Felixstowe-based warehousing and distribution business, while its Bradford-based operation is expected to be sold to management. 15-Oct-2009 Stobart Air has submitted plans to extend the runway at Southend Airport by May 2011, as part of a £30m expansion programme. 14-Oct-2009 Servisair is to shed 25 of the 350 jobs at its baggage handling operation at Bristol International Airport. 12-Oct-2009 Seafield Logistics is expected to create a number of new jobs at a 41,000 sq ft warehouse in Worksop, having won a contract to distribute luggage products for Tripp. 12-Oct-2009 Red Funnel is to shed up to 50 of the 412 jobs at its ferry operations between Southampton and the Isle of Wight. 08-Oct-2009 British Airways has confirmed plans to shed the equivalent of 1,700 jobs from its 14,000 cabin crew, and future staff will be recruited on lower salaries. 07-Oct-2009 Jet2 is to launch four new routes from Manchester Airport to Dubrovnik, Split, Prague and Reus next summer. 07-Oct-2009 Air Livery is planning to expand the 50-strong workforce at its new aircraft refinishing centre at Manchester Airport. 30-Sep-2009 The Department for Transport is to invest £14m in new cycling facilities at railway stations, including the creation of "cycle hubs" in London, Grimsby, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Scunthorpe, Sheffield and York. 29-Sep-2009 Pallet Network has agreed a deal with ProLogis to set up a 314,700 sq ft distribution centre at Minworth in the West Midlands. 28-Sep-2009 Bond Aviation Group is creating up to 80 new jobs at its helicopter operations in Gloucestershire and Aberdeen, having won new contracts worth £153m. 28-Sep-2009 Dundee City Council is in discussions with Scottish Enterprise and Network Rail about proposals for the £10m modernisation of Dundee's railway station. 28-Sep-2009 TDG is planning to shed up to 87 of the 121 jobs at its Wilton logistics site on Teesside. 28-Sep-2009 DHL Supply Chain is to close its Marks & Spencer sortation centre in Leicester in January, with the loss of up to 111 jobs. 28-Sep-2009 Advantage West Midlands is to provide £6.5m of funding for the development of a new centre for intelligent transport innovations at the MIRA site near Hinckley, and it will be known as InnovITS-Advance. 24-Sep-2009 Wiltshire County Council has approved plans from Kenmore Capital to build a distribution centre in Amesbury, which could create up to 1,200 jobs. 24-Sep-2009 Servisair is considering plans to shed up to 60 ground staff at Birmingham International Airport. 17-Sep-2009 The Department for Transport has unveiled plans to trial a £24m electric tram-train scheme between Rotherham and Sheffield. 17-Sep-2009 VOW Europe is to set up a new 255,000 sq ft business supplies warehouse at ProLogis Wakefield Europort, in order to relocate from an adjacent building. 17-Sep-2009 British Airways is to terminate the jobs of 125 temporary cabin crew at the end of next month, while a further 140 full-time staff have accepted voluntary redundancy. 16-Sep-2009 Stobart Group is to set up a 367,000 sq ft distribution centre at Manor Park in Runcorn. 14-Sep-2009 Fowler Welch Coolchain has acquired a 101,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Heywood Distribution Park in Lancashire. 14-Sep-2009 BMI is to expand its budget airline operations at East Midlands Airport, including three additional aircraft and eight new European routes. 10-Sep-2009 Liverpool John Lennon Airport is planning to invest £12m in the expansion of its retail and security facilities. 08-Sep-2009 Arriva Trains Wales has unveiled plans to launch a new twice-daily direct train service between Aberystwyth and London Marylebone. 08-Sep-2009 ProLogis and PRUPIM have won government consent to build a 1.36m sq ft logistics park on a 120-acre site at Pyestock in Hampshire. 07-Sep-2009 Optare of Blackburn is to raise £8.6m in a share placing to fund the development of low-carbon buses. 07-Sep-2009 Maiden's of Telford is to relocate its haulage business to a new £2m headquarters at Donnington Wood in April 2010. 07-Sep-2009 EasyJet is to close its base at East Midlands Airport next year, affecting up to 120 jobs, and cuts will also be made at Luton, Belfast, Bristol, Newcastle and Stansted. 03-Sep-2009 Safestore is planning to expand its chain of 94 self-storage centres with at least six new sites by 2011. 03-Sep-2009 Network Rail is planning to shed up to 1,800 maintenance jobs across the country by April 2011. 31-Aug-2009 Prolog has unveiled proposals to relocate its Sudbury-based logistics business to a new £50m site in Chilton, which could create up to 500 new jobs. 31-Aug-2009 Jet2 is planning to set up a base at East Midlands Airport in spring 2010, with the creation of about 80 jobs. 31-Aug-2009 Network Rail has unveiled proposals to build a new £34bn high-speed railway line between London and Glasgow by 2030, and it would also serve Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston. 27-Aug-2009 Jet2 is to launch four new routes from Newcastle Airport to Crete, Cyprus, Gran Canaria and Turkey next summer, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 25-Aug-2009 EasyBus is to set up a new bus depot in North London, having acquired a site for £2.7m. 24-Aug-2009 Ryanair is planning to launch eight new European routes from Edinburgh Airport this winter. 24-Aug-2009 The RNLI is to set up a new office with 11 staff in Solihull in September, in order to relocate some of its lifeboat fund-raising and communications work from Cardiff. 20-Aug-2009 Network Rail is setting up a 62,000 sq ft office at MK Central in Milton Keynes, as part of a phased relocation programme. 20-Aug-2009 Jet2 is to launch three new routes from Manchester Airport to Kos, Venice and Gran Canaria in summer 2010, with the creation of 250 jobs. 19-Aug-2009 Network Rail is to invest £1bn in railway improvements in Scotland, including the electrification of the Glasgow to Edinburgh line by 2016. 19-Aug-2009 Ryanair is to end nine of its ten routes from Manchester Airport in October, which could result in the loss of up to 600 jobs in the area. 18-Aug-2009 Stobart Group is to transfer the running of its rail freight operations to DB Schenker Rail, the Doncaster-based subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn with more than 4,000 staff. 17-Aug-2009 Serco Group has won a £140m six-year contract from Transport for London to create and operate the London cycle hire scheme. 13-Aug-2009 Ryanair is to invest £120m setting up a new base at Leeds-Bradford International Airport, with the creation of 100 jobs. 12-Aug-2009 Network Rail has won approval from Wiltshire Council to build a railway recycling centre in Westbury, which would create up to 30 jobs. 11-Aug-2009 Excelsis Airways is planning to restore daily flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to London City Airport, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 04-Aug-2009 The Department for Transport has unveiled plans to invest £1.1bn in the electrification of rail lines between London and Swansea and between Liverpool and Manchester. 23-Jul-2009 Network Rail has unveiled plans to build two new Thameslink train depots at Three Bridges in Sussex and Hornsey in North London, with the creation of 550 jobs. 23-Jul-2009 Ryanair is planning to cut the number of aircraft at Stansted airport from 40 to 24 this winter, in order to benefit from lower charges in continental Europe. 22-Jul-2009 Birmingham City Council is in discussions with the Broad Street Business Improvement District about the possibility of introducing a £10m rapid transit scheme to improve the city centre transport network. 21-Jul-2009 Ventura is to shed about 100 jobs at its call centre near Rotherham, following a decision by National Rail Enquiries to outsource more calls to India. 20-Jul-2009 Peel Group has won approval from Salford City Council to build a £400m freight terminal on the Manchester ship canal. 20-Jul-2009 Cardinal Maritime, the Manchester-based freight forwarding firm, is planning to open a further six offices across Europe by 2013. 20-Jul-2009 Stobart is in negotiations with Network Rail about the possibility of building rail freight terminals on spare land within the rail system, in order to transfer more cargo from road to rail. 20-Jul-2009 Port of Tyne Authority has won approval to expand its operations in South Shields, and will fill the dock with materials dug up during the development of the second Tyne Tunnel. 16-Jul-2009 PM Clarke has gone into voluntary liquidation through Smith & Williamson with the loss of 11 jobs at its Barnstaple-based haulage business. 15-Jul-2009 Wincanton is to shed up to 75 jobs at its distribution centre in Bridgwater, Somerset, following a review of Somerfield's distribution network. 09-Jul-2009 Stagetruck, the trucking firm with 60 vehicles and 80 staff, is to seek planning permission for a new headquarters at Micheldever near Winchester. 08-Jul-2009 British Airways has confirmed plans to shed 3,700 jobs by March 2010, and capital spending will fall from £725m to £580m this year. 06-Jul-2009 Norbert Dentressangle is to transfer 331 staff to First Quench Retailing by September, as the drinks company will take its logistics operation back in-house. 06-Jul-2009 The Department for Transport is to temporarily transfer the East Coast rail franchise from National Express to a government-run company, while its searches for a new private sector operator. 02-Jul-2009 Virgin Atlantic is to cut capacity by about 7% this winter, with the loss of up to 600 jobs from its 8,500-strong worldwide workforce. 02-Jul-2009 Wincanton has won a £40m contract to operate a container transport system between ports and Argos distribution centres. 02-Jul-2009 ProLogis is said to be in negotiations to let 500,000 sq ft of warehouse space at the speculative Park Midpoint site in Birmingham to logistics firm Pallet Network and recycling firm Biffa Waste Services. 29-Jun-2009 DHL is closing its Landor Street logistics site in Birmingham with the loss of about 60 warehouse and driving jobs. 29-Jun-2009 Kuehne & Nagel is relocating its Liverpool city centre office and 51 staff to an 8,000 sq ft unit at the Port of Liverpool Building. 25-Jun-2009 Associated British Ports is looking into the possibility of building a new passenger cruise terminal and conference centre at the Port of Hull. 23-Jun-2009 Transport for London is seeking up to 700,000 sq ft of warehouse space in East London, in order to store equipment for the Crossrail project. 22-Jun-2009 Birmingham Airport is looking to convert its two terminal buildings into one, as part of a strategy to expand its retail facilities and double passenger numbers to 20m over the next ten years. 22-Jun-2009 Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) has approved plans to invest £3.5m in improvements to the Altrincham Metrolink line, including CCTV, platform furniture and signage. 11-Jun-2009 Blackpool Council has won government approval for the £100m upgrade of its seafront tram system by 2012, including 16 new trams and replacement track. 11-Jun-2009 British Airways is looking to shed up to 2,000 of its 14,000 cabin crew jobs. 09-Jun-2009 Able UK has submitted plans to invest £100m in a 1,500-acre port development near Immingham over the next ten years, including transport depots, a business park and the creation of up to 5,000 jobs. 04-Jun-2009 Invergordon Port Services has notified its 57 staff that it will conduct a review of the future of its oil rig services business, due to a dispute with the Cromarty Firth Port Authority. 04-Jun-2009 Slough Borough Council has unveiled plans to build a new £10m bus station by 2011, as part of the £400m Heart of Slough regeneration scheme. 02-Jun-2009 Dawson Holdings is to withdraw from news distribution following the loss of a number of key contracts, in order to focus on books, marketing and airline newspapers. 01-Jun-2009 PD Ports is planning to shed about 120 of its 600 jobs at Teesport in Middlesbrough, due to the closure of the nearby Teesside Cast Products plant. 01-Jun-2009 EasyJet is creating about 60 jobs at Manchester Airport with the introduction of new routes to Turkey, Corsica, Corfu and Greece. 01-Jun-2009 KB Event is to open a new logistics depot with ten vehicles in East Molesey, London, in June. 28-May-2009 Trackwork is to expand its Doncaster-based rail maintenance business, which currently employs 350 staff, following the acquisition of the former Pilkington Glass site in Kirk Sandall. 28-May-2009 Sheldon & Clayton is investing £1.8m in the expansion of its transport hub and head office in West Bromwich, in order to provide an additional 90,000 sq ft of warehouse space. 28-May-2009 Stiller Transport is to go into liquidation with the loss of 24 jobs in Stockton-on-Tees, in order to secure the future of 300 jobs at parent company Stiller Group. 27-May-2009 Containerships has selected Teesport as its strategic freight hub for Northern Europe, in order to link its traditional Baltic services with new routes to the Mediterranean. 26-May-2009 Lincolnshire County Council has approved plans for the expansion of the Network 46 distribution park near Lincoln, including 22 acres of new warehouse and industrial buildings and the creation of up to 2,000 jobs. 26-May-2009 Ryanair is looking to create up to 700 jobs at its budget airline operation in Birmingham over the next year, in order to double its passenger numbers. 26-May-2009 Norbert Dentressangle is planning to close its transport depot in Dunstable, with the loss of up to 126 jobs. 25-May-2009 Big Yellow has raised £33m in a share placing, in order to fund the £53m expansion of its chain of 55 self-storage outlets with seven new sites. 19-May-2009 TNT Express Worldwide is to close its aircraft maintenance operation at Stansted Airport later this year, with the loss of 90 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Belgium. 18-May-2009 Eastern Airways is to launch a new base at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in July, offering flights to Aberdeen and Southampton. 18-May-2009 Norbert Dentressangle is to close its warehouse in Middlemarch, Coventry, by September, with the loss of about 150 jobs. 14-May-2009 Bombardier is to shed 86 of the 500 jobs at its train maintenance operation in Crewe. 12-May-2009 Belfast International Airport has confirmed plans for a £10m investment in new facilities by summer 2010, including a new terminal facade and space for 20 shops. 07-May-2009 Hapag-Lloyd is planning to shed up to 60 jobs at its shipping operation in Liverpool, prompting speculation that its documentation operation will be outsourced to India. 07-May-2009 Go NorthEast is to create a new centre of operations for its Durham bus fleet at its site in Peterlee, with the creation of 20 jobs. 06-May-2009 National Express is in discussions with the government about proposals to scrap its East Coast train franchise, which links London to Edinburgh and employs 3,100 staff. 05-May-2009 Nottinghamshire County Council has confirmed plans to build a new £13m highways depot in Bilsthorpe by 2010. 05-May-2009 Wincanton is to close its shared-user home delivery operation, with the loss of up to 283 jobs in Avonmouth, Greenford, Lanarkshire, Rugby, Spennymoor, Thetford, West Sussex and Widnes. 04-May-2009 WJ Clayton is to cease trading with the loss of the remaining 30 jobs at its haulage business in South Wales. 04-May-2009 Hutchison Ports has agreed a deal with Seafast Logistics to reintroduce cold storage services at the Port of Felixstowe in June. 30-Apr-2009 First Group is planning to shed up to 100 back-office jobs at its bus operations in Bristol. 30-Apr-2009 Convoys is to close two forest products terminals at Chatham Docks in Kent in June, with the loss of 42 jobs. 30-Apr-2009 Birmingham International Airport is to shed up to 50 jobs from its 690-strong workforce, following a fall in passenger numbers. 29-Apr-2009 Optare is considering plans to shed up to 160 of the 320 jobs at its bus manufacturing plant in Blackburn. 27-Apr-2009 Transport Scotland is to award £24m for the expansion of the Shields Road train maintenance depot in Glasgow by August 2010, with the creation of a further 40 jobs. 23-Apr-2009 Flybe is to launch a new service from Leeds-Bradford airport to Gatwick in June, with the creation of 30 jobs. 22-Apr-2009 Transport for London has secured funding to invest £18m increasing the capacity of the Docklands Light Railway by 50% by 2012. 21-Apr-2009 Northern Ireland Railways is expected to shed 25 jobs over the next year, while Ulsterbus, Metro and Translink will shed about 50 jobs from their bus services. 21-Apr-2009 The Port of Dover is seeking a private investor to help fund the development of a new £400m ferry terminal at Dover Western Docks. 20-Apr-2009 Bristol International Airport is said to have been put up for sale by Macquarie of Australia. 20-Apr-2009 Cammell Laird is looking to create up to 400 new jobs at its shipyard in Birkenhead over the next three years, in order to work on a Royal Fleet Auxiliary contract. 20-Apr-2009 Associated British Ports is to invest £1.5m in the creation of an operational base in Lowestoft for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm project, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 16-Apr-2009 City of Edinburgh Council has received plans from Network Rail for a £130m investment at Waverley station, including a new glass roof and platform improvements. 16-Apr-2009 Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council is to consider proposals from an unnamed consortium for the development of a 250-acre freight interchange at Borough Green, including new roads and a distribution park. 13-Apr-2009 Royal Mail has confirmed plans to close its Leek Road sorting office in Stoke-on-Trent in July with the loss of up to 100 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Wolverhampton. 08-Apr-2009 First Group has submitted plans to set up a new £25m bus depot and headquarters at Cathcart Road in Glasgow, providing space for 450 buses. 06-Apr-2009 Jarvis is to shed 450 of the 4,000 jobs at its nationwide network of 80 railway maintenance depots. 01-Apr-2009 Network Rail has pledged to spend £35bn on the expansion of the national railway system over the next five years, including improvements to tracks, signals and platforms. 01-Apr-2009 Hampshire County Council has secured government funding for the development of a £20m high-speed bus route through Gosport and Fareham. 30-Mar-2009 Heanor Haulage, the Nottinghamshire-based heavy haulage firm with 55 staff, is considering plans to relocate its Langley Mill depot to make way for a new Asda store. 25-Mar-2009 Bristow Helicopters is planning to shed an unspecified number of jobs, following a fall in demand from the oil industry, which is likely to affect its 500-strong workforce in Aberdeen and 100 in Redhill. 25-Mar-2009 First Group is to shed 3,500 of the 140,000 jobs in its bus and rail operating business, including 1,750 jobs in the UK. 23-Mar-2009 Procter & Gamble is planning to increase the volume of goods transported by rail across Western Europe from 10% to 30% by 2015. 23-Mar-2009 Translink is to shed up to 75 jobs at its rail and bus operations in Northern Ireland. 23-Mar-2009 Jarvis is to close its rail freight container operation between Doncaster, Birmingham and Kent, and the ten staff will be redeployed. 23-Mar-2009 BAA has been ordered by the Competition Commission to sell Gatwick, Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports. 19-Mar-2009 RJ Mason Transport has gone into liquidation through Begbies Traynor with the loss of 40 jobs at its Newport-based haulage business. 19-Mar-2009 Alexander Dennis, the Falkirk-based bus and coach builder, is planning to shed up to 150 jobs. 18-Mar-2009 Flybe has won planning permission to build a new £30m training academy and 160-bedroom hotel at Exeter Airport by spring 2010, which will create about 200 jobs. 12-Mar-2009 DHL is to shed 150 jobs at the Fastway warehouse at DIRFT near Crick in March, following a review of Tesco's distribution network. 12-Mar-2009 Network Rail is said to be considering plans to relocate up to 120 office jobs from York to a new centre in Milton Keynes by the end of the year. 12-Mar-2009 Wincanton has won a £50m contract to operate the transport network of Lafarge Plasterboard over the next five years. 11-Mar-2009 Manchester Airports Group has unveiled proposals to invest in new retail, leisure, commercial and conferencing facilities at Manchester airport, including the acquisition of a 30-acre site for about £15m. 11-Mar-2009 Air Southwest is to launch a new twice-daily route from Plymouth to London City Airport in April. 10-Mar-2009 British Airways is looking to shed thousands of jobs across its operations, as part of a cost-cutting programme that will also involve a 25% reduction in the short-haul fleet at Gatwick airport next winter. 09-Mar-2009 Transmec Group is to relocate its haulage business and about 40 staff from Cleckheaton to a 73,000 sq ft unit in Bradford, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 09-Mar-2009 Wincanton Logistics is to close its distribution centre in Westbury, Wiltshire, with the loss of 123 jobs. 09-Mar-2009 East Midlands Trains is to shed 162 of the 2,082 jobs on its train network between York and London. 09-Mar-2009 Ventura is to shed less than 100 of the jobs at its National Rail Enquiries call centre in the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire. 05-Mar-2009 The Scottish Government is to award £5m for the development of new park-and-ride sites across the west of Scotland, with sites being sought in Glasgow, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire. 04-Mar-2009 Uniserve Group has acquired a 26-acre site on the Trinity Estate in Felixstowe, which will lead to the development of a £45m port-side distribution centre. 03-Mar-2009 Manchester Airports Group is to shed up to 90 of the 305 jobs at Manchester airport, while 25 jobs will be lost at East Midlands Airport. 02-Mar-2009 Associated British Ports is to shed 42 jobs at the port of Southampton, following a decline in its containers and car handling operations. 02-Mar-2009 Pall-Ex is planning to launch an out-of-hours delivery service in cities across the country, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 02-Mar-2009 Wrightbus is planning to shed up to 235 of the 1,000 jobs at its coach building business in Ballymena. 26-Feb-2009 Royal Mail has agreed a deal with ProLogis and Aviva Investors to build a new 200,000 sq ft distribution centre and mail hub at Swan Valley in Northampton. 26-Feb-2009 City Link is to invest at least £31m in the revamp of its parcels network this year, including the expansion of its depot space from 2.5m sq ft to 3m sq ft. 26-Feb-2009 Go-Ahead is to shed 850 jobs from its public transport business, which will mostly affect back-office and head office staff. 23-Feb-2009 Fraser Eagle is considering plans to shed up to 50 of the 170 jobs at its Lancashire-based coach services business. 23-Feb-2009 South Coast Port Services has shed 22 contract staff at its stevedoring operation in Southampton. 19-Feb-2009 Ryanair is to withdraw ten summer tourist routes from Liverpool airport, with the loss of 50 jobs. 19-Feb-2009 SeaFrance, the operator of cross-Channel ferries between Dover and Calais, is to reduce the size of its fleet and shed about 650 jobs. 18-Feb-2009 Heli-One is to shed up to 60 jobs at its helicopter maintenance operation at Aberdeen airport, but 25 staff will be retained to provide logistics and design support. 18-Feb-2009 The North West Development Agency has secured European funding to invest £6.5m in improvements to Merseyside's transport network, including new bus routes and the revamp of stations. 18-Feb-2009 Virgin Atlantic is planning to shed up to 600 of the 8,400 jobs in its airline business. 16-Feb-2009 TDG is setting up a 212,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Crewe Gates Farm industrial estate in Crewe, in order to operate a contract for Littlewoods. 16-Feb-2009 Kent International Airport has won approval from Thanet District Council to increase the number of morning and evening flights at its airport in Manston, which could attract a major European airline with long-haul aircraft. 16-Feb-2009 DHL is to close its distribution centre in Dumfries, with the loss of up to 63 jobs. 12-Feb-2009 The Department for Transport has awarded a £7.5bn contract to the Agility Trains consortium to supply new trains for the Great Western and East Coast mainlines, securing more than 12,500 jobs at a new manufacturing plant in Gateshead, Sheffield or Ashby and depots in Bristol, Doncaster, Leeds, London and Reading. 12-Feb-2009 LD Lines is launching new ferry routes from Dover to Boulogne and Dieppe, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 12-Feb-2009 The Marine & Fisheries Agency is to set up a new Marine Management Organisation on Tyneside, in order to develop a new marine planning and licensing system. 12-Feb-2009 BAA has unveiled plans for a £40m extension at Edinburgh Airport over the next two years, including a new departure lounge, in order to increase passenger numbers to 13m per year. 12-Feb-2009 Aer Lingus is to launch eight new routes from Gatwick Airport to the European mainland, with the creation of more than 160 jobs. 12-Feb-2009 Peterhead Port Authority has secured a £5.2m investment from the Scottish government to fund the £19m expansion of Peterhead fishing harbour, which could create more than 100 jobs. 11-Feb-2009 Doncaster Council is to consider outline plans from HelioSlough to build a £300m "inland port" and rail freight terminal on a 700-acre site near the former Rossington colliery, which could create 5,500 jobs. 09-Feb-2009 Maersk Line is to relocate the UK headquarters of its shipping business and 70 jobs from London to Liverpool. 05-Feb-2009 Hutchison Ports is to shed about 70 jobs from the 2,800-strong workforce at the port of Felixstowe over the next few months. 05-Feb-2009 VOSA is to close three vehicle test stations in Stockport, Bradford and St Austell this summer, and staff will transfer to Authorised Testing Facilities. 04-Feb-2009 Flyglobespan is to withdraw from Durham Tees Valley Airport, two years after it launched with the creation of 60 jobs. 03-Feb-2009 Stobart Group has announced a £110m deal to expand the distribution work carried out for Nestle at Bardon in Leicestershire, with the creation of 40 jobs. 03-Feb-2009 London Underground is to shed up to 1,000 finance and administration jobs from its 20,000-strong workforce this year. 02-Feb-2009 ERG Transit Systems of Australia is to let a 5,000 sq ft office at Navigation Park in Bolton. 02-Feb-2009 NYK Logistics is considering plans to shed more than 200 jobs at its distribution centre in Brackmills, following a decision by PC World to transfer the work to other sites. 30-Jan-2009 Selby District Council is said to be in negotiations with Leeds-based Clipper Logistics about plans to set up a distribution depot in Barlby Road, with the creation of 100 jobs. 30-Jan-2009 Stagecoach is to invest £70m in the purchase of 420 new buses and coaches, due to rising demand for its services. 27-Jan-2009 Royal Mail has announced that the Blue Ribbon development and the Orchard Retail Park have been selected as the sites for two new postal depots to be built in Coventry. 26-Jan-2009 Home Delivery Network is considering plans to close parcel delivery depots in Basildon, Burslem, Daventry, Eastleigh, Edmonton, Newcastle, Sheffield and Worcester, with the loss of up to 686 jobs. 26-Jan-2009 The Port of Belfast has unveiled plans to invest £4.5m in the expansion of its paper handling facilities at Pollock Dock this year. 23-Jan-2009 Parcelnet has confirmed plans to relocate the Yorkshire headquarters of its courier delivery network and 200 staff from Bradford to a 30,000 sq ft office at Capitol Park West in Leeds in April. 23-Jan-2009 Prestwick Airport is considering plans to shed up to 240 jobs at its airport in Ayrshire, following a fall in passenger numbers and freight. 22-Jan-2009 Royal Mail is to relocate its London headquarters and 170 staff from Old Street to a 30,000 sq ft office at Unilever House in Blackfriars, and the Old Street site will become the headquarters for its Post Office subsidiary. 21-Jan-2009 Stobart Group is to close two transport depots in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, and Manton Wood, Nottinghamshire, with the loss of up to 180 jobs. 21-Jan-2009 Stena Line is to reduce the number of freight vessels sailing between Harwich and Rotterdam from three to two in March, with the loss of about 70 jobs. 21-Jan-2009 DHL is to shed up to 200 of the 570 jobs at its Argos distribution centre in Kempston, Bedfordshire. 20-Jan-2009 City Link is planning to close seven of its nine regional call centres, in order to transfer customer care management to the local distribution depots. 20-Jan-2009 DHL Express is to close five domestic service centres in Aintree, Basildon, Galashiels, Scarborough and Southampton, with the loss of up to 60 jobs. 19-Jan-2009 Stagecoach is to shed 480 management and administrative jobs in its South West Trains business. 19-Jan-2009 DHL is to shed an unspecified number of the 560 jobs at its Argos Direct distribution centre at Faverdale in Darlington. 16-Jan-2009 DFDS Tor Line is planning to shed up to 71 of the 700 jobs at its shipping operation on Immingham Docks. 14-Jan-2009 Wincanton is considering plans to shed almost 1,000 jobs at sites in Manchester and Gloucester, in order to transfer the chilled foods distribution work to Culina. 13-Jan-2009 Southeastern is to shed 300 of the 4,000 jobs at its rail services operations in Kent, South London and East Sussex this year. 12-Jan-2009 DHL is planning to close its Stakehill delivery depot in Middleton in March, with the loss of 80 jobs. 12-Jan-2009 DHL is to close its DHL Express mail service centre in Galashiels, with the loss of 19 jobs. 09-Jan-2009 EasyJet is to increase the number of flights from Manchester Airport this year, with new services to Greece, Corsica and Corfu and the creation of 33 jobs for cabin crew, pilots and support staff. 08-Jan-2009 ProLogis has won approval to build a new warehouse complex at Greenham Common in Newbury, which could create up to 500 jobs. 07-Jan-2009 Stena Line has submitted plans to Dumfries & Galloway Council for the first phase of the development of a £70m ferry port at Cairnryan, in order to relocate its Irish Sea services from Stranraer. 06-Jan-2009
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