Seven days beginning Monday, 2 November 2009. NEW SCHEMES M6 Junction 17 Sandbach (resurfacing) – closure of the northbound access slip road overnight from 22.00 and 05.00 between Monday 2nd November and Thursday 5th November for resurfacing. M6 Junction 17 [...]

Twenty-one drivers were given on the spot fines in Co. Down yesterday (Wednesday) when HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers discovered they were unlawfully using red, green or illicit diesel in their fuel tanks. As part of HMRC’s ongoing fight [...]

As the M1 turns 50, Transport Minister Chris Mole predicts a successful future for the route which forms the backbone of the UK’s road network. Half a century to the day that the M1 was officially opened by then-Minister of [...]

- Overnight closures start on Monday 2 November 2009   – The Highways Agency will start work on Monday 2nd November to repair eight concrete crossbeams which support the M6 at Bescot Viaduct near Walsall. The work to repair the crossbeams [...]

Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis and Mayor of London Boris Johnson today confirmed that the tube improvement contracts inherited by Transport for London (TFL) on an interim basis after Metronet’s collapse will remain permanently under the direct management of London Underground [...]

Plans to widen the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid in West Sussex have taken an important step forward today. Following a public inquiry, the Department for Transport has accepted the independent Inspector’s recommendation that the scheme orders should be made. [...]

The Highways Agency will begin resurfacing works on the eastbound carriageway of the A45 flyover of the A45/A46 Festival Island near Coventry, commencing 5 November 2009. The works are expected to take five weeks to complete. Once complete, the works [...]

A Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development conference is set to explore HR’s role in designing and sustaining agile, flexible and innovative organisations. The conference will arm practitioners with useful guidance on how to recognise existing organisational strength, while providing [...]

At 00.00am today history was made when the new Stobart Rail train service exited Eurotunnel and arrived in Britain on schedule after a 1,100 mile journey from Valencia. The new weekly service, in conjunction with rail operator DB Schenker, provides [...]

Despite the ongoing difficult macroeconomic environment, the Volkswagen Group generated a clearly positive operating profit of €1.5 billion in the first nine months (January – September 2008: €4.9 billion). This figure does not include the profit attributable to Volkswagen of [...]