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Arriva is seeking further acquisitions in continental Europe. ukbusinesspark.com - 07/09/00

Arriva is seeking further acquisitions in continental Europe to complement its Spanish bus and Dutch rail operations, and is also looking to sell more of its motor finance division.

Intelligent roads infrastructures. ukbusinesspark.com - 6/09/00

The Highways Agency is to invest £10bn in the provision of "intelligent" roads infrastructures over the next 10 years, including a new traffic control centre that will transmit traffic information to electronic signs across the country.

British Regional Air Lines European expansion. ukbusinesspark.com - 6/09/00

British Regional Air Lines is planning to order five or six regional jets later this year, in order to expand its European network.

P&O port container development plans. ukbusinesspark.com - 5/09/00

P&O has announced plans for the development of a £100m container port at a former Shell refinery in Thurrock, Essex, which will create up to 10,000 jobs.

Stoke-on-Trent trams feasability. ukbusinesspark.com - 01/09/00

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to commission a study into the viability of a light rapid transport system to ease the area's road problems, and possible solutions include trams, guided buses or an overhead monorail.

Rhone Capital and C3D fail to acquire Go-Ahead. ukbusinesspark.com - 25/08/00

Go-Ahead, the bus and train operator, has rejected a £326m takeover bid from Rhone Capital and C3D of France.

National Express Midland Mainline rail franchise extension. ukbusinesspark.com - 14/08/00

National Express has won a two-year extension to its Midland Mainline rail franchise until 2008, in return for continuing investment of about £240m.

National Express US-style school buses. ukbusinesspark.com - 14/08/00

National Express National Express is considering plans to introduce US-style school buses in the Midlands, in order to help local authorities to reduce rush-hour traffic.

British Airways low-cost airlines expansion. ukbusinesspark.com - 03/08/00

British Airways is to expand the European network of its Go low-cost airline by starting new routes from Stansted to Munich, Glasgow and Belfast, and is also considering plans to open a second operating base.

EasyJet is planning a 60% expansion in its Belfast operations. ukbusinesspark.com - 01/08/00

EasyJet is planning a 60% expansion in its Belfast operations, which will involve doubling the daily number of flights on its Belfast to Liverpool service and adding an extra daily flight on its service to Luton.

British waterways is to open up a further 100 miles of the canal network. ukbusinesspark.com - 25/07/00

British waterways is planning to invest more than £100m in six projects to open up a further 100 miles of the canal network, including a new stretch between Bedford and Milton Keynes that will provide freight access to East Anglia.

Go-Ahead rejects a £327m takeover bid. ukbusinesspark.com - 20/07/00

Go-Ahead, the transport group, has rejected a £327m takeover bid from French financial buyer.


Eurostar investments in trains and facilities. ukbusinesspark.com - 20/07/00

Eurostar is to spend £20m refurbishing its trains and passenger facilities over the next three years.

National Express will represent 20% share of the rail market. ukbusinesspark.com - 19/07/00

National Express has announced a £162m takeover bid for Prism Rail, which will give the group 7 out the 25 train operating franchise s and a 20% share of the rail market.

British European involvement at Birmingham Airport. ukbusinesspark.com - 19/07/00

British European is expanding its maintenance operations at Birmingham Airport, which will involve doubling its hangar space and creating 15 new jobs.

P&O failes to buy Festival Cruises. ukbusinesspark.com - 18/07/00

P&O has abandoned plans to buy Festival Cruises for £266m, due to a fall in stock market valuations for cruise companies.


P&O plans in Essex. ukbusinesspark.com - 17/07/00

P&O is considering plans to redevelop the 750-acre Shellhaven oil refinery site in Essex into a major new container port.

Air line group consortium to bid for privatisation of UK air trafic. ukbusinesspark.com - 13/07/00

British Telecom is linking up with British Airways, British Midland, Virgin Atlantic and the big charter airlines to bid for the privatisation of the UK's air traffic control service, in a consortium called The Airline Group.

British European investments at Exeter airport. ukbusinesspark.com - 13/07/00

British European is planning to build a new hangar at Exeter Airport in order to boost its facilities for servicing aircraft, with the creation of a number of new jobs.

Cammel Laird's docks leasing in Marseille. ukbusinesspark.com - 10/07/00

Cammell Laird is to lease three docks in Marseille, in order to gain access to the Mediterranean cruise and West African deep-sea oil markets.

Felixtowe port expansion. ukbusinesspark.com - 07/07/00

Port of Felixstowe has won approval from Suffolk Coastal Council for a £70m expansion programme, which will create 100 jobs.

Hoverspeed hovercrafts replaced by seacats. ukbusinesspark.com - 04/07/00

Hoverspeed is to replace its cross-Channel hovercraft with Seacats, as they are more efficient and cheaper to run.

Birmingham International Airport sees investment soars. Travel Weekly - 15/06/00

Birmingham International Airport has received increased investment from its major shareholder as it looks to expand its short and long-haul network.
The airport is also aiming at launching new European and transatlantic services while holding talks with incumbent and non-resident carriers.

BA franchise carriers role overseen. Travel Weekly - 15/06/00

British Airways looks to switch unprofitable short-haul and long-haul routes on to franchises and subsidiaries so it can concentrate on long-haul services. Besides, it will be improving the products offered by franchise airlines by looking at several key areas such as "product consistency" and "value for money" propositions.