Author Archives: Andy Bolton

TRAFFIC IN cities will fall by as much as 37% over the next 10 years if the government imposes congestion charging nationwide, according to a transport study published this week.

At the same time average traffic speeds will rise by 25% in Greater London, Brighton, Southampton, Oxford and Norwich, says the…

CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown last week fuelled doubts about the validity of transport spending figures when he published distorted statistics for the 2002/03 financial year.

Spending figures indicated major differences between projections made in November's pre-Budget statement and those published in last week's Budget.Figures published by the Chancellor show that estimated capital…

BRITAIN'S TOP 50 consultants increased their fee income by more than 25% last year, according to figures published this week in NCE's annual Consultants File.

Fees earned by the top 50 increased from £3.5bn in 2002 to £4.36bn this year, fuelled by across the board growth in workload according to the…

Winning the right to stage a major international sporting event like the Olympic Games or the World Cup is a massive boost to any country. As we saw in Sydney, these events help put cities on the map and generate a huge spin off boost to national economies.

With so much…

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RAILWAY SUPPLIERS say that Railtrack has too much influence over the setting of safety standards, according to a Health & Safety Commission report on rail safety published on Monday.As a result the Government is considering stripping Railtrack of its safety responsibilities and putting an independent body in charge of them.Rail…