by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
11 November 2010 Airport capacity expansion can have impacts on UK international business activity that are not captured in current transport appraisal, according to a study for the DfT. Consultancy NERA undertook case studies of London Heathrow, London City and...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
19 November 2010 A United Nations body set up after the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Summit has recommended increased taxes on carbon emissions from air and sea transport with the aim of raising £67 billion ($100 billion) a year to help poorer nations fight global...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
19 November 2010 The gap between the transport sector’s increased greenhouse gas emissions and cuts from other sectors grew again in 2008, as reported by European group, T&E ‘Transport & Environment’. Between 1990 and 2008, transport emissions...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
19 November 2010 The former Chairman of airline BMI has been appointed to the House of Lords. Sir Michael Bishop, a long-standing member of the Conservative Party, is to become a peer. Sir Michael took control of the airline in 1978 after a management buy-out and...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 November 2010 Eric Pickles has reiterated the Government’s plans for a reform of the planning system to encourage growth. Referring to the centrally imposed policies and targets that were inherited from the previous Government, the Minster hopes that the...
