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No plans for automated buses in the capital, insists mayor's office, despite publishing document that talks up cost savingsReplacing London's driver-operated buses with driverless vehicles would provide large cost savings as part of a "paradigm shift" in the way people travel, according to a controversial passage in a document published by Boris Johnson this week.However, the loosely worded job-cutting suggestion had to be swiftly disowned by the mayor's office on Thursday, even though the document in which the futuristic idea was aired was published in support of Johnson's 2...
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One of the North East’s fastest growing IT solutions companies has been awarded a multi-million pound contract that will help Network Rail deliver a hi-tec Railway.
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- North East IT company secure multi-million pound rail sector contract creating 15 jobsOne of the North East’s fastest growing IT solutions companies has been awarded a multi-million pound contract that will help Network Rail deliver a hi-tec Railway.
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