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Gatwick will launch a new public consultation next month on its plans to bring the airport’s existing northern runway into routine use alongside its main runway.

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  • Sir Brian Souter to leave Stagecoach as DWS sale progressesSir Brian Souter will leave his position as a Stagecoach non-executive Director once the group’s purchaser DWS Infrastructure, via its Inframobility UK Bidco subsidiary, secures a cancellation of the listing and trading of Stagecoach shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
  • CTA South Wales event delivers strong political engagementThe Coach Tourism Association (CTA) has hailed what it describes as a positive networking event held recently in Newport that saw strong political engagement and support for the coach as a facilitator of tourism in South Wales.
  • FlixBus UK agrees partnership with Bella Road ServicesFlixBus UK has said that it sees services to and from Wales as “a key growth area” after it agreed its first partnership with a coach operator from the country in Bella Road Services. The Pontyclun firm will join FlixBus’s existing provision in Wales via the operation of scheduled services between London, Heathrow Airport and Cardiff, with a new stop in Newport, from 27 May.
  • CPT highlights ’lack of clarity’ over ICE end sale date consultationsThe Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has responded to the end sale date consultations for internal combustion engine (ICE) coaches and buses, highlighting a ’lack of clarity’ over technological solutions and the need for nationwide charging infrastructure.
  • First Bus launches eco fund for small businesses in York and BradfordFirst Bus has launched two funds that are supporting small businesses in York and Bradford.
  • DfT to fund West Midlands ’Let’s Chat’ bus campaignThe Department for Transport has confirmed it is to fund a 12-month pilot scheme which will use buses to tackle loneliness in the West Midlands. Called Let’s Chat, it will offer people at risk from loneliness opportunities for social interaction.

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