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Friday, 16 June 2017

BBC News

• M6 Toll is sold to investment group IFMThe loss-making road was put up for sale for nearly �2bn last year.

Birmingham Post

• Diesel scrappage scheme call on National Clean Air Day West Midlands Mayor lobbying Government to get diesel cars off the road reduce choking pollution in Birmingha
• M6 Toll sold to Australian investors IFM which co-owns Manchester Airport and Anglian Water is behind the deal to keep the toll motorway in private hands
• New M6 Toll owner urged to help keep the West Midlands moving New ownership of pay-as-you-go motorway offers chance for better deal for local commuters

Other Regional Press

• More than 100 students left without school transport in MonmouthshireMORE than 100 students were left stranded when a major school transport provider stopped trading.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• CILT launch 'Driving the Future' in partnership with ITN ProductionsCILT and ITN Productions have launched ‘Driving the Future’, a news and current-affairs style programme that explores ideas, challenges perceptions and provides a professional voice to demonstrate how the work within and around the supply chain directly impacts people, society, the environment, business profitability and economic growth. Fronted by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, the programme looks at examples of best practice and showcases the breakthrough and dynamic innovations taking place across the UK and beyond.  The extraordinary breadth of the logistics and t...