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The Chris Stokes Column - Mutual respect between professional negotiators key to resolving rail dispute
Prospects for the rail industry in the short term look bleak. As I write this, the network is heading into a period of further action by the RMT union with no realistic sign of an early settlement, even though at one stage last week it looked as though a deal might be possible.
Views sought on speeding up delivery of £96bn Integrated Rail Plan
Civil engineers, infrastructure experts and transport planners are being encouraged to share their views on the delivery of schemes outlined in the government’s £96bn Integrated Rail Plan.
Raising-roof container designed to support switch from road to rail
UK: A curtain-sided container with a raising roof which is designed to transport double-stacked palletised products by rail has been unveiled by Nestlé UK & Ireland.
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
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- ˜We will humble them: four fuel traders took on Wall Street and saved $1.2bnFew airlines hedge against surging oil prices but Southwest's small team has shown the benefit
- US company spending on private jets for personal use hits 10-year highBusinesses relax restrictions on using private aircraft by chief executives and chairs because of pandemic
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- Germany looks to temporary foreign workers to ease airport staff shortagesGovernment plans to recruit several thousand from Turkey as airline industry struggles to meet demand. Germany is planning to launch a temporary foreign workers scheme to offset acute staff shortages at the country's airports over the summer months, ministers have said.The move would allow German airport service providers to recruit several thousand temporary workers from Turkey for several months from July,
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- Airport travellers prepare to join the mile-long club [subscription]Air passengers have been sleeping on the floor to avoid missing flights in the latest illustration of the chaos facing holidaymakers this summer.
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- Gatwick Airport northern runway plans will add traffic that Surrey roads 'cannot take'A consultation on the northern runway will run until July 27
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