The new terminal, part of the £1.3bn Manchester Airport Transformation Programme, has been recognised in the airports category of the prestigious Prix Versailles, an award for cutting-edge architecture, as judges called the design of the facility “inspiring”. The terminal was designed by architects Pascall+Watson, who have welcomed the award. It opened in 2021 and was judged as part of the…
Operations Manager Job Title: Operations ManagerDepartment: OperationsReports To: Operations DirectorDirect reports: Operations Management Team, Supervisors, Duty Managers and Allocation. Reading buses is a major provider of bus services in Reading and surrounding areas. We are one of Reading’s largest employers with over 400 employees and 150 buses, delivering over 70,000 passenger journeys each day. We are committed to delivering…
Brent Cross West station will be the first major new mainline station in London in over a decade. Positioned on the Midland Main Line between existing Hendon and Cricklewood stations, it will enable through-journeys from Bedford to Brighton, and will take as little as 12 minutes for passengers to connect from St Pancras International. At peak times, there will be…
ABAX, a leading player in the telematics industry, is proud to announce the successful acquisition of Movolytics, the Cambridge-based fleet management and tracking business. This pivotal move marks a substantial advancement in ABAX’s growth strategy within the UK, representing the business’s first acquisition in three years, and promising to amplify its revenue base by 50% in this key market. “The…
Unipart has become the first organisation ever to be recognised with a world-class safety, wellbeing and sustainability ‘treble’ by the British Safety Council. In addition to winning an 11th consecutive Globe of Honour for sustainability and two more Swords of Honour for safety, Unipart became one of the first organisations to win the inaugural Shield of Honour for world-class workplace…
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… But Don’t Go By Bus? We all want to save the planet – don’t we? Of ourse the planet will save itself as it has done for 26,000,000 years. It’s humanity we want to save. We all want to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels – don’t we? we’ll think about that when we have filled up our tank.…
A transatlantic research network is finding ways to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades as footbridges. As the government scales up wind farm development, the challenge of disposing of turbine blades when they reach the end of their lives is gaining urgency. Turbine blades are primarily made of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite materials. They are non-biodegradable and designed for…