All Ports, airports & rail freight articles
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MarketsDemand for airport food and beverage takes off
High passenger numbers are driving demand for additional retail and food and beverage options at airports.
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NewsHickson quits as HS2 land and property director for Sir Robert McAlpine role
His new role will involve developing infrastructure for defence projects.
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NewsABP promotes St Quintin to lead property Wales and Short Sea Ports
The chartered surveyor will lead ABP’s UK property portfolio across 16 ports.
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NewsMore Heathrow shareholders plan ‘tag-along’ sale of 35% stake
Heathrow shareholders with 35% stake to sell shares in a ’tag-along’ deal with the airport’s majority owner, Ferrovial.
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InsightSteven & Bolton’s Sarah Cardew on whether freeport ships will be allowed safe harbour
With political uncertainty ahead in the run-up to the next general election, will the politics surrounding freeports be put aside in favour of waiting out the initial tax incentive time limits, to really understand the return on the Exchequer’s investment in these special tax sites?
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InsightIs the HS2 project going off the rails?
There has been much talk in the past few days on two highly contentious issues that will have a profound impact on the country generally.
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NewsProperty heavyweights urge Sunak not to axe HS2’s northern section
Bosses at some of the UK’s largest property firms are among a list of around 80 business leaders who wrote to the government urging Rishi Sunak not to scrap the remaining northern section of HS2.
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InsightPolicies are too often up in the air
This week’s air traffic control disruption, apparently caused by a single malformed flightplan, has provided a painful demonstration of the law of unintended consequences.
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MarketsFast track for station schemes
Large swathes of brownfield land beside railways are set to become available.
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NewsFreight and logistics planning consultation misses the mark
Experts welcome publication of the consultation into planning reform but find its contents disappointing.
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NewsIndustry welcomes logistics planning review following ‘decade of underestimating needed space’
The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed a consultation into how planning reform can boost the freight and logistics sector ”after more than a decade of the government underestimating the need for new warehousing space”.
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NewsConsultation launched on freight and logistics planning reform
The government has launched a consultation on how planning reform can address the needs of the freight and logistics sector.
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MarketsGrowth plans get ready for take-off
UK airports are set to expand to a degree that has not been seen in decades.
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NewsIJM Land partners with Network Rail for railway developments
Network Rail and Malaysian developer IJM Land have formed a partnership to explore opportunities on land close to rail assets.
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NewsPlans submitted for Liverpool Street station £1.5bn regeneration
Shard developer Sellar, MTR Corporation and Network Rail, have submitted a joint planning application to the City of London Corporation for their £1.5bn redevelopment of Liverpool Street station.
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MarketsPorts up their green credentials
Shipping set to play bigger role as UK reduces reliance on air and road freight.
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NewsRevised plans for Euston HS2 station have ‘not succeeded’ as cost hits £4.8bn
The price tag for a HS2 station at Euston in London has rocketed to £4.8bn since 2020, with revised plans for a delayed London terminus still failing to deliver a viable solution, according to the public spending watchdog.
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NewsThames Freeport greenlighted with £25m funding
Thames Freeport has received final government sign-off to start operating and will receive up to £25m in seed funding.
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MarketsCanary Wharf of the Midlands
The UK Central hub development looks set to transform the Solihull area.
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OnlineChester regeneration framework revealed
Plans to transform the area around Chester railway station have been kickstarted with the launch of a public consultation into the scheme.
