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Bombardier announces lay-offs at Derby plant – Financial Times

CBC.ca Bombardier announces lay-offs at Derby plant Financial Times The job losses at the Litchurch Lane plant – which currently employs around 3000 people – come in the wake of the naming of Germany's Siemens rather than Bombardier as preferred bidder for the Thameslink programme, one of the UK's largest train orders ... Fury as ministers hand Germans our £3bn train deal costing 1400 British jobs Daily Mail Manufacturer to review UK plants Stoke & Staffordshire Train -Maker Bombardier Cuts Over 1400 Jobs Sky News Insider Media

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Bombardier To Disclose Job Layoffs At UK Rail Plant On Tuesday – Wall Street Journal

BBC News Bombardier To Disclose Job Layoffs At UK Rail Plant On Tuesday Wall Street Journal TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Canadian transportation giant Bombardier Inc. (BBD.AT, BDRBF) said it is poised to reveal significant layoffs at its plant in Derby, UK, Tuesday morning, after losing a key British ... End of the line: Britain's last surviving train maker facing closure - a ...

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End of the line: Britain’s last surviving train maker facing closure – a … – Daily Mail

Daily Mail End of the line: Britain's last surviving train maker facing closure - a ...

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Help lead the way as a champion of green transport – South Devon Herald Express

Help lead the way as a champion of green transport South Devon Herald Express Better integration of transport, particularly between bus, bicycle, car, and train were suggested. There was also support for car sharing and car clubs. Stuart Hughes, the county council cabinet member for highways and transportation explained that the ...

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Editor in personal plea to save thousands of local jobs – HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk

Editor in personal plea to save thousands of local jobs HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk Now Steve Hall, editor of the Derby Telegraph, is to travel to Berlin tomorrow to hand-deliver a letter to Stephane Rambaud-Measson, president of Bombardier Transportation's Passengers Division. Steve will join a five-man delegation to the German ... and more

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City offices approval for London Wall Place – Mellersh & Harding

City offices approval for London Wall Place Mellersh & Harding Hammerson was given the go-ahead by the planning and transportation committee of the City of London for its London Wall Place development. The first building, 121 London Wall Place, will comprise of 300000 sq ft of City offices next to Moor House.

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‘Now give us a half-hourly train service’ – Midweek Herald

Midweek Herald 'Now give us a half-hourly train service' Midweek Herald Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council's cabinet member for Transportation , pulled the cord, watched by Mr Pitt and Councillor Whitlock.

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Ilford depot jobs ‘safe’ despite firm losing out on major contract – London24

Ilford depot jobs 'safe' despite firm losing out on major contract London24 In 2006, it cut about 80 jobs, although Mr Harvey says many of these were recouped by later relocating staff to Ilford from a site in Ashford, Kent. About 5500 train staff are employed by Bombardier Transportation across Britain.

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Councils divided over impact of high speed rail – The Birmingham Post

Councils divided over impact of high speed rail The Birmingham Post The meeting refused to approve a report by Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes praising the “significant economic and transportation benefits” of HS2. The paper, which proposed endorsing HS2 Phase One, was withdrawn when it became ...

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Passengers in Honiton benefit from £1.4m station improvements – Rail.co

Rail.co Passengers in Honiton benefit from £1.4m station improvements Rail.co By A. Samuel · June 24, 2011 · Stations Andy Pitt, South West Trains Managing Director; Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highways & Transportation and Councillor Vernon Whitlock, Honiton Mayor. ...

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