Government Policy

Public trust was undermined on smart motorw...

Jul 02, 2021Comments off

Highways England undermined trust in smart motorways when it failed to give an accurate timeline for a 2016 pledge to make technology to detect stopped

Welsh road building spend freeze will slow ...

Jun 28, 2021Comments off

In response to the announcement this week that all new road building projects in Wales will be frozen while the Welsh Government conducts a review,

Enterprise partners with new Scottish GO-HI...

Jun 21, 2021Comments off

Enterprise has been selected as the car rental partner for the ground-breaking GO-HI Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) project which has launched today (21 June) in the Highlands

Carbon Battle Bus – delivering the ne...

Jun 14, 2021Comments off

Mitford peer Lord Redesdale and Conservative Andrew Griffith MP, UK Net Zero Business Champion, inaugurated the UK’s first fully electric ‘Carbon Battle Bus’ at Old

Net Zero plans must consider rural communit...

May 20, 2021Comments off

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes that a one-size-fits-all approach to net zero carbon emissions is likely to have disproportionate societal effects

Government paves the way for self-driving v...

Apr 28, 2021Comments off

Motorists could see self-driving vehicles on British roads for the first time later this year, the Department for Transport has announced today (28 April 2021).

Government with £20 million chargepoints b...

Feb 02, 2021Comments off

Local authorities are being urged to take advantage of a £20 million cash injection to boost the number of on-street electric vehicle chargepoints in towns

Petrol-Diesel Ban 2030: easing the transiti...

Nov 23, 2020Comments off

With the government announcing a ban on new petrol or diesel vehicles in the UK from 2030, making the switch to an electric vehicle (EV)

Road to Zero: further responses to the Gove...

Nov 19, 2020Comments off

Response to the UK Government’s plan to bring forward the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2035 to

Climate change: New petrol & diesel ca...

Nov 18, 2020Comments off

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that to counteract the effects of severe climate change, new cars and vans powered only by petrol or