UK association highlights resilience inside rail freight
With manufacturing’s annual peak already passed and the retail onslaught of the Christmas and holiday period yet to come, the autumn season is the pressure…
UK law on minimum service levels has implications for rail freight
Legislation aimed at curbing the crippling round of strikes in the UK could impact the rail freight industry. That’s the view of the influential House…
Solent Stevedores recognised by UK freight industry award
Solent Stevedores has been named Business of the Year by a panel of industry peers at the annual Rail Freight Group (RFG) Awards. The Gloucestershire…
‘Rail freight has to offer solutions compatible with modern logistics’
Decarbonising transport must be a primary objective to reach Scotland’s stringent climate target goals. The government in Edinburgh has set the deadline five years earlier…
Scottish conference calls for growth and skills in rail freight
The Rail Freight Group conference in Scotland was shadowed by political matters but still produced some important outcomes. The main discussion points concerned rail freight…
Rail freight dismay at HS2 construction delay
Page after page has been submitted in a flurry of fury over the UK government decision to further delay the HS2 high speed rail project.…
Freight sector mentoring launched by UK industry body
The Rail Freight Group, the industry association representing the sector at large, has launched a mentoring programme designed to build skills in the rail freight…
Tarmac head of rail completes fifty days as chair of Rail Freight Group
One of rail freight’s most active supporters, representing one of the sector’s biggest customers, has completed his first seven weeks in post as the chair…
UK needs ambitious target to drive freight growth
The Rail Freight Group, the representative body for the industry in the UK, has called for an ambitious target to be set for Great British…
Rail Freight Group urges Great British Railways to go for growth
A nationwide consultation, mounted by the incoming management agency Great British Railways, has been told that freight growth is the key to unlocking a revival…
Great British Railways can provide more private sector involvement
In just over a year, a new body will take on responsibility for much of the running of Britain’s railways. The chief executive of the…
UK Strike: Reconciliation recedes
The prospect for a resolution to the current rail dispute in Britain seems even further down the line. A deal is less likely now, at…