By: Guy Taylor

Transport Reporter Guy Taylor is the Transport and Infrastructure Correspondent at CityAM He has interviewed key figures in UK aviation and rail and has a particular interest in investigative reporting. He was highly commended in MHP's 30 to watch award for young journalists in 2025.

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Business travel is back and ‘buoyant’, new data shows

June 28, 2023

Business travel is back and “buoyant”, according to new data from the Advantage Travel Partnerships’ Global Business Travel Review, with the business community booking more trips and for longer periods. Booking volumes in the UK’s business travel market, covering aviation, rail and accommodation, hit 90.8 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of [...]
UK aviation could be put at a ‘competitive disadvantage’ by looming transit fee

June 28, 2023

A new transit fee for passengers travelling through UK airports could put the country’s aviation sector at a “competitive disadvantage” as passengers opt to travel via other countries, airline groups have warned. Under the incoming changes, visa-exempt travellers passing through Britain will be required to pay £10 fee and apply for an online permit, known [...]
BAE Systems and Babcock set to meet with ministers over ESG investment concerns

June 27, 2023

Ministers are set to hold talks on Wednesday with the bosses of a number of major defence companies, over concerns that socially conscious investing is hurting the sector. Andrew Griffith, the economic secretary to the Treasury and James Cartlidge, defence procurement minister, will meet bosses from BAE systems, Babcock International and QinitiQ tomorrow, Sky News [...]
Aston Martin aims to quadruple profit within five years under new strategy

June 27, 2023

Aston Martin outlined plans today to double revenues and quadruple profits within the next five years, as the firm bolsters its electrification strategy and continues to ride the wave of a recent share price surge. At its capital markets day, the marque told shareholders it would aim for revenues of £2.5bn and EBITDA of £800m [...]
Post Brexit tariffs and EV delays could cost UK car industry over £100bn

June 27, 2023

Failure to bolster the supply chains for electric cars, coupled with looming post-Brexit tariffs, could cost the UK’s car industry over £100bn in growth, a leading industry group has warned. A potential 10-fold increase in the production of electric cars worth £106 billion is as it stake, according to a new report from the Society [...]
Number of Brits looking to buy electric vehicles soaring ‘well ahead’ of demand for combustion engine, analysis shows

June 27, 2023

The number of prospective UK car buyers looking to go electric is soaring despite only a “minimal” increase in those wishing to purchase traditional combustion engine vehicles, new research from the consultancy EY has revealed, as the number of Brits seeking normal vehicles slips well behind its charged-up competition. As of this year, more than [...]
Government ditches plans to give flyers compensation for delays

June 27, 2023

Proposals that would have entitled passengers to claim compensation for delayed flights have been scrapped from initial consumer protection reforms, the government has confirmed. The proposals would have enabled passengers to claim compensation on domestic flights that arrived over an hour late. But the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed today that it would need to [...]
Logistics group Shift on the hunt for more deals amid Tuffnells swoop

June 26, 2023

Logistics-tech group Shift, which is making a swoop for delivery firm Tuffnells, has said it is eyeing up further acquisitions in the near future, with multiple deals on the horizon. Shift’s founder Jacob Corlett told CityAM that “we’ve got multiple deals in the pipeline”. “We’re in discussions with different parties of different shapes and [...]
Aston Martin in £182m partnership with start-up to make ‘ultra-luxury’ EVs as it reworks Mercedes deal

June 26, 2023

Aston Martin has announced a deal with US EV manufacturer Lucid Group to build ‘ultra-luxury’ electric vehicles, as it ditches elements of a previous 2020 agreement with Mercedez Benz. The Gaydon-headquartered firm said that it would issue £182m worth of shares and cash payments, in exchange for electric batteries and powertrain components, with US-start up Lucid [...]
20,000 rail workers to strike in July in fresh RMT industrial action

June 22, 2023

20,000 rail workers will strike on three days in July, the RMT Union announced today, in a continuation of a long-running pay dispute. RMT members at 14 train companies will take action on 20, 22 and 29 July, dates which coincide with two Ashes tests and the golf Open, after train operators failed to make [...]

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