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Electric[1]Yes, the M3 will be powered by electricity. Lots of it. But wait! There’ll be a straight-six petrol one too
Published: 13 Jan 2026
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Henry Boot’s development arm, HBD, has secured outline planning permission for a 5.5msq ft freeport development in Goole, East Yorkshire.
The consent, secured with landowner St John’s College Cambridge, allows for the construction of a major indu…
Why it matters: Both roles will focus on attracting international investment to create jobs and support business growth in Suffolk and Essex as Freeport East enters its fourth year.
The details: Alex Courage has been appointed as Head of International …
The organisation has pledged to focus on facilitating strategic growth across Ipswich and Colchester, including new commercial space linked to garden communities, university-led innovation hubs, and research-based economic development.
Supporting criti…
The scheme, known as FREEPORT 36, is being brought forward by Henry Boot’s development arm HBD in partnership with landowner St John’s College Cambridge.
The consent paves the way for a 300-acre industrial and manufacturing park delivering buildings fr…
For more than a decade, automakers have teased modular skateboard EV platforms as enabling lots of “top hats”—resulting in more exciting, relatively affordable niche vehicles that don’t have to be produced in high numbers to be profitable, because they…
The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have revoked the operator licence of Scorpion Engineering Ltd following a public inquiry held in Bristol in October 2025. The decision, taken by Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney, will take effect from 24 Jan…
The material to organise the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, will mostly be delivered by road despite the availability of Rhaetian Railway to use their trains. The company said that there was no increased interest in using rail freigh…
The share of dangerous goods transported in the EU (in tonne-kilometres[1]) remained the same in 2019 and 2020: around 4% of the EU total.
The Member States that recorded the highest shares of dangerous goods in their road transport were Cyprus (…
Here is what is currently confirmed, what remains under consultation, and what it means in practice for haulage operators.
No ban on using existing diesel lorries
Despite repeated claims in national newspapers, there is no proposal to ban the use of di…