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The new chairman of Network Rail has admitted that the company is widely perceived as "arrogant", needs fresh blood at board level and must address its controversial bonus scheme. Rick Haythornthwaite, the former Invensys boss...
Nov 18 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV has turned to Archie Norman, 55, a turnaround specialist and former Conservative politician, to end its tortuous seven-month hunt for leadership. Here...
Plans for a radical shake-up of Network Rail’s governance structure have ended in deadlock after an equal number of votes were cast for and against a recommendation to cut its 105-strong membership. The membership was put in...
With much fanfare, the Association of Train Operating Companies announces rail fares will rise by only 1.1 per cent next year - the lowest increase for 15 years. Sounds too good to be true? Alas, that's exactly what it is.
Investment bankers are wielding their political influence to override popular support for legislation to break up lenders' trading and retail operations, economist John Kay said. "You have a group of politically powerful...
This article of mine appears in the New Statesman. Rushed through by John Major's government, privatisation has left us with fragmented and user-unfriendly railways, requiring around four times the public subsidy received by...
Stephen Byers was one of a handful of prominent Blairite "ultras" who proved to be a constant irritant to Gordon Brown. The former Trade and Industry Secretary refused to sign Mr Brown's nomination papers in 2007, and since...
IPSWICH: A driver miraculously escaped serious injury when his car crashed through security fencing before colliding with a moving freight train. The drama unfolded after a green Vauxhall Vectra clipped the kerb at the corner...
A pledge to renationalise the railways would be a clear vote-winner. Rushed through by John Major's government, privatisation has left us with fragmented and user-unfriendly railways, requiring around four times the public...
THE “catastrophic failure of the banking system” has given Wales a chance to blaze a new brand of politics on the world stage, the leading player in Edwina Hart’s Labour leadership campaign has declared.
