By: Guy Taylor

Transport Reporter Guy Taylor is the Transport and Infrastructure Correspondent at City A.M. He covers anything from rail and aviation to the UK's biggest infrastructure projects.

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Ed Miliband’s net-zero plans risk causing blackouts, says Union boss

May 5, 2025

The boss of one Labour’s largest supporting unions has urged Sir Keir Starmer to ignore the “false prophets of climate fundamentalism” and rethink the current net-zero timetable. Writing in the Times, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith warned the government’s pledge to transition to clean power by 2030 could lead to blackouts akin to those in [...]
Shell weighs BP takeover bid

May 5, 2025

Shell is reportedly weighing a takeover bid for struggling rival BP in what could lead to one of the biggest deals in the history of the oil and gas industry. The oil major is understood to have appointed advisers in recent weeks to discuss the feasibility of a move for BP, which could lead to [...]
Luton Airport appoints former Labour cabinet minister as new chair

May 5, 2025

Luton Airport has appointed former Labour cabinet minister and peer Lord John Hutton as chair as it presses ahead with plans to significantly expand capacity. Lord Hutton served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s cabinets as Secretary of State for Defence, Business and in the Department for Work and Pensions, where he led initiatives [...]
Ministers urged to seek tariff exemption for aircraft and engines

May 2, 2025

Ministers have been urged to seek an exemption from US tariffs for civil aircraft and engine parts as the aerospace industry grapples with how to handle Donald Trump’s levies. ADS, which represents members of the UK’s aerospace supply chain, warned disruption to an already-under-pressure supply chain would impact aircraft deliveries in the coming months. Manufacturers [...]
Clarkson: Shares in shipbroker plummet after tariff profit warning

May 1, 2025

Shares in Clarkson plummeted on Thursday after the shipbroker lowered its annual profit forecast, citing the impact of US tariffs. Underlying pre-tax profit is expected to fall in the range of £85m to £95m, down 18 per cent from prior full-year guidance. The stock was down around 11 per cent in early trading. Clarkson cited [...]
Rolls-Royce eyes nearly £3bn profit despite tariffs

May 1, 2025

Rolls-Royce said it is confident it will hit underlying profit of nearly £3bn in 2025, despite ongoing tariff uncertainty. The London-listed engineering giant on Thursday held a previously guided underlying profit range of between £2.7bn and £2.9bn. It is also looking at between £2.7bn and £2.9bn of free cash flow. In a statement to markets, [...]
National Grid appoints Shell director to replace chief executive

May 1, 2025

National Grid has unveiled plans for the appointment of a top executive at Shell to replace its current boss, John Pettigrew. Zoë Yujnovich, a former director of integrated gas and upstream at Shell, will net a base salary of £1.3m per year when she takes charge of the UK’s electricity network later this year. She [...]
Little respite for carmakers despite Trump’s tariff rowback

April 30, 2025

Donald Trump’s rowback on tariffs provides little respite for a global car industry already struggling to cope. Following intense lobbying from manufacturers, the mercurial US president on Tuesday introduced a set of relief measures for carmakers which enable them to pay less in import taxes for foreign parts. While the move will be welcomed by [...]
TfL launches fresh crackdown on fare evasion with new measures

April 30, 2025

Transport for London (TfL) plans to expand its team of investigators as part of a suite of new measures to crack down on fare evasion. London’s transport body is aiming to halve fare evasion across all its services, which costs hundreds of millions each year, to 1.5 per cent or less by 2030. The rate [...]
Melrose ‘confident’ in profit growth despite tariff hit

April 30, 2025

Melrose said it has charted a course to “successfully mitigate” its direct exposure to US tariffs and was confident in delivering profit growth in 2025. The owner of GKN Aerospace said on Wednesday it had explored a number of measures to reduce the impact on segments of the group unable to make use of any [...]

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