Traffic jams are getting worse in Cardiff. Latest flow figures from TomTom studied off and on-peak journeys and found traffic management changes in the Welsh capital have made the daily commute slower for drivers. It is now worse than Birmingham and Glasgow and contrasts with an improvement in commuting through Bristol. Junction revisions in Cardiff … [Read more...]
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Good and bad news for Honda Swindon
Honda has confirmed future production activities and additional £200m investment at Swindon but it’s moving CR-V manufacturing to Canada. UK component suppliers currently feeding into the Swindon plant will see a boost from the Civic investment but some loss when the SUV moves out. Honda’s flagship production facility in Europe, Honda of the UK … [Read more...]
South Wales roads are safest in UK
South Wales has the lowest rates for the most serious road casualties recorded per head of population in British Parliamentary Constituencies. Four Cardiff constituencies, along with Torfaen and Newport West, rank in the bottom 10 of all constituencies for residents killed or seriously injured. Constituencies where KSI rates are lower for residents are … [Read more...]
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With Easter falling early this year and a longer wait until the summer, it is likely to be one of the busiest on the roads in recent years, says the AA. Getaway traffic is expected to peak Thursday, which the AA predicts is likely to be the busiest day of the year so far after the latest AA-Populus poll of 16,194 AA members revealed that close to half (47%) … [Read more...]
IAM backs drive to find Britain’s best young talent
The search is on for the country’s best young driver – but the catch is they have to be aged under 17 The Young Driver Challenge 2015 launches this week and is backed by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). It offers 11-16 year olds the chance to show their skills behind the wheel of a car. The challenge took place for the first time in 2014, … [Read more...]
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Jaguar Land Rover named company veteran and British engineer Nick Rogers as its new engineering director to succeed Wolfgang Ziebart. Rogers will assume board-level responsibilities for the UK automaker's global engineering operations reporting directly to CEO Ralf Speth. Cenex, the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for low carbon technologies, will join a … [Read more...]
Welsh racer escapes from death crash
Wales based racing driver Jann Mardenborough is recovering after his sports car left the track and landed on spectators, killing one of them, at the Nurburgring on Saturday. One spectator died and several were injured but Jann, from Cardiff, is not thought to be seriously hurt after getting out of the car, being treated trackside and then taken to … [Read more...]
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Mercedes-Benz will build its first pickup truck inside five years, targeting sales at the European, Latin American, Australian and South African markets. No decision has been made about whether to launch the vehicle in the US and it will be built by Mercedes' commercial-van division. Welsh Government wants to electrify the Holyhead to Crewe main line and … [Read more...]
M4 relief road work begins
Three firms have been awarded the contract to start work on the £1bn M4 relief road project around Newport. The Welsh Government has jointly awarded it to Costain, Vinci Construction and Taylor Woodrow. The plans include 14 miles of new motorway and a one-mile long viaduct over the River Usk. It will also mean major re-modelling of M4 junctions 23 … [Read more...]
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ERS will increase its staff-count in offices just outside Swansea from 230 to 398. As part of a reorganisation at the Lloyd's syndicate one of its English offices will close and it will move to larger offices in Swansea. Ford has passed a manufacturing milestone for its fuel-saving EcoBoost petrol engines - five million have been produced globally since … [Read more...]
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