Luton Borough Council, whose company Luton Rising owns the airport, approved the growth plans in December.
Responsibility for aviation in the Department for Transport has been handed to former roads minister Baroness Charlotte Vere of Norbiton. The aviation brief together with maritime had been held by Robert Courts, who yesterday announced he was leaving the role to return to the backbenches. Baroness Vere, who has been at the DfT since 2019, announced on Twitter that she was changing ministerial portfolio to cover aviation and local transport, adding: “Let the hard work begin.” She added: “I am delighted to be re-appointed as a m minister in DfT. Transport is a key enabler of economic growth and I look forward to delivering existing commitments and working on new opportunities.” It remains unclear who within the transport department will be given the maritime brief.
The current UK healthcare system is fraught with long waiting times and delays that keep its patients from getting the care and treatment they need when they need it.
The UK’s Department for Transport (DFT) has promised that it will not increase rail fares for 2023 by the current rate of inflation, due to the cost of living crisis.
A recovery in global business travel spending to pre-pandemic levels is likely to be delayed by 18 months to 2026 because of factors like persistent inflation, high energy prices, labour shortages and lockdowns in China, a new industry forecast shows.
Spending on travel and entertainment by UK SMEs using American Express corporate cards exceeded pre-Covid figures during the second quarter.
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Business travel is back! In fact, the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) believes that global business travel spend will reach 2019 levels by 2024, a full year earlier than previously predicted.