MPs want overhaul of Heathrow regulation before third runway Business Nearly nine in 10 members of parliament do not think Heathrow’s ambitious third runway expansion should go ahead unless there is a major overhaul of its regulatory framework to help bring down costs. A fresh poll of British lawmakers found that 84 per cent are reluctant to vote through the historic expansion without the west [...]
Court ruling tests Britain’s £1bn data centre power plans – and energy policy Tech A High Court challenge to a £1bn data centre beside the M25 has exposed a glaring issue for Britain’s ambitious AI build out. Power hungry projects are effectively being approved before anyone is sure where the power will come from. The government has accepted that planning permission for a 90MW hyperscale facility at Iver in [...]
Landsec sells government office building to hotel giant Property A Westminster building owned by property giant Landsec, which has played host to major government offices, has been sold to a group bidding to lead Heathrow Airport’s expansion plans. The sale of Queen Anne’s Mansions, located in SW1, by Landsec marks a major step in the property firm’s ambition to sell off £2bn of its [...]
Heathrow tables third runway bid August 1, 2025 Heathrow’s top brass have tabled their proposal to manage the hub’s long-awaited third runway expansion in a bidding process that will pit it against a rival operator for the first time in the airport’s history. Officials from the airport confirmed had submitted “shovel-ready” plans for a privately financed runway ahead of the Department for Transport’s [...]
Roadchef: M25 and M1 delays force motorway services to a loss July 21, 2025 Significant disruption on the M25 and M1 forced motorway service station chain Roadchef into the red in 2024, it has been revealed. The Staffordshire-headquartered group, which operates a 30-strong network of motorway service stations, has posted a pre-tax loss of £5.9m for its latest financial year. The total comes after the business achieved a pre-tax [...]
Green belt site near M25 to host Europe’s largest AI data centre January 24, 2025 Plans for Europe’s largest cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) centre near the M25 in Hertfordshire have been approved, in wake of the UK launching its so-called ‘action plan’. The state of art facility will be built near the Elstree substation, 30 minutes from central London, and will span up to two million square feet, carrying [...]
M25 operator nets record profit despite traffic jams and weekend closures November 17, 2024 Connect Plus's bumper earnings come despite a number of significant weekend closures and problems with traffic jams on the UK's busiest motorway.
Proposals submitted for huge £3.75bn data centre in Hertfordshire September 12, 2024 Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has hailed a proposed £3.75bn investment in a colossal new data centre in Hertfordshire. A planning application for what would amount to one of Europe’s largest data centre campuses, at 85 acres and taking up 2m square feet of floor space, has been submitted via a new company DC01UK. Construction will [...]
Wembley finals, M25 chaos and rail works: How to survive the busiest May bank holiday weekend ever May 26, 2024 A record 20m leisure journeys are expected to be made in the coming days, as Brits flock to the FA Cup and play off finals at Wembley.
M25 closure: Traffic warning as section of motorway to shut this weekend May 10, 2024 Drivers have been warned of significant disruption on the M25 as sections of Britain's busiest motorway close over the weekend.