By: Guy Taylor

Transport Reporter Guy Taylor is the Transport and Infrastructure Correspondent at City A.M. He has interviewed key figures in UK aviation and rail and has a particular interest in investigative reporting. He was highly commended in MHP's 30 to watch award for young journalists in 2025.

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Slow down! MPs and industry call for insurance and number plates for e-bikes

June 11, 2023

E-bikes should be insured and have number plates due to the safety risks for pedestrians posed by speedy riders, warned MPs and industry members on Sunday. As more and more e-bikes take to the streets of the UK and counts of widely reported incidents grow, calls are growing for measures to help bring the electric [...]
Wrightbus secures £50m government-backed loan to boost hydrogen bus exports

June 9, 2023

Sustainable bus maker Wrightbus has today secured a £50m government-backed loan to turbocharge exports of electric and hydrogen-powered buses. The agreement will see the UK’s Export Finance (UKEF) agency guarantee 80 per cent of the loan, from Barclays bank. The firm said the backing will allow it to deliver orders to new markets including Germany [...]
Uber boss: ‘London a leader in electrification’ as new net zero measures unfurled

June 8, 2023

Uber has today announced a host of new goals and features to hit net zero, including a target for all Uber Eats drivers to use zero emission vehicles by 2040. Under the new features, passengers will be able to track the emissions they have avoided when choosing zero-carbon drives, as the firm looks to expand [...]
London’s workspace occupancy ‘higher than before the pandemic’, says Argyll boss

June 8, 2023

The boss of London’s oldest office provider Argyll has said he has seen “unprecedented” levels of office occupancy in the last six months, defying concerns that Covid-19 had permanently pushed Londoners toward homeworking. Speaking to City A.M. Argyll chief executive John Drover said that rates of occupancy had reached 90 per cent, with the firm [...]
FirstGroup beats profit forecasts on the back of strong demand

June 8, 2023

FirstGroup saw group adjusted profit more than double this morning to £82.1m in its full year results, ahead of expectations, as increased passenger demand helped the train operator resist the impacts of industrial action. FirstGroup, who ran Transpennine Express, said its adjusted operating profit for the year ending in March came in at £161m, up [...]
Jet fuel costs keep Wizz Air loss making – but optimism for the year ahead

June 8, 2023

Wizz Air saw its operating losses remain flat at €466.8m (£401.6m) in its full year results this morning, as last year’s soaring jet fuel costs pummelled the budget carrier. Total net losses were at €535.1m (£460.4m). Despite this, Wizz Air was confident about swinging to a profit later in the year, and saw a record [...]
777 Partners’ new aviation asset arm raises $230m to finance Boeing 737 deliveries

June 7, 2023

AIP Capital, the aviation asset management arm of Miami-based 777 partners, has raised $230m (£184.5m) from investors to finance the delivery of 7 Boeing 737 Max aircrafts, amid ongoing financial difficulties and backlogs in the sector. The newly-launched private equity group, which operates in Dublin, London and the US, said that Citibank arranged the acquisition [...]
Heathrow: Strike chaos to hit almost every weekend through summer holidays

June 7, 2023

Heathrow Airport will be hit by 31 days of strike action this summer, beginning 24 June, as 2,000 security officers walk-out in a dispute over pay. Nearly every weekend between June-August will be hit by the strikes, which will see more than 2,000 security staff walk out. The strikes will take place on 24-25 and [...]
Sparkling wine-maker Gusbourne feeling bubbly after bumper profits

June 7, 2023

English sparkling wine maker Gusbourne saw gross profits hit £3.6m this morning up 58 per cent, as Brits continued to pop open a bottle despite cost-of-living concerns. The Kent and Sussex-based wine producer saw net revenues up 49 per cent to £6.2m in its 2022 final year results and narrowed losses to £1.1m, a 22 [...]
Telegraph and Spectator to be put up for sale as bank takes over parent firm

June 7, 2023

The Telegraph newspapers and Spectator magazine are set to be put up for sale after their parent organisation was forced into receivership due to unpaid debts. The firm’s holding company B.UK, owned by the billionaire Barclay family, was placed into receivership by the Bank of Scotland after the firm failed to strike a deal on [...]

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