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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AA: Shareholders weigh up major sale of stake in roadside breakdown giant

April 17, 2023

The AA’s shareholders are considering the sale of a significant stake in the £2.5bn breakdown specialists, as first reported by Sky News’ Mark Kleinmann. Towerbrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus have hired Goldman Sachs to advise on the deal, which could result in three shareholders taking an equal slice of the company. Analysts told Sky [...]
Asda introduces self driving delivery vans in AI first

April 17, 2023

Asda is rolling out its largest autonomous delivery trial with customers in London set to receive their groceries via self driving cars. The UK’s third largest grocery store is launching the scheme in partnership with Wayve, a developer of artificial intelligence for self driving cars, and the pair will use Jaguar I-Pace electric cars for [...]
UK aviation industry will be grounded unless sustainability ‘gets more government support’

April 17, 2023

The UK aviation industry warned that economic opportunities created by sustainable aviation technology are at risk without targeted support. Sustainable Aviation, a coalition of aviation groups, claimed the UK risked losing an industry which is estimated to support 60,000 jobs and be worth £10bn in gross value added (GVA) benefits by 2050. The group today [...]
Logistics tech firm Shift buys Movinga as it eyes European expansion

April 17, 2023

Logistics tech company Shift has acquired the European home move platform Movinga, as the firm looks to expand overseas. Following the deal, Shift now hopes to become the largest marketplace for large-item logistics across Europe, with over 300 employees and operations in seven countries – the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. Shift [...]
Brits warned of ‘Coronation inflation’ DOUBLING holiday let prices over the long weekend

April 14, 2023

Thousands of tourists are expected to flock to London for May’s Coronation, prompting warnings of sky-high hotel and hospitality prices. Data published today by the rental management platform Guestready shows that the price of holiday lets for the coronation period has risen by 67 per cent year on year. Guestready’s analysis found that the average [...]
Waterloo Station: Commuters should expect ‘severe disruption’ on way home after signal failures cause havoc

April 13, 2023

A ‘major’ signalling fault has caused severe train delays at the station today, which look set to continue until throughout the afternoon. Trouble began at 3am this morning, as the main power supply to the signaling system on platforms 1 to 4 failed. Angry London commuters were told by Network Rail, “do not travel to [...]
Royal fever? Not quite, as Brits opt for Lanzarote over London to celebrate coronation weekend

April 13, 2023

It would appear Brits are keen to escape the coronation weekend with holiday bookings surging over the bank holiday weekend, according to travel groups. Barrhead Travel reported that bookings are over 55 per cent higher for the King’s coronation bank holiday than in the same period in 2019, with Tenerife, Costa Blanca, Florida, and Canada [...]
Freight takes flight: £1.2m fund backs drones to connect isolated parts of the UK

April 12, 2023

Drones will take to the sky in the Orkney Islands, as part of a £1.2m funding package to encourage more innovative and cleaner freight delivery solutions across the country. Skysports Deliveries – which provides infrastructure for the air mobility industry – won £150,000 and will use the drones to “improve island to island connectivity,” and [...]
London Heathrow reports busiest day since Covid with 6.2m jetting off for Easter despite strikes

April 11, 2023

London’s Heathrow Airport reported over 6.2m passengers travelled through Britain’s biggest airport in March, a rise of more than a million since February. The West London hub also recorded its busiest day since 2019, with 221,606 flying through on 31 March, despite it being the first day of Unite’s industrial action. The five-week walk-out by [...]

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