Tag archive for ‘Metronet’
-
NAO: poor governance and leadership led to Metronet failure
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) into the failure of collapsed Tube PPP contractor Metronet has blamed “poor corporate governance and leadership” for the firm[...]
-
Tube PPP annual report published
London Underground has published its annual report into the performance of Tube PPP companies Metronet and Tube Lines.
-
RMT Announces Two Tube Strikes
The RMT has announced members working as cleaners and maintenance staff on the London Underground are to stage two strikes over pay.
-
Metronet Control Passes To TfL
Control of the failed tube contractor Metronet, which collapsed last year after shareholders withdrew support from the company, officially passed to Transport for London at one min[...]
-
Mayor Appoints New Chief of Staff
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has named businessman Tim Parker as his new Chief of Staff and ‘Chief Executive’ of the GLA Group, City Hall announced earlier today.
-
Livingstone Sets Out ‘Transport Choice’
Ken Livingstone has said the future of transport in London is 'the big choice' facing voters next week.
-
Negativity at the Reuters Mayoral Hustings
Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, and Brian Paddick spent this morning at the Reuters Mayoral Hustings at Reuters House, Canary Wharf where they addressed an audience of business lea[...]
-
Darling, Brown and Byers – May We Have Our Apology?
Many of the critics who slammed Ken Livingstone's decision to mount a legal challenge against the Tube PPP are now ministers hoping he'll secure their party a much needed victory i[...]
-
Livingstone Vindicated as Brown Bails Out Metronet
The Government yesterday performed a humiliating u-turn when it announced a £1.7bn 'grant' to pay creditors of Metronet, the failed PPP operator responsible for maintenance of 9 [...]
-
TfL Submit Formal Metronet Bid
Transport for London has formally bid to take over collapsed tube maintenance company Metronet it has been announced.
-
Livingstone Attacks Johnson ‘Transport Blunders’
As the Conservatives enter the second week of hustings to select a candidate for Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has attacked what he called front-runner Boris Johnson's 'damaging [...]
-
Tube Strike Goes Ahead
Tube passengers have been hit disruption this evening after the RMT union proceeded with a planned 72-hours strike.
-
Mayor Calls For Strikes Not To Proceed
Ken Livingstone has today written to all unions representing staff at troubled Tube PPP contractor Metronet calling for their planned strikes not to proceed in light of assurances [...]
-
TfL Seek Metronet Control
It's been announced that Transport for London (TfL), the capital's transport management body, has lodged a formal Expression of Interest with the PPP Administrator of the two Metro[...]
