Quote of the day: 'It's like saying that McDonalds can be allowed on the high street and Burger King should be off it.' John Griffin, the founder of the £200m minicab company, Addison Lee, vents spleen to London Loves Business on regulations that allow only London's black cabs to use bus lanes, but...
Quote of the day: 'I and my directors decided last week that we would forego any entitlement and instead allocate the money to the safety improvement fund for level crossings.' Network Rail CEO Sir David Higgins and his fellow head honchos have followed Stephen Hester's lead at RBS and turned down their...
The king of no-frills flying is back in the cockpit at new airline Fastjet. This time, he's taking on the African continent. But can he 'do an easyJet' all over again?
EasyJet's founder still can't keep his mouth shut when it comes to the company's board structure. And all that wind is only adding to the turbulence...
14 Jul 2011
'This 'incestuous' relationship with Airbus developed by the Directors has to come to end.' EasyJet's Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is at war again with the airline's board over its decision to buy more planes. The founder, whose family owns 38% of the company, says easyJet should look at other manufacturers,...
27 Jun 2011
'It will leave an indelible scar on the company, impact customers' trust in us and damage the unique and friendly culture' - Richard Branson writes to his airline pilots telling them he's extremely sad about the threat of strike action.
01 Apr 2011
| by Elizabeth Anderson
'Why can't we have good-looking trucks on the road and why can't we have smart drivers?' The Telegraph recalls a rare media statement by Edward Stobart, who died yesterday, on how he built up the lorry empire
Network Rail is decentralising operations in favour of regional HQs. Sounds nice - but will it make the trains run better?
23 Dec 2010
'I wish Mr Gisby well on his next visit to Planet Earth. If he honestly thinks the network is working normally today it does not give any of us much hope for the future.' A commuter in today's Metro responds to Network Rail director of operations and customer services Robin Gisby's reassurances that...
The BA boss will be earning over £800,000 when he takes the helm of newly-formed IAG - but that's small change compared to some of his peers.