Department for Transport SME Supplier Event – 11 February 2025

CECA Southern Executive Director, David Allen, attended the DfT’s SME supplier event in Cambridge on 11 February where key client groups and T1s looked to connect with the region’s SMEs. You can see the slide deck here, and a list of all the strategic suppliers and sponsors who attended here. Useful Links DfT: actions for improving

CECA SW Members’ Meeting

Book your place for the next CECA South West Members’ Meeting at Sandy Park on Wednesday 26th March 2025. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available from 9:15am and the meeting will begin at 10am. A buffet lunch will be served when the meeting closes at approximately 1pm. There will be a review by Paul Santer

NEW MOCK TRIAL EVENT SANDY PARK, EXETER 11TH MARCH 2025

CECA South West, together with its legal partner DAC Beachcroft, is putting on a new mock trial at Sandy Park on the morning of  Tuesday 11th March 2025. This brand-new mock trial is being developed especially for us and will be based on the dangers of operatives working in and around plant. Don’t miss out

CECA Y&H Foundations Group get their hands (gloves) dirty!

CECA Yorkshire & Humber Foundations Group were delighted to support a local conservation project last week, as part of their commitment to environmental sustainability and making a difference across the Region. The Lower Ure Conservation Trust is a charity dedicated to the restoration of once productive sand and gravel quarries to varied, wildlife-rich habitats. LUCT

Rother Valley Railway – The Robertsbridge Turntable

Over three memorable days in May – June 2024, Rother Valley Railway and Kent and East Sussex Railway worked together on an event at Robertsbridge Junction to inaugurate the newly refurbished and installed locomotive turntable, previously at Hither Green depot. Please see here for full details, which includes photographs of the turntable celebrations, featuring Britannia. You

Thames Water announces next stages of market engagement to support construction of the South East’s new reservoir

Please see below the Press Release from Thames Water: FINAL: Tuesday 7 January 2025 Thames Water announces next stages of market engagement to support construction of the South East’s new reservoir Thames Water has today published a Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) to initiate early market engagement for its proposed reservoir in Oxfordshire. The reservoir, also

CECA Backs Luton Airport Expansion

On Friday 13 December, the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce jointly submitted an Open Letter on behalf of 139 businesses calling on the Government to approve the Development Consent Order to expand London Luton Airport. The letter, which was sent to both the Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP and the Business

CECA South Members’ Meeting 4th December 2024

We were delighted to see so many people at CECA South West Members’ Meeting on 4th December at Sandy Park. Our speakers were: Jason Humm, Director of Transport and Highways at Gloucestershire County Council who spoke about developments and initiatives within the Council and shared with members some of the future highway opportunities coming up

Supplier concerns across the rail sector and workload visibility

Network Rail (NR) recently hosted a webinar for suppliers, following concerns raised by a number of trade associations, including CECA, that many rail suppliers are reporting a serious hiatus in expected rail work at the start of Control Period 7 (CP7). Senior representatives from NR provided an update on a number of factors affecting their