Month: September 2016

Delays in decision making on airport expansion are costing the UK as much as £1m ever hour in lost trade with emerging markets, according to a new analysis. Sir Howard Davies first recommended expansion at Heathrow last July, but since then the government has failed to approve the plan, and is currently set to return to

In the year since the Airports Commission published its recommendation on the expansion of airports capacity, Britain has missed out on at least £9.5bn in trade with emerging economies because we do not have a new runway. When the UK is looking to re-energise its trading relationships across the globe, we cannot afford to fall