Our spending with small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has exceeded £2.5bn in a single financial year for the first time. It comes as the impact of the pandemic has made supporting Britain’s smaller companies more important than ever. We spent £2.52bn with SMEs in the 2019 to 2020 financial year. The figure represents 35.6% of … Continued
This week we launched a plan to work more efficiently and closely with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It’s the latest move in our efforts to make Network Rail Open for Business and easier to work with. Our SME action plan also considers how we will achieve the Government’s target of spending a third of … Continued
A pioneering trial to use solar energy to partly power a railway line has become our latest effort to develop a greener network. Last month, social enterprise Riding Sunbeams switched on the first ever solar panels to directly supply a railway line with electricity, paving the way for the world’s first solar-powered trains. If successful, … Continued
Appetite among private companies to invest in our railway is growing as Network Rail strives to become easier to work with. An event hosted by Network Rail in July that aimed to attract investment from the private sector attracted a broad range of businesses, from sectors including aviation, home construction, technology, train manufacturing and banking … Continued