Public transport and coronavirus
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, our region’s public transport operators have been running at a much-reduced frequency, offering vital services for our key-workers and other essential journeys. I’m very grateful for the continued [...]
Supporting our recovery through the economic taskforce
As the weeks of the Coronavirus crisis turn into months, my focus has been on getting our economy moving again, once it is safe to do. I was recently on a call with the [...]
Supporting businesses through coronavirus
As the world settles into a temporary ‘new normal’, as we deal with COVID-19, I’ve been struck by how our region’s response to the virus really underlines our strengths in collaboration and supporting one another. [...]
Tackling the impact of coronavirus
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen enormous and rapid change to everything in our lives. In this blog, I just want to take stock of where we are and where we are going as [...]
A new found sense of community can be the lasting legacy of this crisis
This is a very different sort of crisis to any that our region, indeed our nation and the world has faced within a generation or more. The news and messages coming from the Government are [...]
Rail investments coming down the line
Being situated just a stone’s throw away from the station, I regularly see Intercity Express Trains going in and out of Temple Meads from the Combined Authority offices. It was only two and a half [...]
