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Freight experts in ‘dragon’s den’

MPs on the UK Parliament’s Transport Committee judged a series of Dragon’s Den-style pitches from transport experts and enthusiasts to convince them to adopt their idea as the subject of its next inquiry. Hopefuls at the sessions on 9 and 10 May included Maggie Simpson, director general of the Rail Freight Group who proposed: growing the UK’s rail freight sector in order to cut carbon emissions and boost the economy ... [+]

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