Dec 2, 2025 | 2025, Events, News & Updates
UMP and our members – Brompton Bicycle, Stagecoach Group Limited, Dott, Shoosmiths, and Mott MacDonald – were thrilled to host our Annual Reception in Parliament last night. It was fantastic to bring together such a diverse mix of policymakers,...
Nov 22, 2025 | 2025, Events, News & Updates
Earlier this week, UMP was in Bristol to host a roundtable with local councillors, officials, and other key stakeholders to discuss the transport priorities, opportunities, and challenges facing the West of England and surrounding areas. By some measures, Bristol’s...
Sep 12, 2025 | 2025, Events, News & Updates, Video
Ruth Harper (DfT), Stelios Rodoulis (Bus Centre of Excellence), Rhiannon Evans (Active Travel England), Liam Henderson (Rail Innovation Group), Julian Scriven (UMP) Last week, the Urban Mobility Partnership, together with Intelligent Transport Systems UK, convened...
Jul 16, 2025 | 2025, Events, News & Updates
Earlier this week, the Urban Mobility Partnership was delighted to continue its series of local policy roundtables with an excellent session in Birmingham, kindly hosted by UMP member Shoosmiths. We brought together local authorities, transport leaders, and mobility...
May 21, 2025 | 2025, Events, News & Updates
The Urban Mobility Partnership was pleased to host the first in a new series of local policy roundtables, starting in Leeds and kindly hosted by UMP member Shoosmiths. The session brought together a diverse group of voices from across the region, including...
Mar 24, 2025 | 2025, Events, News & Updates, Video
Last week, UMP Chair Julian Scriven had the pleasure of sitting down with Sir Andy Street, former Mayor of the West Midlands, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, devolution and delivery. Their discussion explored how public and private partners can work...
Sep 18, 2024 | 2024, Events, News & Updates
Policy panel at UMP Summit, pictured left to right: Sam Knight (Transport for Greater Manchester, Anne Shaw (Transport for West Midlands),Katie Hulland (Women in Transport), Max Sugarman (Intelligent Transport Systems) and Laura Holloway (Enterprise Mobility) On 5...
Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Events, News & Updates
On Tuesday, UMP members were delighted to meet with Ben Bradley MP in his capacity as the Conservative candidate for the East Midlands mayoral election. It was very encouraging to hear Ben talk about the need to develop public transport, active travel and shared...
Apr 17, 2024 | 2024, Events, News & Updates
Earlier in April, Greater Manchester mayoral candidates Mayor Andy Burnham (Labour), Councillor Jake Austin (Liberal Democrats) and Green Party Councillor Michael Welton (representing candidate Councillor Hannah Spencer) took part in transport hustings organised by...
Dec 8, 2023 | 2023, Events
The Urban Mobility Partnership were delighted to hold a workshop with Bristol City Council in December 2023, to discuss sustainable transport in Bristol. The workshop, which was chaired by Councillor Don Alexander, Cabinet Member for Transport at Bristol City Council,...
Nov 15, 2023 | 2023, Events
The Urban Mobility Partnership was delighted to hold a joint roundtable with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, to support the development of the City Region’s Local Transport Plan. The City Region has committed to progress the city’s...
