Press releases
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Amey Wins National Award for Looking After Its Employees
Leading infrastructure services provider Amey, has won a leading Human Resources award for the way it manages and motivates its employees. The company’s HR professionals were…
10 Jun 2011
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Amey Wins National Award for Helping Communities
Amey has been named Large Company of the Year in the Scottish Business in the Community Awards for helping excluded groups of people get back into work and caring for the environme…
03 Jun 2011
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Amey Goes Green With Trials of Hydrogen Vehicles
Amey has become one of the first public service companies in the UK to generate its own hydrogen fuel on site at its Hereford depot, as part of a national trial of hydrogen powered…
03 Jun 2011
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Amey Wins Three Health and Safety Awards
Amey, a leading provider of public services, has won three national awards from one of the UK’s most respected health and safety charities. The Consulting and Built Environment div…
20 Apr 2011
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GEOAmey Awarded Three Contracts by MoJ to Provide Prison Escort and Custody Services in the UK
The Ministry of Justice has awarded GEOAmey PECS Ltd (GEOAmey), three contracts to provide prison escort and custody services across three regions of the UK, in an agreement worth…
16 Mar 2011
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Calderdale Team Celebrates National Success
GOING for gold – Amey, which looks after Calderdale’s 1,090 km road network, is celebrating after winning a national award. For the second year running, Amey has been recognised as…
01 Mar 2011
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An Award-Winning Partnership
The Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management Service is celebrating its third award win in a row. Amey, in partnership with Birmingham City Council has recently won ‘European…
25 Feb 2011
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Amey appoints new Managing Director for Local Government
Amey has appointed Nick Gregg as Managing Director of its Local Government division to drive further growth in highways and infrastructure projects. Nick will lead delivery of Amey…
22 Feb 2011
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Amey appoints John Faulkner as Business Development Director for Inter-Urban
Amey has appointed John Faulkner as Business Development Director to drive further growth in its rail and highways division. Faulkner, who joins from the Department of Transport, w…
22 Feb 2011
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Amey acquires leading transport consultancy TPi
Leading public services provider Amey has acquired 100 per cent equity in Transportation Planning (International) Ltd (TPi) – its third acquisition within one year. Amey has acquir…
31 Jan 2011
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Andy Milner & Steve Withers feature in NCE Infrastructure Report
UK road spending has been slashed, the role of the Highways Agency is being reviewed, and local authorities are in a state of near panic. Yet globally, spending on roads is at incr…
16 Dec 2010
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LED Revolution to Light up Birmingham
A groundbreaking programme to replace more than 95,000 street lights in Birmingham with state-of-the-art Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology which will cut carbon emissions and i…
26 Nov 2010
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Amey launches Apprenticeship Academy to develop the engineers of tomorrow
Leading public services provider Amey has launched a national Apprenticeship Academy, creating 100 new jobs for young engineers with support from Lord Digby Jones. It comes as Gove…
19 Nov 2010
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Amey wins Road Safety Scheme Award
Amey, working in partnership with Hampshire County Council, has won a prestigious Highways Magazine Excellence Award for its innovative ‘Village 30’ project. The awards, presented…
01 Nov 2010
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Amey Helps KickStart Government-Wide Energy Efficiency Drive
Leading public services provider Amey is helping to deliver a pioneering energy management contract for the Home Office which could save the government department £1 million in cos…
30 Sep 2010
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AMEY appoints new technical director
David is a chartered civil engineer with more than 35 years’ experience in the public sector. He will now be working within Amey’s award-winning consultancy, where he will develop…
07 Sep 2010
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AMEY safeguards jobs in Birmingham
Public services provider Amey, which created 300 new jobs through the £2.7bn Birmingham Highways PFI, has secured a further 15 jobs in the city, by acquiring the rail consulting ca…
06 Sep 2010
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West Midlands motorways ‘used as rubbish dump’
Working on behalf of the Highways Agency, local firm Amey is collecting enough litter to fill five Olympic sized swimming pools from motorways in the West Midlands every year – fro…
17 Aug 2010
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Amey named preferred bidder for North Lanarkshire roads contract
North Lanarkshire Council has today named Amey as the preferred bidder for its highways, street lighting and winter services contract. Under the agreement, worth up to £200m, Amey…
16 Aug 2010
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Young people complete ‘Drive for Safety’ with Amey at Silverstone
Two thirds of young drivers over-rated their ability – but 98 per cent now feel they are safer drivers, thanks to a pioneering road safety campaign by Amey. Only one in eight drive…
30 Jul 2010
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Amey awarded Network Rail contract to upgrade nine stations in South East
Amey has been awarded a top contract by Network Rail to extend platforms at nine stations in the South East of England so they can accommodate new 12-car passenger trains carrying…
14 Jul 2010
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Amey strengthened by acquisition of WYG’s Rail Consultancy
Leading public services provider Amey has today further strengthened its position as one of the UK’s biggest rail services providers after acquiring the national rail consultancy o…
01 Jul 2010
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Amey reaches financial close in equity sale of Tube Lines to Transport for London
Amey has today announced that it has reached financial close in the sale of its equity in Tube Lines (Holdings) Limited to Transport for London (TfL). Amey along with its partner i…
27 Jun 2010
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Amey expands in Colmore Plaza
Leading public services provider Amey is expanding its offices at Colmore Plaza to accommodate the specialist project team that will deliver the £2.7 billion Birmingham Highways PF…
21 Jun 2010
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Birmingham City Council gives Amey the green light to start work on upgrading Birmingham’s road network
This week marks the start of the £2.7 billion highways PFI, as Birmingham City Council’s long term partner Amey begins the upgrade and maintenance of the city’s infrastructure netw…
10 Jun 2010