Useful Links

Below are some useful links from the Rail Alliance.

Achilles 

Achilles works to identify, qualify, evaluate and monitor suppliers on behalf of major organisations worldwide. We build and support buyer-supplier communities in many industry sectors, creating unique and powerful global networks. Our services for sustainable procurement help create opportunities for business and reduce risk in the supply chain.

MAS West Midlands      

MAS, (Manufacturing Advisory Service) is one of the Governments Solutions for Business suite of offerings, jointly funded by BIS (The Department of Business Innovation and Skills) and the nine English Regional Development Agencies.        

 UK Trade & Investment   

   
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) can help you rise to the exciting opportunities and challenges that globalisation offers. They work with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets. 

UKT&I also encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.                      

Network Rail

Network Rail run, maintain and develop Britain’s tracks, signalling system, rail bridges, tunnels, level crossings, viaducts and 18 key stations.

Railway Strategies 
 

Railway Strategies is designed to help senior executives within the rail industry. Railway Strategies aims to be practical rather than political in its approach to railway matters, seeking positive ways forward on the many issues that the rail industry has to deal with.

The magazine focuses on company highlights and achievements and aims to share that information through the promotion of best practice. The editorial content includes a wide-ranging news section, authoritative feature articles, company profiles, and interviews with prominent figures in the industry.

The Rail Media Group     

  Click HERE for a Downloadable Rail Media Pack 

Railway Industry Association

The Railway Industry Association is the Trade Association for UK-based suppliers of equipment and services to the world-wide industry. It has around 140 member companies, active across the whole range of railway supply. That range is exceptionally diverse and includes many skills and resources which were previously part of the national railway undertaking but which now operate commercially in the private sector.

  Rail Freight Group 

   
The Rail Freight Group seeks to achieve its objectives by organising events, meetings and visits, by responding to consultation papers and by lobbying government, European institutions, the office of Rail Regulation and Network Rail.

     University of Birmingham

  For over a hundred years, learning and research at the University has played a major part in the success of the city, the region and the world - and has contributed to the advancement of knowledge and its application. We are determined to continue to be at the forefront of world research well into the 21st century.       
                    

                             University of Worcester                              

 The University of Worcester offers excellent courses and flexible study options, supported by high quality staff and first class, modern learning resources