News, Views and Opinions
As well-known experts on a wide variety of rail industry topics, we are are often called upon to give our views in the media, or to share our opinions on the big rail issues of the day, and we welcome feedback from everyone on these.
First Class Partnerships and its directors are also often featured in the news, and a selection of recent news articles about us are provided.
Latest News, Views and Opinions
FCP appointed to assist Saudi Arabian government with two major projects
3rd November 2007
A tri-partite consortium of Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), the National Commercial Bank (NCB, the biggest bank in Saudi Arabia) and SNCF International has approached FCP to provide a senior and highly specialist industry resource to manage and protect the interests of the consortium across two very high value and high profile projects that they are financing in Saudi Arabia.
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3rd November 2007
A tri-partite consortium of Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), the National Commercial Bank (NCB, the biggest bank in Saudi Arabia) and SNCF International has approached FCP to provide a senior and highly specialist industry resource to manage and protect the interests of the consortium across two very high value and high profile projects that they are financing in Saudi Arabia.
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Nelson's Column
8th May 2008
Network Rail must drop the arrogance, read the signs and accept that a move towards a more customer focused railway is inevitable
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8th May 2008
Network Rail must drop the arrogance, read the signs and accept that a move towards a more customer focused railway is inevitable
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Key issues arising from the Government's rail strategies
28th November 2007
At a two day conference sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport to consider key issues arising from the Government's Rail strategies, John Nelson closed the proceedings with an address that questioned whether the necessary leadership structures were in place to enable successful delivery. Other speakers at the Conference included Ian Coucher, Chief Executive of Network Rail, Tom Harris MP Minister of State for Transport, Richard Brown, Chief Executive Eurostar, and Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary of State for the Conservative Party.
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28th November 2007
At a two day conference sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport to consider key issues arising from the Government's Rail strategies, John Nelson closed the proceedings with an address that questioned whether the necessary leadership structures were in place to enable successful delivery. Other speakers at the Conference included Ian Coucher, Chief Executive of Network Rail, Tom Harris MP Minister of State for Transport, Richard Brown, Chief Executive Eurostar, and Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary of State for the Conservative Party.
See all of our opinions on key rail industry issues.