Testimonials

Nottingham City Council, Sustainable Travel City bid

“STAR’s knowledge of local and national public transport initiatives and the links between social inclusion and transport, combined with their experience of preparing funding bids, made STAR the obvious choice to help with the preparation of the Greater Nottingham Sustainable Travel City bid. Norman and Clare’s input enabled us to pull together a creative but realistic bid within a tight deadline. STAR also supported us with partnership engagement activities resulting in a bid that has wide partner support. The bid has been shortlisted by DfT so thanks to STAR Nottingham is one step closer to receiving significant investment to make sustainable travel options a reality for our residents”.

Jennie Maybury, Nottingham City Council
Sustainable Travel City bid

Leicestershire County Council, Leicester Shire Economic Partnership, Leicestershire Rural Partnership.

“The projects undertaken by STAR on behalf of Leicestershire County Council and partners have been delivered on time and to budget. They have been well received by our partners and we have had a positive response from the public.”

Tony Kirk, Group Manager (Public Transport), Leicestershire County Council
Nottingham East Midlands Airport Transport Forum

NEMA Transport Forum

“I believe that the valuable contribution provided to the Airport Bus Partnership by STAR, was key to our success in attracting over £1.35m funding. This has allowed us to make significant improvements to the Airport bus network.”

Colleen Hempson, Ground Transport Manager, Nottingham East Midlands Airport

Derby City Council

“STAR’s expertise and commitment to a quality service are second to none. We have used STAR to assist us in a number of high profile projects and have found that they possess the relevant levels of skills to deliver to specification, on time and to an agreed budget. Their staff are experienced in many areas including public transport policy development and the preparation of bids. I’ve no doubt that our relationship with STAR will continue into the future.”

Peter Price, Transport Policy Manager, Derby City Council

Scottish Borders Council

“STAR was appointed to carry out a project to investigate, evaluate and implement a pilot demand-responsive bus service in the Scottish Borders. This project has been successful to date thanks to the efforts made by STAR in evaluating alternative service options and in defining an appropriate operational contract.”

Ian Forbes, Public Transport Coordinator,
Scottish Borders Council