The TAS Partnership 25 years of progress In Num be rs
1,463 The number of projects TAS has completed over 25 years
80%
The percentage of UK local authorities TAS has worked with or for
290
The number of different clients TAS has had
77
The number of different transport operators TAS has worked for over the last decade
312
Total number of people who have worked for TAS
20
years’ service from the voice of TAS Heather Smith
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different sets of premises, from the founder’s front room to Guildhall House, our base since Christmas 2001
John Taylor, Chris Martin, Nick Tushingham, Pete Thorley, Chris Cheek, John Atkins, Sarah Huntley, Matthew Moll, Richard Armitage, Chris Stockton, Steve Warburton, John Godfrey, Meera Rambissoon, Robin Taylor, Nick Dangerfield, Adrian Grant, Iain Macbriar, Adam Stephenson, Ashley Ballard.
The past, the future and the people… 2014 is a momentous year for passenger transport specialists The TAS Partnership Limited– with September marking 25 years since its founding by the late Peter Huntley. In those 25 years, TAS has made a powerful and unparalleled contribution to the advancement of passenger transport in the UK, from the development and creation of government policy to pioneering Community Transport initiatives www.taspartnership.co.uk
and transforming bus networks and fares structures. TAS provides insight into what stimulates the bus industry, contributes at every opportunity it gets, and continues to hold a stake in the industry’s future. “Pretty much everybody who is anybody in the industry has come across TAS one way or another, because of the spread of our activities, the opportunities that we have taken to assist progress and the influence that our reports 1
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and publications continue to exert,” says TAS managing director, Adrian Grant. This supplement commemorates the achievements of TAS, reflects on current endeavours and looks towards TAS’ future as the leading independent voice in the industry. Co ntact Us www.taspartnership.co.uk sarah.huntley@taspartnership.com 01772 204988