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Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy Limited |
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| Richard Armitage |
Managing Director |
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| Richard Armitage is the managing director of Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy Ltd., which he founded in 1990. He specialises in sustainable travel and community and accessible transport. He has been up to his neck in all forms of road-based passenger transport and travel for over 30 years. |
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| Kath Tierney |
Senior Travel Planner |
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| Kath Tierney is involved in all aspects of sustainable travel, including initial research, analysis of current travel arrangements, service design, marketing, service delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the results. She has worked directly on the implementation of travel planning in workplaces and residential sites, undertaking detailed site accessibility surveys, organising face-to-face survey work, and developing options for implementation by the client or by RATC on the client’s behalf. She undertakes facilitation of focus groups, presentations at seminars and workshops. She enjoys problem-solving, using a variety of techniques, from databases to on-line surveys. |
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| Deborah Oddy |
Community Transport Specialist |
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| Deborah Oddy previously worked freelance for RATC (2006-08) on community transport assignments in Northumberland, north Manchester and the West Midlands. Deborah joined RATC in September 2008 to develop and deliver our extensive community and accessible transport portfolio. Deborah Oddy brings more than 20 years of rural transport and voluntary sector experience to RATC. Her main areas of interest are business planning and organisational development; project management; employee and trustee training; mentoring and professional coaching. |
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| Ian Bewick |
On Secondment from TAS Partnership Ltd. |
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| Ian Bewick, has a BA (Honours) in European Urban & Regional Studies,and is currently seconded from TAS Partnership Ltd. working with RATC as a Travel Planner. With over a decade of sustainable transport experience, he is currently managing RATC's work in setting up a personal travel planning project in Wigan Borough. |
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| Chas Ball |
Associate |
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Chas Ball is our specialist adviser on car clubs and works with RATC on a range of sustainable travel assignments and projects. He recently organized an RATC conference with Transform Scotland Trust to commemorate 10 years of commercial car club operation in Britain.
He was the founder of City Car Club in 1999 and left the company towards the end of 2007. He has continued to advise the company on the management of its EU Civitas funded project and on local authority partnership issues. Other recent work has included strategic advice to Mendes Ltd, the operators of the new car club in Cork, Republic of Ireland. |
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| Dave Leech |
Graphic Design and websites |
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| Dave Leech is able to provide a turnkey graphic design service from initial roughs through to digital-ready artwork, from branding to house styles, and on to publication on the web or in print. He also produces cartoons, including the now famous RATC Christmas Card collection. |
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| Christmas card Gallery |
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| Jennifer Taylor |
Accounts and Administration |
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| Jen Taylor manages the RATC back office and the front-of-house at RATC’s many conferences and seminars. She is fluent with database management, computerised book-keeping, event organisation, survey processing, and client liaison. |
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