29 July 2010
Blueprint to Improve Performance Efficiencies
A blueprint to improve performance and efficiency in the highways maintenance industry to aid cash-strapped councils under fire from government cuts is being produced by a leading trade body.
28 July 2010
New Head for Britains Leading Highways Trade Body
The new head of Britain’s leading highways trade body has vowed to ‘develop stronger, productive and results-orientated outcomes across the sector’ despite the pressures of Government spending cuts.
Philip Hoare was appointed new chairman of the Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) at the organisations AGM in London last week and immediately committed the organisation to further improving the quality of highways management and maintenance in a bid to reinforce the message that reliable and safe roads are paramount to the social and economic needs of the nation.
Our mission is to serve the UK Highways Maintenance Industry by delivering the vision of the HTMA through fostering and developing standards, sharing and developing best practice and providing a forum for continuous improvement, understood and valued by the industry.
HTMA Key Aims
- Represent industry views to key stakeholders.
- Work to influence sector issues.
- Seek to change perceptions of highways management and maintenance in the UK.
- Offer specialised knowledge on highways maintenance issues.
- Promote best practice initiatives.
- Produce key industry information for the sector.
- Minimise disruption to the travelling public.
On behalf of its members, the HTMA strives to:-
- Build the future of the highways maintenance industry.
- Represent and clearly promote the views and interest of its members.
- Champion its members as drivers of innovation.
- Reinforce its members reputation and project positive industry image.
- Protect the UK's leading position in the highways maintenance services arena.
- Build alliances and relationships with key decision makers and opinion formers.
- Highlight to key stakeholders the economic importance of highways maintenance to the UK Economy.
- Provide one consistent voice for its members.