WEST & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has elected a new chair of its transport group.

Sara Gilmore, a legal director at Addleshaw Goddard, has ten years’ experience in specialising in transport matters.

Transport continues to be cited by businesses in the region as a major concern. Ms Gilmore will be assisted by the group’s new vice-chair, Adrian Kemp of WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff.

She said: “The chamber transport forum is fundamental in collating the requirements of the business community and assimilating these with public-sector aims and constraints.

“I want to use my role to help push the chamber’s transport agenda. I can draw on a wealth of wider experience from others within my firm, although I already have a broad base of influence, acting for stakeholders like Network Rail, the Department for Transport and Keolis UK, but also in the wider business community.”