Nathalie Thomas, previously Chief Business Correspondent at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, has started at the Telegraph Media Group as a Business Reporter. She will cover leisure and transport for the business department, taking over from Alistair Osborne, who is now leading the department’s features and investigations.

American Express Meetings & Events, a full-service global meetings and events management provider, has today announced the UK rollout of MEETINGS EXPERT. The new service provides companies with an experienced sourcing and contract negotiation expert for meetings organised outside the scope of a managed, centralised meetings and events programme. (more…)

Less than One Third of Companies Have Updated their Travel Policies within the Last Year According to New Research from American Express Global Business Travel

New research by American Express Global Business Travel outlines gaps and opportunities for companies to strengthen managed travel programmes by focusing on their travel and expense policies early this year. Analysing nearly 100 travel policies of global, multinational, and mid-sized companies, the research shows less than one third of these companies overall have updated their travel policies within the last year. This oversight can leave companies exposed to losing hard-earned corporate negotiated rates, and more importantly, may put travellers at unnecessary risk. (more…)

WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 27, 2012 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, rolled its 400th Citation Mustang off the assembly line at its Independence, Kan., facility. This milestone was accomplished in a little more than five years since the Mustang’s first delivery in November 2006. (more…)

WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 17, 2012 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, said the Citation Ten prototype made its first flight today. The flight lasted more than two hours and included tests of stability and control, handling qualities, functional operations including the autopilot and autothrottle system, engine operability and avionics before landing at Wichita, Kan. Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) where Cessna’s main manufacturing facility is located. (more…)