Zenith offers intelligent vehicle solutions for blue-chip brands. It is the UK’s leading independent leasing, vehicle outsourcing and fleet management provider for cars, vans, trucks and trailers, specified, sourced, funded and managed.

Headquartered in Leeds, its 1,480 employees manage over 167,000 vehicles, with operations spanning the breadth of the automotive market with commercial vehicles, corporate fleets and consumer leasing.

Zenith is a part of the EV100 – a global initiative which is committed to accelerating the transition to electric vehicles and making electric transport the new normal by 2030.

Through Zenith’s award-winning product and service offering and colleague expertise, the company is enabling road transport decarbonisation, reducing air pollution and tackling climate change.

First Bus North & West Yorkshire is the largest bus operator in the region. We are a leader in sustainable mobility and at the forefront of developments to create greener public transport. Our York depot is now net zero, one of the first in the country, and the only one Yorkshire to rely solely on electric charging. Bramley in Leeds is home to the largest zero emission fleet in West Yorkshire. We employ a team of some 2,250 people across 7 depots and transport around 1.75m customers a week.

Ousewem is an innovative flood resilience project, identifying and delivering nature-based solutions (NbS), including natural flood management (NFM), to reduce flood risk in vulnerable North Yorkshire communities, spanning Yorkshire’s Swale, Ure, Nidd and Ouse (SUNO) catchments.

This project is funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes which is managed by the Environment Agency. The programmes will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.

Ousewem is led by City of York Council in close collaboration with North Yorkshire Council alongside our delivery partners JBA, Natural England, Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust and the University of York.