A London hotel, base2stay Kensington, is offering free electric car hire to guests. The hotel was one of the first to be praised for its green credentials, especially in an industry which is often wasteful. Guests will be able to have up to four hours’ free hire of a new electric “Citroen EV’ie” this summer. [...]
London, UK. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today decided to accept the undertakings made by GB Oils Limited which address the competition concerns which arose directly arising from the newly completed acquisition of Brogan Holdings Limited. The merger , therefore, will not now be referred to the Competition Commission. Under the terms of [...]
Ryanair has announced today that it will cut UK flights by 16% this winter and carry 2 million fewer passengers. They blame the Governments £11 flight tax which Ryanair says “damages British traffic, tourism and jobs”. Winter capacity at London Stansted will also be cut by 17% with 135 fewer flights every week and a [...]
London, UK. The Office of Fair Trading has announced that after long and detailed talks, UK banks have agreed both to faster transfers and to giving much clearer information on interest rates on Cash ISA’s. This follows the “super complaint” made by Consumer Focus in March which fast tracks the OFT’s investigtions. After alleged pressure, [...]
London, UK. The Bank of England has released the latest mortgage lending approval figures today. They show aslight fall in the number of mortgage approvals at the beginning of the summer months, despite this normally being a strong time of year for the housing market. Mortgage approvals for home buying dropped to 49,815 in May, [...]
The drought affecting UK Lake District has resulted in a huge drop in the water levels of the Haweswater Reservoir, remains of the drowned village Mardale Green has re-appeared for the first time since 1935. Drinking water supplies are under threat, with a hosepipe ban about it come into force in many areas, although the [...]
Rubens Barrichello crossed the finishing line in fourth place in his AT&T Williams team’s car at this weekend’s European Grand Prix at Valencia. However, whilst he was in tenth position, Nico Hulkenberg’s FW32 suffered an exhaust failure which put him out of the race in the fiftieth lap. However, Rubens’ place remains provisional after an [...]
The base2stay hotel in London’s Kensington was one of the first to be praised for its green credentials. And it is now pioneering an electric hire car programme for guests, after Boris Johnson’s, the Mayor of London’s, drive to see the city become ‘the electric capital of Europe’. Guests will have up to four hours’ [...]
London, UK. The demand for cars, especially nearly new ones are expected to rise sharply over the coming months according to observers at Motorpoint. This they believe is in reaction to the forthcoming VAT increase. According to the car supermarket giant, which also sponsors the shirts of Newport Gwent Dragons, the prospects of saving costs [...]
According to new research, people with Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. A senior research fellow at the National Institute of Epidemiology, University of Surrey, Veena Soni Raleigh, has stated that “Diabetes and hypertension are much more prevalent among Britain’s 2.5 million Asian and African-Caribbean population than among the [...]
Plans are already underway by European automobile manufacturers to connect electrically chargeable vehicles to the electricity grid in a safe and user friendly way. Joint specifications have already been designed and defined to this end. The recommendations of the industry will allow and help the relevant EU organizations to quickly define a common interface between [...]
London, UK. The annual “White Tie and Tiarra Ball” was held at the home of Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish and Audi donated an A1 car which Britain’s foremost contemporary artist, Damien Hirst has successfully converted into a work of art. This unique Audi A1 car was spin painted by the artist [...]
A massive landslide caused by torrential rains in province of Guizhou in south-west China has killed 107 people. The local authorities say there is no chance that any of them could have survived the disaster. Rescue operation has now begun, but there is no official statement on exactly how many have died. Floods which hit [...]
A series of British Insurance Vehicle Security awards have further established the high security standards Audi has incorporated in some of its latest models. The awards were presented by the Motor Insurance Research Centre based in Thatcham. Audi won four awards in different categories in the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards. Audi’s A4 range model [...]
London, UK. Figures just released in the UK for the first quarter of 2010 show that used car sales were 7.6 per cent down on the same period last year. The biggest sales fall were in the so-called “upper medium” segment, where sales fell by 12.2 per cent, followed by the “multi-purpose vehicles” segment which [...]
After her exciting World Cup performance and top hit “Waka, Waka”, Shakira has announced she will have a 2010 world tour – and released full details of her highly anticipated return to Europe. The European Tour will begin on November 16th in Lyon, France at La Halle Tony Garnier. Shakira has over 214 global award [...]
London, UK. The planned increase in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and the abolition of taper relief are causing concern to small and medium sized enterprises – and they are the businesses which have been hit hardest by the recession. This is according to Tim Ashley Sparks, Managing Director, Bartercard UK, who commented that the increases [...]
It is looking more likely that Mel Gibson Hollywood director and star is likely to buy a, castle in Calabria, Italy, following attempts to obtain a discount believed to be 10%. After he filmed “The Passion of the Christ” in the small South Italian town of Matara, he has reportedly decided to look for a [...]
After months of discussion and argument, the Chinese government has announced that it will shortly allow its currency to move in accordance with international markets and demand, in a process known as “free currency movement”. The Chinese Central Bank will attemopt to mange the stability of tthe Yuan currency stable and has been at pains [...]
BT has received 24,000 applications for the 221 vacancies on its’ apprenticeship scheme so far this year – that’s 100 applicants for each vacancy. In the meantime the telecoms company is involved in a huge dispute which could result in the first strike in the industry for 27 years. The results of a strike ballot [...]