Paul Humphreys / August 15, 2012 10:18 am
Google is getting deeper into the travel market with the acquisition of the Frommer’s travel guide business from publisher John Wiley & Sons. This also puts the search engine giant further into content publishing in an attempt to attract more [...]
Helen Young / July 12, 2012 11:02 am
According to a survey from Transport for London (TfL) and London 2012, 59% of businesses in central London and around venues for the Olympic Games are considering ways to cut down on the number of deliveries they have during the [...]
Helen Young / May 16, 2012 8:02 am
Online travel agent DialAFlight has warned concerned holidaymakers to dump their Greek euros in case the troubled nation abandons the currency. For the first time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has acknowledged that Greece may have to quit the euro, and [...]
Helen Young / April 20, 2012 8:09 am
WHSmith – the books, newspapers and stationery retailer – is planning to expand its focus on travel stores domestically and internationally. It wants to open new locations at travel hubs and in growing markets overseas, where sales are helping the [...]
Simon Mclaughlin / February 6, 2012 9:50 am
Network Rail chief executive Sir David Higgins is being pressured by MPs to reject a potential £340,000 bonus. The company, which is in charge of the nation’s rail infrastructure, is considering a new bonus scheme, which would reduce senior executives’ [...]
Briony Jones / January 18, 2012 1:11 pm
The Indian government says that it will soon launch a process that will allow foreign airlines to hold up to a 49% stake in the nation’s carriers. This had been a major demand from the struggling aviation industry. Civil aviation [...]
Briony Jones / January 9, 2012 9:09 am
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the number of car registrations in the UK fell 4.4% to 1.94 million in 2011. This is the lowest amount of registrations in over ten years. This followed a continued [...]
Simon Mclaughlin / August 30, 2011 8:00 am
The economic downturn has been effecting countries all over the world, and this does include Britain. One of the problems seems to be the fact that tens of thousands of people may now be forced to retire early. This would [...]
Briony Jones / August 24, 2011 9:14 am
The National Trust is alleged to have willingly misrepresented the Coalition Government’s proposed law changes via its campaign against policy reforms. Greg Clark, the planning minister, said the claims made by the charity that areas of the Green Belt will [...]
Briony Jones / August 19, 2011 8:05 am
Things are not looking so good for UK retail stores. In fact, reports now show that sales over the summer grew by the slowest amount since back in July of 2009, when the UK was going through its recession. To [...]