Overweight Fliers May Soon Be Charged ‘Fat Tax’

Posted on: February 10th, 2012 Posted by Steven Powell

Due to a new Court of Appeal ruling, overweight airline passengers could be one step closer to facing a ‘fat tax’. Regardless of how people feel on the matter, the new court ruling means that fliers can’t file a lawsuit for being embarrassed on a plane after boarding. This Court of Appeal ruling comes just [...]

During a time when certain airlines are struggling to make ends meet, should executives be getting huge bonuses to line their pockets? Well, the founder of easyJet Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou does not think so. In fact, he has called out the airline to end these “fat cat bonuses.” Sir Stelios, whose family actually owns close [...]

Soon, there will be 50 more jobs created by Premier Inn. This news comes on the heels of an announcement made by Premier Inn that they hope to start building a new hotel and restaurant in Barry just next month. This will surely bring some much-needed relief to the local economy. The budget hotel chain [...]

Hong Kong Airlines Signs Deal with Airbus

Posted on: January 9th, 2012 Posted by Steven Powell

It now appears that plane manufacturer Airbus and Hong Kong Airlines have struck a deal worth about $3.8 billion at list price. Apparently, the deal will see Hong Kong Airlines buy 10 super jumbo A380 jets. This will be a big deal for, not only Hong Kong Airlines, but for Airbus as well. Airbus, which [...]

Office of Fair Trading Attacks Credit Card Fees

Posted on: December 29th, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell

After a huge investigation by the Office of Fair Trading, the government has now announced that it is going to ban companies from being able to apply hidden debit and credit card charges to increase the price of airline tickets. However, this ruling will also apply to people who buy things like concert tickets as [...]

London Bus sees Another Racist Woman

Posted on: December 19th, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell

Lately, it seems that racist women have been letting loose on public transportation. In fact, a new video clip shows another woman on a London bus ranting and yelling racist remarks. This video of course made its way onto YouTube, like most videos do nowadays. The video itself was secretly caught by a passenger on [...]

Christmas is almost here, and Carrentals.co.uk is celebrating it by launching its 12 days of Christmas Competition, Supporting StreetSmart. This year great gifts will be up for grabs like a new iPad 2, a vineyard tour, and London Eye tickets. These gifts will be offered to 13 lucky winners in this year’s Carrentals.co.uk ‘12 days [...]

HRG Shows Impressive First Half-Year Results

Posted on: December 1st, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell

Well, it seems that Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) has shown some very impressive first half-year results. In fact, the company has announced that its revenue has increased by 10 percent to £186.8 million. For the European region, however, revenue only rose by 8.7 percent to £125.1 million. This is still pretty good considering the state [...]

A90 Driver Banned from Being Behind the Wheel

Posted on: November 16th, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell

A lot of people tend to make fun of female drivers. Just about everyone has heard some kind of joke about women not being able to drive. Most of the time, these are unfounded jokes. Unfortunately, for women trying to lose that stigma, one has just been fined and banned from driving after she admitted [...]

Network Rail to be Fined for Bad Performance

Posted on: November 4th, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell

According to the most-recent reports, Network Rail is now all set to be fined for bad performance. The fines that are facing this rail company could add up to be worth millions of pounds. The fines were brought on the company after regulators said that the performance of the company just continues to deteriorate without [...]