Wishing upon a (Euro)star: London-Disneyland Paris services resume from Friday March 22, 2022 Eurostar announced today that services between London St Pancras and Disneyland Parils will resume from Friday following a two-year stop because of the pandemic. The train, which will take 2 hours and 49 minutes, will initially run four days a week, ramping up to five days during summer and other school holidays. “We are excited [...]
Auto Trader snaps up leasing marketplace Autorama for £200m March 22, 2022 Auto Trader announced today it has snapped up Autorama, one of the UK’s largest digital leasing platforms, for £200m. Auto Trader will pay an initial £150m in cash, while an additional £50m will be paid in shares a year after, but vesting over the following two. Subjected to regulatory clearance, the deal will be completed [...]
EasyJet scraps mask policy from Sunday March 22, 2022 Easyjet will remove the mandatory mask policy aboard its planes on Sunday, the company announced today. From next week, passengers will no longer be required to wear a face covering if the policy has been dropped at both ends of the route, becoming applicable on domestic flights as well as routes between the UK and [...]
Government funnels £3m in Hammersmith Bridge restoration works March 22, 2022 The UK Government will invest around £3m to carry out restoration works on Hammersmith Bridge, transport secretary Grant Shapps said this morning. “Almost £3 million will be invested by the government into vital works on Hammersmith Bridge,” Shapps tweeted. “This takes our total investment to nearly £7m, and will mean the bridge remains open to [...]
Govt threatens P&O Ferries with prosecution if company broke law over sacking of 800 seafarers March 22, 2022 Business minister Paul Scully has warned P&O Ferris could face prosecution if they are considered to have broken the law over the sacking of 800 seafarers. Scully told the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme: “If they have flouted the notification law where they are supposed to tell the Secretary of State when they are going [...]
Shell reconsiders decision to pull out of Cambo oilfield amid rising oil prices March 22, 2022 Shell is reportedly reconsidering its decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oilfield amid skyrocketing energy prices.
Not a single soul survived plane crash of China Eastern Boeing 737, Chinese state TV reports March 22, 2022 No survivors have been found in the wreckage of a plane that crashed yesterday with 132 people on board, China’s state broadcaster reports this morning. The China Eastern plane which crashed in a forested and mountainous area on Monday was the country’s worst air disaster in a decade. The Boeing 737-800 crashed near the city [...]
Experts call for “step change” in EV infrastructure roll out March 22, 2022 Electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure’s roll out needs a “step change”, industry experts warned today. In report published today by EV infrastructure company Connected Kerb, experts from EY, Motability and UKPN outlined that growing demand is not met by a similar roll out of infrastructure. While EV registrations went up 154 per cent of 2021 levels, [...]
Government to carry out safety checks on P&O following salary accusations March 21, 2022 Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government will carry out safety checks on P&O vessels, after unions accused the operator of paying the replacement crew £1.80 per hour. The Maritime and Coastguard agency was instructed to inspect the ferries before allowing them to re-enter service to make sure the crews are “safe and properly trained.” [...]
Moscow airport furloughs 7,000 people as sanctions continue to bite March 21, 2022 Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport has furloughed around 7,000 members of its staff after West’s sanctions on Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine. The hub – which last year saw 30.9 million passengers pass through its gates – furloughed 40 per cent of its staff, cutting pay by a third, Russian media reported. General director Mikhail Vasilenko [...]
