London travel watchdog’s urge that bus demand review be postponed until fall July 7, 2021 Shedding bus routes and cutting frequencies, as part of an agreed bus demand review, has been slammed in a letter to the government by London travel watchdogs. As part of Transport for London’s (TfL) £1bn bailout, a review of bus demand in the capital was agreed upon. However, London TravelWatch, London First, the Campaign for [...]
On the Beach raises £26m to bolster ‘firepower’ ahead of end to quarantine July 7, 2021 Holiday firm On the Beach has today raised £26m through a share placing, giving it more “firepower” with which to tackle the continued challenges of the pandemic for travel. The company sold 7.8m new shares at a price of 330p, a discount of around 5.0 per cent on yesterday’s 347.5p closing price. A number of [...]
Airlines begin checking vaccination status as end to quarantine beckons July 7, 2021 Heathrow trial with BA and Virgin readies staff and travellers ahead of end to quarantine rules
Government lacks ‘convincing’ plan to get travellers back on trains July 7, 2021 The government does not have a “convincing and timely plan for encouraging passengers back to the railway” after the pandemic, a new report from the public spending watchdog has found. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that the lack of direction on this issue from the Department for Transport (DfT) risked pushing people back into [...]
Bus operators handed £226m in emergency Covid funding July 6, 2021 Bus operators will be granted £226.5m in government support to ensure vital services can continue to run after Covid restrictions are listed. Ministers today confirmed the new funding package will run from September until April and will be available to operators across England, outside London. The recovery funding will follow the current £1bn emergency support [...]
Lofty Crossrail to Heathrow fares to be capped at standard Tube rates July 6, 2021 Airport passengers using London’s Crossrail will have higher fares which could be capped at the standard rates for the Tube, according to reports. Passengers travelling to Heathrow will be charged a premium rate compared with the same journey on the tube. However, if passengers make other journeys using the Transport for London (TfL) network within [...]
Leaking cash: Thames Water notched up £50m in penalties last year and swung to loss July 6, 2021 Leaking cash: Thames Water notched up £50m in penalties last year
Vauxhall owner commits £100m to future of Ellesmere Port July 6, 2021 Vauxhall owner Stellantis will invest £100m in the car firm’s plant at Ellesmere in Cheshire, it confirmed this morning, ending months of uncertainty about the future of the factory’s 1,000 jobs. The site will be transformed into a facility for building electric vehicles in another significant coup for the UK car industry. Prime Minister Boris [...]
British Airways settles with victims of 2018 data breach July 6, 2021 British Airways has reached a settlement with thousands of claimants over a massive breach of customer data back in 2018, it was announced this morning. On 7 September 2018 the flag carrier revealed that the names, debit and credit card numbers, addresses and email addresses of over 420,000 people had been accessed in a security [...]
Travel Perk snaps up business travel firm Click Travel July 6, 2021 Business travel firm Travel Perk has this morning snapped up Click Travel, which handles £300m worth of travel for around 2,000 clients. It is the third and largest acquisition that Travel Perk has made since the Baupost Group-backed firm was founded in 2015. It said that the deal would establish the firm as the leading [...]
