Vauxhall set to announce plan to build electric vans at Ellesmere Port July 6, 2021 Vauxhall could announce plans to build electric vans at its plant at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire as early as today. It is understood that the new investment into the plant could be worth hundreds of millions of plans, and would protect about 1,000 jobs. If so, the investment would complete an excellent few days for [...]
Amber means Go! Travel industry awaits details on rule change for double-vaxxed Brits July 5, 2021 Travel industry in holding pattern awaiting details on rule change for double-vaxxed Brits
TfL opposes making masks optional as Boris Johnson looks to forget them July 5, 2021 Londoners may have to wear masks on the tube after 19 July, when Boris Johnson is expected to have abandoned the pandemic-imposed rule. However, different rules for Transport for London (TfL) tubes and national rail trains may confuse travellers, if masks become a thing of the past by the end of July. A spokesperson for [...]
TfL finances battered by £100m drop in advertising revenue July 5, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) has suffered a record £100m plunge in advertising revenue across its network after Covid restrictions prevented people using its services. The fall in ad revenues is the latest pandemic hit for TfL, which derives the vast majority of its revenue from fares, and has been bailed out to the tune of [...]
TfL must be ‘realistic’ on mega-projects, says deputy mayor, as wait for long-term funding deal goes on July 3, 2021 Heidi Alexander has a lot on her plate. In normal times, overseeing London’s transport network as Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for the sector would be quite the job, what with keeping the capital’s commuters happy while delivering huge infrastructure projects like Crossrail. And that is before the pandemic left TfL operating on a shoestring budget, [...]
Tesla hits record deliveries despite chip shortage July 2, 2021 Electric carmaker Tesla posted record vehicle deliveries for the second quarter as the firm handled the worldwide semiconductor shortage through sales of its cheaper models. The results were in line with analyst expectations, as the firm cooed the supply crisis better than many of its more established rivals. However chief executive Elon Musk has warned of [...]
Merkel: Double jabbed Brits will be able to visit Germany without quarantine in ‘foreseeable future’ July 2, 2021 Angela Merkel has today said British holidaymakers will be able to travel without quarantine to Germany in the “foreseeable future”, after previously indicating the opposite. Merkel said after a bilateral meeting with Boris Johnson today that recent “protective measures” at the German border were put in place when little was known about the Delta variant. [...]
Wizz Air ‘offers chief exec £100m bonus’ amid rapid expansion push July 2, 2021 Wizz Air has reportedly offered its boss Jozsef Varadi an £100m one-off bonus if he can more than double the Hungarian carrier’s share price over the next five years. The FT said that the low-cost airline had set up the bonus scheme in a bid to keep its chief executive in place amid a flurry [...]
Richard Branson set to beat Jeff Bezos in space race July 2, 2021 Sir Richard Branson is aiming to beat billionaire rival Jeff Bezos into space by just nine days after setting a launch date for his Virgin Galactic rocket ship. The entrepreneur plans to join as a passenger on VSS Unity as early as 11 July, subject to weather and technical checks. The journey to the edge [...]
Ride-hailing firms have ‘moral imperative’ to give drivers’ workers rights, says Heidi Alexander July 2, 2021 London’s deputy mayor for transport has said that ride-hailing firms have a “moral imperative” to offer their drivers basic workers’ rights. Speaking to City PM, Heidi Alexander said that City Hall would like to see minicab operators like Bolt and Ola adapt their business models to embrace the Supreme Court’s historic judgement on Uber. Her [...]
