UK Business News

Were you one of the unlucky people who were stranded abroad during the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in April last year? The volcanic ash cloud closed most European Airspace for five days – the highest level of air travel disruption since the Second World War and saw thousands of UK airline passengers trapped.
One year on and [...]

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FirstGroup the UK’s largest rail and bus operator has announced one of the biggest orders that British transport has ever witnessed, at a time when escalating fuel prices are threatening to drive many motorists off the road.
The announcement of a £160m order for more than 955 buses over 2 years, comes as fuel prices across [...]

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Following a year that has tested the patience of both British Airways management, staff and passengers alike, the UKs number one airline have been in the news for some of the right reasons so far in 2011.
Most recently British Airways has announced a year long partnership with Comic Relief under the banner of Flying Start [...]

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The factory employees and management at the Land Rover plant in Solihull will be celebrating today (Thursday November 4th) as the company reaches a special landmark and the 1,000,000th Range Rover rolls of the production line.
The production line in the West Midlands has seen three generations of Range Rovers being produced at the factory over [...]

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Eurostar International have announced plans to introduce a capital investment of £700million into its fleet representing the first key initiative since the business’s recent transformation to a unified corporate entry.
From 2011 Eurostar will embark on a major programme of investment including a redesign and complete overhaul of the existing fleet and the purchase of [...]

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