Car hire firm Sixt has said it is experiencing an increase in enquires from Brits about vehicle rental ahead of expected severe weather across much of the UK, as well as engineering work and strikes on Underground and rail networks. The company said that its switchboard was seeing a 72 per cent rise in calls.
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As schools break up for the Christmas holidays, the AA estimates that around 18 million cars will be taken out onto UK roads as people travel to see friends and relatives over the festive period. The busiest days are expected to be Thursday 22 and Friday 23 December. A London Underground workers’ strike announced for [...]

The government has announced plans to phase out paper driving licenses in 2015. After then, motorists will only be required to carry a photocard. Until then, however, drivers will still be required to produce the old paper licenses and hand it over to the police if they are stopped. Convictions will be stored on a [...]

An investigation has been launched into the high price of car insurance in the UK by the Office of Fair Trading. The body is looking into the £10 billion industry after it discovered that the average price of vehicle insurance had leapt by 21 per cent in just two years.
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Road and rail travellers in Scotland have been experiencing disruption because of heavy snow across much of the country. The A9 in the Highlands was closed for an extended period after a crash which involved seven vehicles. The central belt has been experiencing winds of up to 70mph, and rail services have been severely affected.
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The race is still on between British Airways owner International Airlines Group, and Virgin Atlantic, for the acquisition of troubled airline Bmi from present owner Lufthansa. In November, IAG signed an agreement with the German giant to work towards a deal. However, Lufthansa said that its dealings with IAG were not exclusive, and that it [...]

Following an agreement to purchase Northern Rock for £747 million, Sir Richard Branson has said that he will consider opening banks in railway stations between London and the north. Sir Richard is currently looking to have the Virgin Trains franchise on the west coast route renewed. The service carries around 30 million passengers annually between [...]

A new device is being tested by scientists, which airlines hope will deliver the answer to volcanic ash-cloud disruption. The Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector has been designed by Dr Fred Prata from Britain. It combines thermal cameras with data provided by satellites and atmospheric modelling so that pilots know where the ash cloud is [...]

Virgin Trains boss, Sir Richard Branson, has said that the government needs to judge the bids for the west coast mainline on the quality of service companies will deliver, rather than the amount of money they are prepared to put up. Virgin is up against French firm Keolis, backed by SNCF, and Dutch operator Abelio, [...]

Flag carrier British Airways has said that it will not be able to hire as many staff next year as it had planned to. The airline claims that the decision to hike Air Passenger Duty next year is the reason it will have to reduce the number of new jobs from 800 to just 400. [...]