Card fees for paying for London taxis removed for all passengers April 5, 2016 Those using cards to pay for their London taxis will no longer have to pay a surcharge, in a move that will help keep the industry competitive against the likes of Uber. The move means passengers should never pay more than the amount shown on the meter due to the method of payment that is used. [...]
Tube strike: Hammersmith and City line RMT drivers in dispute with “overbearing management” April 4, 2016 A Tube strike could be on the cards after Hammersmith and City line RMT drivers entered a dispute over what it calls an "overbearing management team". The RMT union said that there had been a breakdown in industrial relations, and the National Executive Committee has advised that it is now in dispute. The National Executive [...]
Presented without comment: These are Britain’s cheapest cities for train travel April 1, 2016 The cost of train travel varies hugely depending on where you live in Britain, according to research released today – and although Londoners love nothing more than to complain vociferously about how much their train fares set them back, it turns out the cheapest places for train commuters are big cities. Glaswegians pay the least for their [...]
The Tesla Model 3 has finally been unveiled: Here’s what Elon Musk has told us so far April 1, 2016 After the kind of hype (not to mention queues outside stores) only Apple tends to create, it's finally here: in the wee hours of this morning, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's "car of the people" – the Model 3. Musk said the car is the "next logical step" of Tesla's "secret master plan" to make the [...]
Takata’s share price is crashing as airbag recall balloons March 30, 2016 Shares in Japanese airbag manufacture Takata have slumped after the supplier warned the recall of its airbag inflators, fitted into millions of cars around the world, would exceed earlier estimates. The total cost of the recall is expected to come in at 2.7 trillion yen (£16.6bn), £5bn more than analysts at Jefferies had previously estimated. Takata, it [...]
General Motors given the go-ahead to acquire driverless car startup Cruise Automation March 28, 2016 The Federal Trade Commission has green-lighted General Motors' purchase of Cruise Automation, a Silicon Valley startup that makes the technology behind self-driving cars. The FTC and Justice Department has granted the transaction "early termination", or quick antitrust approval. The acquisition of Cruise Automaton – which has only 40 employees – has been reported to be worth over $1bn in [...]
Uber boss Travis Kalanick says IPO is not on the near-term agenda March 28, 2016 Uber's chief executive Travis Kalanick has stated there are no plans to float the company on the stock market in the near future. The ride-hailing app firm's boss and co-founder told CNBC that he is "going to make sure [an IPO] happens as late as possible", adding that a flotation is definitely not going to happen [...]
Shares in African budget airline Fastjet closed down over 10 per cent yesterday following EasyJet owner’s warning letter March 24, 2016 Fastjet's share price plunged yesterday, dropping by 10.95 per cent to close at 30.50p. The stock dipped on the first day of trading since Easy Group owner Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou sent a letter to the African budget airline, threatening legal action over a series of alleged licence breaches. Easy Group – parent company of EasyJet – [...]
HS2 rail link gets the go ahead, passes commons vote with 399 votes to 42 March 23, 2016 The high speed rail link known as HS2 between London and Birmingham has taken another step towards final approval after it was voted through by MPs in the House of Commons this evening. The project, which sports a price tag of £56bn, passed by a landslide 399 votes to 42, backed by both the Conservative and Labour leadership. It now [...]
Brussels attack: Travel disruption will continue as Brussels’ Zaventem Airport to remain closed until Saturday March 23, 2016 Brussels' Zaventem Airport is set to remain closed on Friday, it's been reported by the Belga News Agency as the operation to secure the airport continues. Attacks on the airport yesterday left as many as 11 people dead after two explosions. One British national is among those injured. The Maalbeek metro station was also targeted, killing 20 others. A total 260 people were wounded [...]