Jaguar Land Rover’s sales to retailers surge as semiconductor shortages ease January 9, 2023 Jaguar Land Rover today reported a surge in the number of sales to retailers, as the semiconductor shortages that have plagued the automotive industry for the past three years begin to ease. The luxury car maker produced 79,591 vehicles in the three months to 31 December, 15 per cent up on last year’s levels. Wholesale [...]
UK enters space race: where to watch the launch of Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl January 9, 2023 Tonight sees the first launch of a space rocket via UK soil, with an expected launch window starting at 21:45pm tonight. The LauncherOne rocket be attached under the wing of a modified Boeing 747 owned by Virgin Orbit which will take off from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport. The mission, dubbed ‘Start Me Up’ mission is a collaborative effort [...]
China’s Covid wave fails to spook Rolls-Royce Motor Cars as carmaker dismisses future IPO January 9, 2023 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has suggested that the recent spike in Covid cases in China is unlikely to impact demand for its luxury cars, despite a slight drop in sales in China last year. Chief executive Torsten Muller-Otvos told journalists today that the carmaker’s sales were slightly behind 2021 levels due to Beijing’s strict zero-Covid policy, [...]
Motoring: Rolls Royce breaks a more than century old sales record January 9, 2023 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has exceeded its annual sales by more than 6,000 units for the first time ever. The luxury marque reported a “particularly strong year-on-year growth” over the past 12 months, as around 6,021 more cars were delivered across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Bespoke commissions also went through the roof in 2022, [...]
Which? demands boost to aviation regulator’s powers as passengers fume at airlines January 9, 2023 Which? has called on the government to bolster the aviation watchdog’s powers as fresh data reveals that passengers are losing faith in airlines’ ability to provide good customer service. Data published today by the consumer champion found that 39 per cent of adults who flew between January and October 2022 didn’t trust that airlines would [...]
RMT accuses train operators of profiteering as rail strikes drag on January 7, 2023 Train companies at the heart of the long-running rail dispute have made hundreds of millions of pounds in profits since the government put them on new contracts when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, a union claims. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said while rail workers have had their pay frozen in the same period, [...]
Gas prices down 20 per cent in last week but what does it mean for your energy bills? January 6, 2023 The average price of gas in the UK has fallen by 20 per cent in the last week, but Ofgem said it would have a “limited” impact on bills. Despite the drop, which is compared to the average price from February 2020, pre-Covid, the price of gas was still up one per cent on last [...]
Sunshine Saturday: Holiday bookings soar as Brits rush to get best deal amid cost-of-living squeeze January 6, 2023 Holiday bookings are set to skyrocket this Saturday as thousands of Brits rush to get the best deal amid the cost-of-living crisis. Figures published today by tour operator trade body ABTA show 61 per cent of people are planning to have a holiday abroad this year. Of those, 31 per cent say they want to [...]
RAC calls on Tesco and others to cut fuel prices as costs fall January 6, 2023 The RAC has called on Big Four supermarkets such as Tesco to further cut fuel prices as diesel and petrol prices fell by around 9 per cent in December. Data published today by the motoring group show that petrol went down by 8.4p to 151.1p per litre in December, whilst diesel decreased by 9.4p to [...]
Government to push through laws which would ban strikes among some public sector workers January 5, 2023 The UK Government is to introduce a set of strike-busting laws as public sector unions continue to ballot members on ongoing industrial action. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced the introduction of a bill in Parliament over the coming weeks, Over recent months, strikes – especially those on the railway [...]