Eurostar ramps up daily train services between London and Amsterdam as demand skyrockets July 4, 2022 Eurostar said this afternoon that it plans to run more direct trains between London and the Netherlands to meet growing demand. A fourth daily weekday service will operate in both directions between London St Pancras International and Amsterdam via Brussels and Rotterdam from September 5. The extra service from London will depart at 6.16am, with [...]
Patents for driverless car technology rise as makers try to avoid litigation July 4, 2022 Patents for automotive wireless technology submitted by car makers have jumped by 4.9 per cent in the last year, according to research published today. Figures from intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire went up from 945 in 2020 to 991 – a threefold increase on 2016 levels. According to Mathys & Squire, the reason [...]
Sustainable deliveries: Amazon launch first e-cargo bike fleet in central London July 4, 2022 Amazon deliveries across London are set to become more sustainable from now on, as the e-commerce titan launched today its first fleet of e-cargo bikes and walkers. Stored in Amazon’s Hackney hub, the new fleet will make more than one million deliveries a year across 10 per cent of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). [...]
Labour pledges to create 30,000 EV jobs as UK lags behind competitors July 3, 2022 The Labour Party has pledged to create 30,000 electric vehicle (EV) new jobs – both in factories and across the supply chain – within the next three years. The move is part of Labour’s plan to partly fund three additional gigafactories by 2025, as it warned the UK’s investment in EV and battery production was [...]
Lotus raises £74m for EV push July 3, 2022 Luxury marquee Lotus Cars has raised £74m for its electric vehicle (EV) push. The Norwich-based car maker secured £50m in borrowings from Santander, while its Chinese and Malaysian owners Geely and Etika chipped in with a £24m loan. The backing will enable Lotus to transition to EVs, developing a prototype to base all models on [...]
easyJet execs jet off to Mallorca resort while passengers bear weight of travel chaos July 3, 2022 easyJet’s senior executives are jetting off to Mallorca this week while thousands of passengers bear the weight of the ongoing travel chaos. The airline’s management team are set to have a two-night corporate retreat at luxury resort Iberostar in Palma, which counts an infinity pool and a sunset champagne bar among its many amenities. Bosses [...]
DfT speeds up staff security checks as disruption continues at UK airports July 3, 2022 The Department for Transport (DfT) has assured it was speeding up the process to give aviation staff security clearance while disruption continues at UK airports. Counter-terrorism checks are now being processed in 10 days on average – half the time it took in March – while accreditation now takes 5 days, Sky News first reported. [...]
Brits to face further travel woes as airlines prepare to announce fresh wave of cancelled flights July 2, 2022 Airlines using the country’s busiest airport are readying to announce a new torrent of cancellations next week. According to The Telegraph, airlines using the west London airport must tell officials which flights will be scrapped by Friday, before the school summer holidays begin. Tens of thousands of Brits are set to have their holiday plans [...]
Confirmed: Thousands of post Office collection and cash delivery workers to strike on 14 July July 1, 2022 Post Office collection and cash delivery workers are to stage a one-day strike later this month in a dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) employed in supply chain and admin jobs will walk out on 14 July. The workers deliver cash, valuables and essential supplies to thousands of sub-post offices, process [...]
Zero sympathy: Jacob Rees-Mogg slams ‘selfish’ and ‘unnecessary’ strikes July 1, 2022 Brexit Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit out at “selfish” strikers, claiming that they are hampering productivity in the Civil Service. The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency was about the numbers of people in the Civil Service who have returned to the office. “Well, they were getting better until the railways went on strike,” [...]