Renault will alert prosecutors over costs for Carlos Ghosn’s Versailles wedding February 7, 2019 French car firm Renault will alert prosecutors over a sponsorship deal with the Palace of Versailles which included a €50,000 (£43,720) benefit to its ousted boss Carlos Ghosn. Renault’s internal probe, launched after Japanese authorities arrested Ghosn in November, has “identified that Mr Ghosn was accorded a personal benefit valued at €50,000 under the terms [...]
Commuters hit with severe morning delays on Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines February 7, 2019 Commuters continue to be severely disrupted by delays to the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines due to signalling problems. The Metropolitan Line was hit with severe delays this morning after a Tube driver went through a red light at Harrow-on-the-Hill forcing following trains to be stopped as a safety procedure. https://twitter.com/metline/status/1093451576574988288 Got held up at #Harrow On [...]
Qantas drops order for eight Airbus superjumbo jets February 7, 2019 Australian airline Qantas has cancelled an order for eight Airbus SE A380 superjumbo jets, in the latest blow for the model. “Following discussions with Airbus, Qantas has now formalised its decision not to take eight additional A380s that were ordered in 2006,” a Qantas spokesman said. Read more: Boeing and Airbus to deliver $4.3bn worth of [...]
Tube delays: Severe delays hit Circle Line and Hammersmith & City Line with London Overground part suspended February 7, 2019 Severe delays were affecting three London lines this morning as commuters made their way to work. Read more: Watchdog bans Red Bull Tube ad telling workers to clock off early A signal failure at King’s Cross was behind severe delays on both the Circle Line and the Hammersmith & City Line this morning – both [...]
Growth set to slow at Norwegian Air as carrier puts profits front and centre February 7, 2019 The pilots at Norwegian Air have taken their foot off the accelerator, with growth set to slow as it tries to put profits ahead of expansion. The low-price airline said growth will ease up from 18 per cent in the first quarter of this year to minus one per cent in the final quarter. It [...]
Households told to cough up as Ofgem raises energy price cap by over £100 February 7, 2019 Households could be left more than £100 out of pocket each year as Ofgem hikes up the price it lets suppliers charge for energy. The regulator said this morning it will increase the government's energy price cap, which was meant to save customers from rip off deals, by £117. Read more: Ofgem price cap: What [...]
Self-driving cars to hit UK roads by the end of the year February 6, 2019 Completely driverless cars could be on UK roads by the end of this year, after the government today said it would be overhauling existing regulations. The change by the Department for Transport will allow self-driving cars to be trialled on any public road without a human safety driver behind the wheel, however they must have [...]
BMW-owned car sharing venture Drivenow expands electric car fleet February 6, 2019 BMW's car sharing service Drivenow has added 130 all-electric cars to its London fleet, as it pushes to meet the capital's air quality requirements. The extra 130 BMW i3 vehicles will join Drivenow's current electric fleet of 50 cars, as well as its other 540 BMW and Mini vehicles across the city. Drivenow said the [...]
HS2 station contracts worth £2.56bn awarded to Mace, Balfour Beatty and Vinci February 6, 2019 HS2 has tasked construction firms Mace, Balfour Beatty and Vinci with building the project’s London terminus and west London super-hub at Old Oak Common, in deals worth £2.56bn. Mace and joint venture partner construction firm Dragados will take on the work at Euston, worth £1.65bn, in an award which will come as a blow to [...]
Volvo recalls 167,000 cars after it finds flaw in tailgate February 6, 2019 Over 150,000 Volvo owners will have their cars recalled after the company discovered problems with the tailgate, the company said. The recall includes 13,000 XC60 SUVs in the UK, 23,500 in China and 13,000 in the company’s native Sweden. Read more: Volvo recalls over 200,000 cars worldwide over leaky fuel pipes “Volvo Cars investigations have [...]