Khan moves toward running London Tube on 100 per cent renewable electricity June 27, 2022 Sadiq Khan will today begin the London Underground’s transition to being carbon neutral as he opens London Climate Action Week. The mayor of London will today launch a Power Purchase Agreement, with the first tender spent on ensuring “10 per cent of TfL’s required electricity from renewable energy sources” along with “new build assets”. Khan [...]
Centrica withdraws from Bulb auction as bidding deadline approaches June 26, 2022 British Gas owner Centrica has withdrawn from the auction to snap up collapsed energy provider Bulb in a blow to government’s efforts to find a buyer for the firm.
Calls grow for ministers to block Chinese acquisition of British aerospace firm June 26, 2022 The government is being urged to step in and block the acquisition of British aerospace firm AIM altitude by a state-controlled Chinese group as fears grow over the influence of China in British businesses.
Brits suffer weekend travel chaos as RMT goes ahead with third strike June 25, 2022 Strike action has entered its third day on the UK's rail network this week, causing severe disruption to passengers across the country.
Far from over: New rail strike alert amid fears of weekend travel chaos June 24, 2022 A fresh alert has been issued to train passengers amid fears that many are reluctant to abandon leisure trips planned for Saturday despite another rail strike taking place. Only a fifth of services will run and half of lines will be closed as 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network [...]
Checking out: CEO of travel giant TUI announces departure after more than 10 years in the job June 24, 2022 Fritz Joussen, the CEO of travel group Tui has announced his resignation after 10 years as boss of the firm and leading it through the pandemic. Joussen will step down from the German holiday giant at the end of September, when he will be replaced by the company’s chief financial officer, Sebastian Ebel. Mr Joussen [...]
AA praises Asda for not surging petrol prices as diesel approaches dreaded £2 litre milestone June 24, 2022 Motoring group the AA has praised supermarket chain Asda for preventing further fuel surges, as the price of diesel moved within 0.2p of the dreaded £2-litre. The organisation’s fuel price report showed this morning that on average, big oil firms’ forecourt reached the milestone, but it could have been much worse. The AA said while [...]
Editorial: Is anybody willing to take responsibility for Strike Island? June 23, 2022 Welcome to Strike Island, then. British Airways’ ground handlers – or at least, a chunk of them – are now joining an ever-growing list of unionised workers who have picked walkouts over work amid a heightening cost of everything crisis. Whether it’s wise for union leaders to take their staff out on strike at the [...]
Govt’s union bill could break law, legal experts say June 23, 2022 Lawyers have said the government’s plans to overturn laws that prevent agency staff from filling in for striking workers could face legal challenges under both UK and international law. The comments come after the government set out plans to repeal the “burdensome legal restrictions” that block staffing agencies from sending in temporary workers during strikes. [...]
Khan lashes Shapps for refusing to meet over TfL funding as latest deal runs out June 23, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at transport secretary Grant Shapps for refusing to meet with him over Transport for London (TfL) funding, despite the body’s latest deal running out tomorrow. The mayor of London told a group of journalists today that Shapps had not answered formal requests for a meeting that was made two weeks [...]