WRAP Launches Mixed Plastics Loan Fund

July 22, 2010

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has announced that they will boost plastic recycling in the UK with a huge £2 million loan fund. The aim is to support the reprocessing of yoghurt pots, margarine ...

Sky Sells EasyNet for £100 million

July 22, 2010

BskyB (aka Sky) has confirmed that they are selling EasyNet Global Services, their business-to-business division of their telecommunications operations. The transaction will be to a management consortium that is backed by Lloyds Development Capital (LDC), which ...

US Approves Alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia

July 22, 2010

British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have been given antitrust immunity from the US Department of Transportation (DoT) for a tie-up that will see the 3 carriers cooperate on operating schedules and airfare prices. This comes ...

British Airways Cabin Crew Vote Against Offer

July 21, 2010

UK travelers may be in for more flight chaos with British Airways this year, as the carrier's cabin staff have rejected their most recent and final offer. Unite, the union, may now choose to ballot its ...

BT Call Charges Increase 10%

July 19, 2010

BT, the UK's telecommunications giant, says that they plan to put a 10% increase on call charges and a 50p rise on their monthly line rental starting this October. Most of the company's customers will be ...

BP Plugs Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak

July 19, 2010

BP has finally been able to plug the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico after the well has been spewing for 87 days. This news doesn't make anything better for the tourism industry on the ...

New Strike Threat for UK Airports

July 19, 2010

Travelers may face even more flight cancellations during the later part of this summer. This comes after Unite, the union, announced that they are going to ballot over 6,000 members for strikes over a pay dispute ...

CAA working overtime for stranded travellers

July 18, 2010

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that it is doing all it can for the over 16,000 Britons who were stranded overseas after the collapse of tour company Goldtrail. The south London-based Greece and Turkey travel specialist went into ...

Unilever signs IT contract with BT Global

July 18, 2010

Unilever has signed a four-year IT service contract with BT Global, with the ultimate goal of improving Unilever’s telecommunications infrastructure. The deal is worth £173 million, and through the help of BT, Unilever hopes to enhance the entire range of ...

BT says £2 billion needed for Broadband Rollout

July 16, 2010

The new UK coalition government has promised to make the nation the fastest in broadband in Europe by 2015. Since then, the industry has been abuzz about how much it will cost to deliver such an ...