Archive for year: 2012

The Rt Hon George Osborne MP – The Chancellor – is planning a New Year’s gift to each and every one of us!

Before you reach for a drink to toast his health…… you should think again.

He plans a Petrol and Diesel duty to rise by 3p per litre in January 2013 – THAT’S 16p per Gallon

In a few days’ time in his autumn statement he will lay out his plan. The RAC and FairFuelUk have been lobbying for many months to get this rise scrapped. More details can be found here.

Both organisations met a group of influential MPs only last week and they believe that the results of such a poll could be critical in the run up to the Autumn Statement, even at this late stage.

Please help them by completing this short survey here.

Remember if fuel goes up – everything from bread and milk to public transport will rise.

BAA has advised passengers flying from Heathrow to allow extra time when checking in.

There are extra security measures and bag searched in place that will increase the time it takes to get from Check –in to the departures lounge.

The advised times are as follows

“You are advised to check in as early as possible. As a general guide, you should aim to arrive:

• Long-haul and El Al: three hours before scheduled departure
• European flights: two hours before scheduled departure
• UK and Ireland flights: 90 minutes before scheduled departure*

* please note, due to the recent change in security, passengers may wish to allow an additional 30 minutes for domestic flights.”

Further information can be found at CLICK HERE

In an effort to revamp their market share Ford have  introduced a small MPV called the ‘B Max’.

From what we have seen this vehicle shares many similarities with its family members (S max & C max).  The auto express rate it as a winner for the small family market.

Find out more here

Several useful tools have been made available that should assisting in helping travellers minimise the impact of the games on their travel plans.

 

Information can be found here

Ford have announced their new high end tourneo as a ‘concept’ – looks good though

More details and pictures can be found here

No news on whenor even if it will be comming to market