Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has today unveiled Virgin’s new ‘Flying Scotsman’ train, celebrating one of the most famous names in railway history. Virgin Trains, which runs a four-hour ‘Flying Scotsman’ express service from Edinburgh to London, has re-liveried a locomotive to promote rail travel to and from Scotland. This marks a major milestone in the ‘Virginising’ of its fleet of trains into a distinctive Virgin red, as it continues to attract more people to travel on its trains, particularly...Read more

Renewables bring down the wholesale cost of energy, finds new study A new report shows that renewables are cutting the wholesale price of energy and lessening the impact of subsidies on bill payers. The report has been published today by independent energy company Good Energy and is backed by experts at the University of Sheffield. It follows recent announcements by the Government that it will cut subsidies for renewables such as solar and wind in order to keep bills as...Read more

Most Brits say companies still aren’t doing enough to secure their personal data 75% of Brits believe companies aren’t doing enough to secure their personal data – 15% said they had their personal data exposed by a leak or a hack. 77% think the internet is getting more dangerous, with 35% saying they don’t feel safe online Most have anti-virus security software, but only just over half use anti-spyware/malware and firewalls New research by the broadband, TV and mobile internet...Read more

Over 50s travel market at ABTA 2015 Reported on www.travelmole.com travel agencies seem to be missing an important opportunity according to travel industry expert Debbie Marshall. Debbie, Managing Director at the travel review website Silver Travel Advisor, informed ABTA 2015 delegates that only 5% of their marketing budgets are aimed at the growing over 50s market. TravelMole reported that Debbie said the average age of a PR and advertising executive is 35 and, as a result, many lack the understanding...Read more

easyJet launches new initiative to increase recruitment of female pilots Europe’s leading airline, has launched a new initiative to increase the proportion of new entrant easyJet pilots who are female, part of a new strategy to encourage the development of female pilots at all ranks and positions and will widen the pipeline of women who enter our pilot community. Just over 5% of easyJet's 2,500 pilots are female - in line with the industry as a whole. Currently women make...Read more

Caravan insurance specialist, Shield Total Insurance, has published the results of a recent online survey investigating 400 UK caravan and motorhome owners’ attitudes and behaviours in relation to road safety. The poll was conducted in light of a recent report by road safety charity Brake, which found that many road users have a tendency to overestimate the safety of their own driving and blame others for dangers on the road, while often disregarding traffic laws themselves. Caravan/motorhome owners often find...Read more

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easyJet, Bristol’s largest and the UK’s leading airline, has specially repainted one of its aircraft to celebrate the achievements of one of its Bristol-based cabin crew. James Baron, 28, from Longwell Green in Bristol was awarded with easyJet’s coveted ‘Spirit of easyJet’ award – an annual award presented to just one of 10,000 employees across Europe for going above and beyond and providing exceptional customer service. As part of the recognition, the airline repainted one of its Airbus A319 aircraft...Read more

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Bed & Breakfast choices for the internet age Gone are the days when we’d settle for a craggy old B&B with dingy fabrics and dark rooms, (though I remember visiting some fabulous B&Bs in the 70’s –Camber Sands springs to mind) nowadays thanks to the net we seem to be inundated with choice. The exciting prospect is we can expand the B&B choice not only to UK destinations but pretty much anywhere in the world, we explored a few of...Read more