Heathrow’s Cycle Hub was the proud winner of the Best Workplace Initiative at the London Cycle Awards 2013. The awards are a celebration of cycling in the capital, showcasing ground-breaking new cycling initiatives, as well as highlighting the best community and youth cycling projects. Over 2,500 people voted and Heathrow beat stiff competition from The [...]
British Airways is to extend its range of “hand baggage only” fares to all of its 32 short-haul routes at GatwickAirport. The new type of fare, which launched back in February, is already proving popular with customers on the initial five destinations from Gatwick – Amsterdam, Dubrovnik, Jersey, Tunis and Turin. Additional hand baggage only [...]
Ryanair have announced record coach transfer bookings following the launch of its partnership with European coach operator National Express, which offers Ryanair passengers travelling to/from London and Manchester affordable and direct coach travel. Ryanair passengers travelling to/from London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted and Manchester can avail of direct National Express connections to and from [...]
CD Tenerife 0 Alcala 1 Atletico Madrid B 0 CD Marino 1 CDT wound down their home league campaign in low-key style as they were chinned by lowly Alcala for the second season running. The result isn’t worth a tin of beans, unless you are a fan of Alcala. In that case, their battle to [...]
FOR the first time this season, Next Door are not top of Division Two! The long-time leaders have spluttered in recent weeks and they have finally been toppled from their perch. They suffered a shock 7-5 home defeat as Picasso’s claimed their prize scalp in the Torviscas derby. This gave Exiles A a chance to [...]
DAVID BECKHAM has brought the curtain down on his dazzling career, which has spanned 20 years. The 38-year-old East Londoner, has become a household figure throughout the world, and has made a fortune, said to be around £165 million, via football and his off-pitch activities, including promotional work for high-profile companies. As well as winning [...]
THE Fun Golfers’ ladies still can’t get anywhere near the pin, as they demonstrated at Los Palos during Sunday’s competition. More than 20 players took part in perfect conditions, and Jim Wilson showed the girls just how to do it by winning the men’s Nearest the Pin contest. Competition winners were Brian Anderson & Graham [...]
Online sales at John Lewis have passed the £1bn mark on a rolling 52 week basis, alongside a successful launch of a new multi-million pound web platform. The milestone comes a year ahead of the retailer’s forecast, which had estimated reaching £1bn of sales in 2014. The department store has invested nearly £40m in its [...]
IT is said that a sign of the property market recovery here is the sight of cranes on the skyline. No it wasn’t Confucius who said it but a bloke in the bar – and he did have a point! I have seen a few cranes dotted around, so fingers crossed that everything is on [...]
Heathrow has partnered with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to bring the best in traditional English gardens to welcome passengers into London. Until the 25th May, over 8 million passengers travelling through Heathrow will be welcomed with distinctive garden displays. In a first for the airport, the forecourts of Terminals 3, 4 and 5 will [...]
