A new survey has revealed the lengths British motorists will go to avoid driving on the motorway. UK drivers travelled an additional 600 million miles last year to bypass the main thoroughfares according to new data from the AA. Under the study, the AA’s route planner was used by motorway-shy drivers to come up with [...]

The chief executive for FirstGroup, the UK bus and rail operator, has voiced his concerns that the British transport market in under threat. Sir Moir Lockhead said that state-backed foreign companies were in danger of achieving potential dominance inside Britain. His statement comes in the wake of the recent market movements by France’s SNCF and [...]

VisitBritain is the official website for information on travel and tourism in the United Kingdom, offering practical advice and great deals. The latest offering sees the online specialist team up with both Easyjet and British Airways to provide a range of new promotions for British cities. The new advertising campaign is a continuation from the [...]

It would appear that a number of UK airports are having to remain closed due to the adverse weather conditions, which are affecting the whole country. Airports like Gatwick, Bristol, Exeter and Blackpool had to remain closed yesterday due to worsening snow conditions. Other airports like Heathrow, Birmingham, Luton and Southampton remain open, but they [...]

Apparently a number of UK airports had to shutdown and a lot of rail services delayed recently due to a big freeze that continues to hold the UK at its mercy. Places like Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester had to close down their airports earlier in the week due to heavy snowfall and ice on the [...]

Recently there seems to be no hope for the UK travel industry. With reports of strikes, businesses closing and bad weather, it would appear that no one is going to make it to their holiday destination. However, the bad news is not over yet. Apparently bad weather continues to be a problem for many people [...]

The Scottish public agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced that it has allocated some £4 million in funding over the next three to four years for the iconic Cairngorm funicular railway. HIE claimed that its investment would see the site brought up to an appropriate standard that would enable bids from new contractors [...]

Britain’s leading car hire company Europcar has announced the UK launch of EuropcarClub which offers the flexibility of daily car hire with the benefits of a car club membership. The UK launch is a continuation of the successful French roll out in 2008. The program is a subscription based service which has two tiers – [...]

Fresh calls have come from health and travel experts for the need for travel insurance for those UK holidaymakers planning on visiting the Channel Islands following the end of a mutual agreement between the Islands and Britain. Securing effective travel insurance has been promoted as essential by Post Office Travel after the announcement earlier this [...]

Scottish ministers have been accused of providing misleading information regarding the costs of the Glasgow Airport rail link by the head of the Glasgow City Council Steven Purcell. Purcell has raised doubts over the accuracy of double-accounting on the rail project which has been scrapped by the government. The Scottish ministers had decided to disband [...]