The average road user in London loses up to £1,680 every year due to traffic jams, new analysis has shown.‘Congestion costs Brits billions of pounds each year. Unaddressed, it will continue to have serious consequences for national and local economies, businesses and citizens in the years to come’ Trevor Reed, InrixRoad congestion in the UK costs the economy nearly £8bn annually, according to transport data firm Inrix, which also looked at where drivers are most likely to be held up while travelling.Elsewhere in the UK, Inrix calculated that motorists in Edinburgh are losing up to £1,219, while drivers in Manchester are losing up to £1,157, and those in Leicester as much as £1,145.Liverpool, at £878 per driver, had the lowest cost of congestion among the cities studied in the report.The UK’s motorways are often too busy (PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images)Sitting in trafficLondon and Edinburgh are said to be the UK’s slowest cities. … [Read more...] about Most congested roads in the UK revealed, with traffic jams costing drivers £1,317 a year
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UK offered Nissan Brexit assurances, 80 million pounds for car…
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain promised Nissan up to 80 million pounds ($104 million) of support and offered Brexit-related assurances to help secure a major investment from the Japanese carmaker in 2016, according to a well-guarded letter released on Monday. A man drives a forklift at the Nissan car plant in Sunderland, Britain February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble Nissan said in October 2016 that it would build the next generation of its Qashqai and X-Trail sport utility vehicles at its northern English Sunderland plant, but on Sunday canceled plans to build the X-Trail as diesel sales slide in Europe. The original decision, which would have created 740 new jobs, was hailed by Prime Minister Theresa May, who had newly taken office at the time, as a major boost to Britain as it began the process of extricating itself from the European Union. But the letter, which the government refused to publish on multiple occasions, had prompted accusations that ministers were doing … [Read more...] about UK offered Nissan Brexit assurances, 80 million pounds for car…
UK promised Nissan 80 million pounds of support for 2016 car…
People walk past a sign at the Nissan car plant in Sunderland, Britain February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) - Britain promised about 80 million pounds ($104 million) in support to Nissan in 2016 as part of a major investment by the Japanese carmaker in its British car plant just four months after the Brexit vote, the Financial Times reported on Monday. In a letter from business minister Greg Clark to then Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, the British government also promised to protect the car sector as Britain leaves the European Union. “It will be a critical priority of our negotiations to support UK car manufacturers, and ensure their ability to export to and from the EU is not adversely affected by the UK’s future relationship with the EU,” the letter read, according to the FT. “In any circumstance, the government will ensure that the UK continues to be one of the most competitive locations for automotive and other advanced manufacturing … [Read more...] about UK promised Nissan 80 million pounds of support for 2016 car…
Letter From The UK: Lost In England (In An Audi SQ7)
England is a small country, yet the biggest of the four that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The others don’t like us much; they see us as conquerors as if we could do anything about changing history. In Scotland, some want independence from the Union and in Wales they put up all their signs in Welsh as well as England in a message of national defiance that just confuses tourists. Northern Ireland meanwhile historically has had terrible troubles of its own, but despite it all we’re still sticking together, demonstrating that it is economics, not love, that conquers all. As mentioned, England is a small country. It would fit three times into France or Spain and there are several of your United States that are larger by area, yet we have one of the largest populations in Europe. In short, this is one crowded nation. It has been fully mapped for centuries, every road and every lane, every contour and every feature of interest is documented. We … [Read more...] about Letter From The UK: Lost In England (In An Audi SQ7)
Million pound ‘mania’ as price tags peak on Norfolk mansions for sale
PUBLISHED: 17:28 12 May 2018 Caroline Culot St Mary's House, Brancaster, for sale for a guide pride of £2.95 million with Jackson-Stops. Pic: www.jackson-stops.co.uk Nearly 90 homes are currently on the market in Norfolk for £1 million or more as research shows sales on properties with this price tag have reached a record high. St Mary's House, Brancaster, for sale for a guide pride of £2.95 million with Jackson-Stops. Pic: www.jackson-stops.co.uk More than 85 homes are currently for sale in Norfolk for more than £1 million, with nine for sale for over £2 million and 12 sales have already completed this year alone on properties with that ultimate price tag. It comes as sales nationally of million pound homes rose by 5 per cent last year compared to the previous year, and by 73 per cent in the last decade, according to new research. St Mary's House, Brancaster, for sale for a guide pride of £2.95 million with Jackson-Stops. Pic: … [Read more...] about Million pound ‘mania’ as price tags peak on Norfolk mansions for sale