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  • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
    Loganair
    Scotland’s island communities can count on Loganair despite sale plans, says boss

    Airline provides services such as supplying perishable food and carrying children from some islands to schools

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    Pollution
    London mayor extends low emission zone in green transport push

    Sadiq Khan to introduce £110mn scrappage scheme to encourage trading in of dirty vehicles

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Nurses across the NHS to strike in run-up to Christmas

    Wave of industrial action looks set to spread across UK public sector over the winter

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK’s biggest rail union to hold strikes into 2023 after pay talks collapse

    RMT blames ‘dead hand of government’ as it announces four 48-hour stoppages in December and January

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    News in-depthElectric vehicles
    E-bike and e-scooter groups jostle for profits in rapidly expanding market

    Start-ups endure hard ride as technical advances, improved apps and fresh funding make sector ever more crowded

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    UK airports
    Ex-BA boss says ‘heads should roll’ if Heathrow problems continue

    Willie Walsh urges airport to avoid a repeat of this summer’s security and waiting chaos

  • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Northern England hit hardest by decline in UK rail services

    Driver shortages, industrial unrest and infrastructure problems leave travellers stuck

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Autumn Statement
    Government departments face brutal spending squeeze

    UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt says budgets to be protected in cash terms, but surging inflation means ‘efficiencies’ are likely

  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK’s biggest transport union votes to extend rail strike

    New six-month mandate granted by members is a ‘massive endorsement’ of strategy, says RMT

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    House & Home
    New-generation retirement housing for LGBT+ people

    Schemes especially aimed at this group provide safety and support while tackling isolation

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail industry set for ‘intensive’ talks as gap between sides narrows

    Negotiations come after union suspension of strikes this week and movement on redundancies from Network Rail

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    Ryanair Holdings PLC
    Ryanair swings to first-half profit and raises passenger forecast

    Low-cost airline expects to report full-year post-tax profit for first time since pandemic began

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail and postal unions suspend strikes pending ‘intensive’ talks

    RMT cancels three days of imminent walkouts and CWU pause 48-hour stoppages

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK to ban ship insurance cover for Russian oil ahead of G7 price cap

    Treasury measures seek to cut access to key London-based P&I provision for seaborne cargoes

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    UK infrastructure
    Sunak reverses Truss’s promise to build northern rail scheme in full

    East-west high-speed line pared again but HS2 chief confident north-south project will not be cut back

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    Wizz Air Holdings Plc
    Wizz Air losses widen but operations starting to ‘normalise’

    Hungarian low-cost carrier suffered months of disruption caused by staff shortages and airport security delays

  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
    Carlyle Group LP
    Carlyle seeks $700mn over insurers’ failure to pay for Russian jet seizures

    Action accuses insurers including AIG, Axis and Chubb of acting in bad faith

  • Monday, 31 October, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail companies and unions to hold talks to prevent more strikes

    Protracted industrial action that began in June is focused on pay and working practices

  • Sunday, 30 October, 2022
    News in-depthInsurance
    ‘The big problem is unknown risk’: the insurance worry of self-driving cars

    The industry is divided on the safety implications of models that can stay in lane and drive themselves in slow traffic

  • Sunday, 30 October, 2022
    Icelandair HF
    Icelandair bid to become first flag carrier to fly domestic routes emissions free

    Airline aims to exploit abundant and cheap carbon-free electricity in home market

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    International Airlines Group
    British Airways owner IAG’s revenue returns to pre-pandemic levels

    Carrier upgrades profit projections for 2022 as passenger numbers rise

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Heathrow warns of potential passenger cap at Christmas

    Europe’s biggest airport operator says some flight restrictions could return ‘if needed’ to avoid cancellations

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Swiss Re AG
    Swiss Re forecasts $1.3bn in claims from Hurricane Ian

    Zurich-based reinsurer predicts third-quarter loss of $500mn

  • Sunday, 16 October, 2022
    Insurance
    Hurricane Ian a wake-up call for insurers as losses forecast to hit $75bn

    Cost of storm that hit Florida expected to prompt insurers to lift premiums and rethink coverage

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    Pensions industry
    UK insurers set to take on more company pension schemes

    Bulk annuity deals forecast to increase amid market turmoil and higher government bond yields

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