SES Water’s Japanese owners are paying a £7.8mn dividend and putting the business up for sale as the UK’s privately owned water companies come under pressure to invest in ageing infrastructure. The company, which provides water for about 745,000 people in south-east London, West Sussex and Kent, has been put on the market by its […]
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The report states that the average electric vehicle driver could save around £200 a year, and a high mileage driver £1,000 a year, with the introduction of smarter charging across the UK. The Government is aiming to make smart charging commonplace for EV drivers by 2025 – further initiatives like smart lamppost charging on the […]
In most circumstances, every passenger and driver in a vehicle is required by law to wear their seatbelt, no matter how short the journey is. If anyone is caught not wearing a seatbelt when they are supposed to, they could be fined up to £500. But there are certain situations which do not legally require […]
The Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan sets out steps being taken to seize on the significant potential of smart charging and make it the preferred method of long-duration charging by 2025. The plan to lower energy bills will help motorists benefit from cheaper motoring in a scheme which has been described as a “landmark […]
Tottenham are not for sale and its owners are totally committed to their long-term plans for the Premier League club. Iranian-American billionaire Jahm Najafi is reported by the Financial Times to be putting together a consortium led by MSP Sports Capital to make a £3.1bn takeover bid for the north London club. However, there has […]
EV drivers exclusively using peak rate charge or flat rate rapid and ultra-rapid chargers will lose out, but most will only use rapid charging as a top-up on long journeys or peak charging rates if there are few alternatives. At the end of January 2023, there were 37,851 electric vehicle charging points across the UK, […]
Men are more likely to do this (28 percent), compared to 16 percent of women. Additionally, 23 percent of male dog owners believe their pet has helped them win a date – compared to 13 percent of women. And 62 percent of all pet owners have been stopped on the street because of their canine […]
A handful of cities around the UK now have some form of emissions-based charging zone, including Low Emission Zones seen in Scotland, Clean Air Zones like Bath and Birmingham, Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone and London’s ULEZ. Sheffield is to launch its Clean Air Zone on Monday, February 27, with motorhome owners being warned of daily charges. Drivers of higher emission larger […]
Drivers of caravans which are damaged by potholes face enormous charges, which the average cost per incident reaching £3,912. This figure is almost 50 percent more than any other type of claim, with experts calling on drivers to ensure they are covered. Pothole claims make up around three percent of all claims submitted but are […]
The owners of a tugboat that sank in the waters off Kitimat, B.C., two years ago, causing the deaths of two workers, are now facing several charges under the Workers Compensation Act. Wainwright Marine Services and James Geoffrey Bates, the president of parent company Bates Properties Ltd., were each charged Monday with eight counts of […]