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Jet2.com haslaunched flights from Leeds Bradford to Almeria,considered by many as the gateway to the Spanish Costas.With seats pricedfrom £27.99, Jet2.com will be operating flights on this route during Tuesdays,Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The budget airline says Almeira is theperfect gateway to...

Point Topic hasreleased the results of a research which tracks the development of broadbandInternet in the UKover the past few years. According to the study, Internet speeds have increasedfrom a basic 512kb connection to 24Mb in the last 6 years, and 78% of UK homesnow have the ability to hook up to...

Ofcom hassubmitted proposals that will make it easier for customers to transfer betweenbroadband service providers. The move is in response to complaints received byOfcom from consumers who have unsuccessfully tried to order a new broadbandservice because there is already a broadband connection on that...

Broadband serviceprovider Merula has cooked up special deals for former Euro1Net customers whohave been displaced by the ISP’s demise. Merula currently offers both fixedrate or ADSL Max Services and is also expected to offer a call-inclusivepackage over its own dedicated platform. The ISP says ADSL activation...

PipexCommunications has agreed to acquire the UK business of Toucan for aconsideration of £24 million.Toucan currently providesvoice, mobile and broadband services to about 185,000 customers. With theacquisition of Toucan and Bulldog, Pipex now has a total broadband and voicecustomer base of 1.14 million,...

Virgin Money haspointed out the growing popularity of pension schemes for children, noting thatin the last twelve months, one in ten pension schemes the company started havebeen for children, with half of those being for children under 5 years of age.Virgin Money saysparents shall increasingly want to...

According touSwitch.com, the credit card industry may have resorted to increasing its otherfees and charges in response to the Office of Fair Trading’s decision toillegalize penalty charges. uSwitch.com claimsthat companies have implemented reforms designed to compensate for the £300million a year it...

Cheshire BuildingSociety has announced changes to its credit card rates in a bid to become more competitivein the market. The card now comes with a rate of 0% per annum on balancetransfers, 2% handling fee applicable, for 12 months and 0% per annum on cardpurchases for three months with no annual fee....

An analyst fromthe Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has noted an increase in the overdraft marketrates following recent rise in savings and mortgage interest rates. According to OFT’sLisa Taylor, it is unusual to see a significant change to overdraft ratesfollowing a base rate change, especially as many...

The MonetaryPolicy Committee of the Bank of England has voted to freeze the official Bankrate paid on commercial bank reserves at 4.75%.The previouschange in interest rates, an increase of 0.25 percentage points to 4.75%, wasimplemented by the Bank of England last August 3, 2006. It resulted in someapprehension...

A new study fromHoliday Inn / Priority Club Rewards has unearthed surprising bits ofinformation about business travel among Britons.The research showsthat UKworkers spend an average 25 nights a year away from home on business. As such, athird (31%) of the 1,500 workers surveyed said they felt guilty...

Ryanair has openedthree new routes to Malta International Airportfrom London Luton, Pisa and Dublin. According to the budget airline, theopening of these routes is a direct response to the Maltese Government’s initiativeto attract low fare airlines to the island.On a year roundbasis, Ryanair plans to...

easyJet has createdspecial flight packages targeting selected events taking place across Europe,from Christmas markets in Geneva to the annualfarmers market in Edinburgh.Details of the November Highlights promo are as follows:LondonSpanish RidingSchool at the Wembley arena (16 – 19November)The LondonBBC...

Enjoy England, thedomestic marketing division of national tourism agency VisitBritain, hasintroduced the six-month Storybook England campaign. This promotion aims torekindle the interest of British families in the real locations that appear in popularstorybooks written by local authors such as Enid Blyton,...

Edinburgh Airport has unveiled the latest phase of itsdevelopment plan with the opening of its new, £19 million Southeast pierterminal extension. The new pierfeatures six new boarding gates, additional lounge facilities, extra retailspace and office accommodations. The extension increases the total number...