A £100,000 investment fund will be set up to help Bridgend and surrounding area recover from the closure of Ford Engine Plant in the autumn. The money will come equally from Welsh Government and the Cardiff Capital Region funds to enable Bridgend County Borough Council study three projects. News of the investment and feasibility studies will be outlined … [Read more...]
Bus gives horse a lift to hospital
Motorists and police rescued a horse on the A48 Eastern Avenue Cardiff dual carriageway yesterday evening – and put it into a passing bus. The animal was then taken to University Hospital of Wales park and ride before being reunited with its owner and the bus went into its depot for cleaning. … [Read more...]
Newslines 16 January
Kia will introduce 11 BEVs over the next five years and they will make up 75% of sales, under the company’s Plan S strategy announced this week in Seoul. The remaining 25% of sales will be conventional eco-friendly internal combustion engined models but it also intends to increase income from car sharing mobility services including hydrogen … [Read more...]
Welsh jobs with Vauxhall still unknown
The future of hundreds of jobs for people in North East Wales is uncertain after Vauxhall parent Opel this week announced details of a voluntary severance scheme in Russelsheim, Germany which shares Astra production with Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. It has been known since spring last year that 2,100 jobs would be going in Germany when Opel produce the next … [Read more...]
“Fake” apprenticeships warning
The Independent Garage Association is calling for greater control of the apprenticeship levy to help reduce the shortage of skilled technicians, following statistics that suggest half of levy-funded apprenticeships are ‘fake’. The analysis by education think tank Education and Skills suggests that the majority of the levy is being put towards existing adult … [Read more...]
Tradelines 15 January
Jaguar Land Rover sales slowly recovered in December after a 6% dip overall in 2019, according to financial reports. Annual sales of 557,706 were down mostly due to a 13.5% slump in China but it’s reorganised its outlets and marketing there and has seen them picking up again as it moves towards an electric programme with BMW. In 2019, Bridgestone remained … [Read more...]
Diesels’ unseen pollution danger
New diesels are bringing new problems, say environmentalists. New diesel cars’ pollution is peaking at more than 1,000 times their normal levels, tests of two top-selling vehicles show. The dangerous spikes in particles can instantly stress the heart and are a result of the cars cleaning their filters, which may occur in urban areas, last for up to 15km, … [Read more...]
Newslines 14 January
Click4Reg.co.uk conducted a survey yielding 1,023 responses from licensed UK drivers to find out what habit most infuriates. Some of the key findings were: Not indicating is the most annoying driving habit; Women are more guilty of bad parking; Males admit to speeding more than women; Elderly drivers are ranked the most annoying on the roads and people … [Read more...]
New station arriving in Mid-Wales
A new railway station is arriving in Wales this year. The £8M scheme will see a new stop on the Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury line at Bow Street. The first station was axed in the 1965 cull of the network but after an extensive local campaign to improve rail links and the decision by Welsh Government to invest in public transport, the new halt will seen … [Read more...]
Newslines 13 January
Transport for Wales trains services' partner, KeolisAmey, has been fined £2.3m by the Welsh Government for poor performance. The company took over the £5bn franchise in October 2018 and the fines covered various periods of poor service. Over 78,000 passengers used National Express coaches on 27 December, the highest-ever daily total in the company’s … [Read more...]
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