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publication date: Jan 21, 2012
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Wales should opt out of UK proposals to raise the
motorway speed limit from 70mph to 80mph, says a campaign group.
Sustainable Transport Cymru (STC) said it feared increased speeds would lead to more accidents, higher casualty rates and more carbon emissions but the Welsh government said it would consider safety implications in particular in examining the plans. High demand for the Astra Sports Tourer helped Vauxhall Ellesmere Port to record line rates of 47 units per hour since July 2011. Thus, the plant assembled a total of 139,528 vehicles in two shifts in 2011 of which 129,648 fell into the Sports Tourer's arena during its first full year of production. Over 91% of Sports Tourers were bound for export to mainland Europe and beyond with a particularly strong uptake in Germany where 50,153 Sports Tourers where sold in 2011 - Germany having historically a very strong demand for estates. Jaguar Land Rover has received 10,632 applications for its graduate recruitment places this year as it continues its recruitment drive to support a multi billion pound investment plan for new product creation. Applications are 61 per cent higher than in 2011 and are five times higher than they were just three years ago. For 2012, graduates will be hired for a variety of roles across the business - from Product Development Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing & Sales, IT and Purchasing. With January blues now in full swing, over a million Brits will book their next break in the sun this month and it looks like most will be jetting off to Spain and Portugal come Springtime. Based on last year's booking trends, Ibiza, Palma de Majorca and Faro were the top destinations for a sunny break, but car hire bookings for locations further afield look to be on the increase, suggesting Brits are becoming a bit more adventurous. A Turkish private equity firm, Brightwell Holdings, has announced its interest in placing a bid on now bankrupt Swedish automaker, Saab. The firm, based in Istanbul, invests in energy, transport and technology and wishes to buy all of Saab and wishes to keep production in Sweden. |
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