Page 11 - Mark Briffa News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Feb 6, 2021 Truckers are trying to avoid the U.K. as Brexit red tape keeps them waiting to get to the continent. New weekly data highlights the additional costs companies face when trading between Britain and the European Union after U.K. left the single market on Dec. 31. While the two sides agreed not to impose tariffs on goods, so-called non-tariff barriers are nevertheless creating obstacles for business. Freight firms are shunning the U.K., keeping rejection rates on contracts well above the third-quarter average last week, according to high-frequency data from Transporeon, the ...

Ryanair offers planes to celebrities as private jets The budget airline's on-board meals include “fine dining options” labelled bronze, silver, and gold 28 January 2021 • 7:53pm Ryanair is offering its planes to celebrities, sports stars and other high flyers to offset the impact of the pandemic. The budget airline is advertising a corporate jet service for groups of up to 60 people on board one of its Boeing 737 jets.  A “value” option is also on offer, with larger groups of up to 189 people able to charter a journey of up to six hours.   Marketing material boasts “fine di...

Pope Francis ‘Pained’ by Wealthy People Fleeing Lockdowns 3 Jan 2021 ROME — Pope Francis said Sunday he was “pained” to read of wealthy people taking flights to escape new coronavirus lockdown measures at home. Following his weekly Angelus message, the pope spoke of the temptation to focus solely on “one’s own interests” or to live hedonistically by seeking only to “satisfy one’s own pleasure,” exemplified by those escaping coronavirus lockdowns. “I read something in the newspaper that really saddened me,” the pontiff said. “In one country — I don’t remember wh...

BBC News By Lora Jones image copyrightGetty Images Firms have been chartering private jets to move goods as politicians hammer out a plan to reopen France's border. Charter company Air Charter Service told the BBC it had received more than 800 enquiries from firms looking to avoid disruption around ports. The firm said it was "quite out of the blue", and it had taken 15 bookings. About 1,500 lorries are stuck in Kent after France shut its UK border for 48 hours on Sunday amid fears of a new coronavirus variant. Travel bans due to the coronavirus pandemic have typically included exemptions for...

An empty St. Pancras International in London. NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty And while the train stations remained empty... And while the train stations remained empty... Advertisement London's Biggin Hill Airport. David Goddard/Getty The wealthy flocked to London's smaller airports like Biggin Hill, Luton, and Stansted. The wealthy flocked to London's smaller airports like Biggin Hill, Luton, and Stansted. Advertisement "The trend we are seeing of our clients leaving the UK will likely increase over the next few days as the threat of a UK border closure looms, and as other countries continue to im...