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Heathrow Airport Celebrates the Best of British Food
I’m possibly slightly late with this story, but I have only just found out about and still thought it suitably newsworthy to be putting up for travellers heading to or from our Heathrow Airport car hire branch.
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BA Crews Vote on Further Strike Action
British Airways are currently facing the prospect of yet more strike action from its staff after another ballot to strike was sent out to Unite members this week. It is feared that if the ballot comes back in favour of a strike that the staff could choose the period over Christmas as the time to [...]
Strike Threat Lifts for BAA Airports
A new pay offer from BAA has put the strikes planned for 6 UK airports later this month on hold. Members of the Unite union last week voted to go on strike over a proposed pay increase of up to 1.5%, following last year’s pay freeze. However, after negotiations held late into last night an [...]
Airport Tax-Free Discounts are Disappointing
A new report published by online shopping comparison website Kelkoo has discovered that despite the public’s perception that airport stores are considerably cheaper than the high street, the amount saved is not as big as it could be and is in most cases bettered by shopping online. Consumers still believe that they are purchasing goods [...]
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Free Upgrade or Sat Nav for Rentals over 4 Days at Heathrow
To celebrate Sixt’s new in-terminal desks at London’s Heathrow Airport we are offering our retail customers a free vehicle upgrade or free Sat Nav to our retail customers who book a car for more than 4 days. The offer is running all the way up until 31st May subject to availability.
Sixt only offer rental [...]
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Cheap Cars Available for One Way Hire to Germany
As the UK slowly attempts to recover from the fallout of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption, finally opening up flight paths and airports to passengers still trying to get back home. Unfortunately the knock on for the airlines means that the effects could still be being felt for the next few weeks as they try to [...]
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New Sixt desks now in all Heathrow terminals…
We are pleased to announce that we now have car hire desks within all terminals at Heathrow Airport offering passengers arriving into the airport the chance to check-in with Sixt as soon as they arrive. Here are a few snaps from the opening day…
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The Latest News From Sixt UK
Time for an update on what has been going on over the last few weeks at Sixt’s UK headquarters. We’ve been working on quite a few things recently, from visiting London learning about future technologies in marketing to preparing new branches and new services for everyone that hires with Sixt.
Heathrow Armed Robbers Face First UK Trial without Jury
A gang of 4 men are facing the first trial without jury for over 350 years in England and Wales after parts of the 2003 Criminal Justice Act came into effect last year. The case relates to the armed robbery of £1.75m from a cash depot at Heathrow Airport in 2004 by the 4 defendants.
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Would you trust a car with no driver? Time to find out!
I’m sure that at some point most drivers have thought about the prospect of a car that drives itself. I know I certainly have, but it’s usually followed by a quick realisation that it probably won’t happen in my lifetime or at least not whilst I’m old enough to care.
Well it now appears that I [...]
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