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Even Boris’ Bikes Need Van Rental
London’s latest bike hire scheme has been running into a few issues since the launch, but the latest problem is due to the demand created for the bikes. There is simply not enough room at the docking stations at mainline stations for customers to put the bikes, leaving some commuters with the option of dumping [...]
The Movie Tour of London
My boss pointed me in the direction of a site that he discovered over the weekend this morning and I’ve only just about had enough time to take a look at it. The site covers places in London that have been involved with or filmed as part of famous movies throughout history.
Tube Strike Expected to Cause Severe Disruption
Commuters on the Tube are being advised to seek alternative routes and ways to get home tonight as the first of a series of 24 hour strikes on London’s Underground network begins tonight at 1700 BST. Staff are protesting about the planned scrapping of 800 jobs in the ticketing offices and are saying that the [...]
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The new Sixt van look…
If you spend much time in London you’ve probably seen plenty of a Sixt vans dotted around the capital. With their striking bright orange branding it’s often hard to miss them.
We’re probably not quite up their with the Eddie Stobart’s of this world yet but if you are out there spotting Sixt vans here’s a [...]
Life in London – July 2010
My SIXT Blog for July is just 2 weeks of the month in London as I spent the other 2 in the USA. I had a long weekend in New York then a week and a half in New Mexico, driving around a decent amount of this state – Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, White Sands, [...]
Car hire at Stansted Airport – Sixt Branch Profile
Branch History
The Sixt branch at Stansted Airport first opened in 1990 and was part of the original Sixt network. Originally located in Harlow the branch was relocated to Stansted in 1998.
The Branch Today
Our Stansted Airport branch is a typical busy airport location servicing both business and leisure travellers. The branch is managed by Vasantha Ratnayake [...]
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Life in London – June 2010
My Sixt Blog for June comes out in the middle of a London heat wave! We get very excited in London when it gets really hot as it’s a rare occurrence especially as last year’s summer was so brief and disappointing. In June we had the final elephant parade, the Trooping of the Colour, deer [...]
Tube strike increases demand for car hire
The planned 48 hour Tube Strike set to begin at 19:00hrs tomorrow will bring misery to thousands of commuters across London. However for car hire companies like Sixt it means an increase in demand as Londoners opt to travel by car rather than using the Tube.
Cars across London are in short supply for the rest [...]
Tube Service Set to be Hit by Strikes
Following a dispute over pay and conditions for maintenance workers on London’s Underground network, the RMT union and it’s members have taken the decision to stage walk out protests on 23 June and 14 July. The strike is set to have “severe consequences” throughout the Tube network.
Life in London – May 2010
My Sixt Blog for May brings you a bit of everything – a Moonwalk but not Michael Jackson, a huge ship in a bottle, hundreds of elephants in London, lunch out in Richmond and seeing Tower Bridge go up and down for a sailing ship. Just a very few things which were happening in May [...]