Oil refinery strikes have been breaking out across the country, in support of a walkout by workers in Lincolnshire, angry at the employment of foreign workers.
Workers gathered to protest for the third day at the original strike at Lindsey Oil Refinery today after owner, Total awarded a £200m contract to an Italian company.
The action has [...]

Honda is to close its UK factory for four months from Monday.
The Swindon based plant employs 3,700 employees, 2,500 of whom are believed to be affected by the close-down which will see them on full basis pay for the first two months and around 60 per cent thereafter, the BBC reports.
The closedown is a response [...]

The governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King has ‘rebuffed’ Lord Mandelson’s proposal to allow finance arms of carmakers to access a ‘special liquidity scheme’, the Financial Times reported yesterday.
The scheme would have allowed banks to convert illiquid assets of car manufacturers into cash.
Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson is still reportedly determined to gain support [...]

Discount contract hire and new car leasing offers from DSG Auto Contracts.
The following is a selection of Volvo business and personal contract deals priced from £199.99 (+VAT) a month.
Volvo C30 1.6 R Design Sport 3dr £199.99
Volvo S80 2.0D SE 4dr £239.99
Volvo V50 2.0D S 5dr £269.99
Volvo V70 2.0D SE 5dr £259.99
Volvo XC60 2.4D S 5dr [...]

Cambria Vehicle Solutions have an amazing car leasing offer on the Volvo V70 2.0D SE . For just £249 based on 3+35 10k p/a basis. Hurry, subject to availability!
Visit Cambria’s page on ContractHireAndLeasing.com to contact them.

Cambria Vehicle Services have a great contract hire deals on the new Jaguar XF 3.0 D V6 Luxury. For just  £459.99 based on 6+35 10k P/A. Subject to availability.
Visit Cambria’s page on ContractHireAndLeasing.com to contact them.

Thousands of company car drivers across the UK continue to receive company funded fuel for private use. But almost all would be better off – and so would their employer – if they gave up the ‘benefit’ claim the Energy Saving Trust (EST). For the handful of employees who will lose out, a compensation package [...]

Ford’s fastest-ever European production car, the 2009 Focus RS, will be available in the UK in March.
The new Focus RS is the first Ford to wear the famous Rallye Sport badge since the first-generation Focus RS was launched seven years ago, and the 22nd since 1970.
RS denotes a distinctive blend of high performance, road-holding, refinement, [...]

Commenting on the announcement from Lord Mandelson that the government will provide support to the UK car industry, including underwriting loans from the European Investment Bank and making millions of pounds available to help with retraining for car industry workers during the downturn, Unite welcomed the assistance but warned that more support will be needed [...]

Winner: Freedom Vehicle Contracts

On a website that has over 100,000 deals at any one time there were a number of deals that could have walked away with the top prize, the thirteen category winners were all very strong candidates for scooping the award.
However in the end there could be only one winner and after much consideration, [...]