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Ryanair rapped for "misleading" New Year advert
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- 27 July 2011 09:50
Ryanair has been rapped by a watchdog for "misleading" holiday-makers into believing they could fly to Dublin to celebrate the New Year for just £7.The advertisement, published in national newspapers, stated: "To be honest we here in Dublin aren't that upset about waving goodbye to the past year but that ...read more
Travel agent merger given green light
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- 21 July 2011 09:55
Plans by Thomas Cook and the Co-op to merge their high street travel businesses were backed by the competition watchdog today.The tie-up involves two of the three largest travel agents on the high street, but in provisional findings the Competition Commission said it did not expect the deal will have ...read more
Budget holiday makers "travel light"
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- 11 July 2011 09:17
Holidaymakers are "travelling light" to dodge airline baggage fees, according to a survey.There has been a huge rise in the number of people managing to go on a trip with just hand luggage, the poll by The Co-operative Travel company found.Around 26% of passengers are lightening their load in order ...read more
Supermarket Haldanes goes under
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- 10 June 2011 09:49
One of the UK's newest supermarket chains Haldanes has applied to go into administration - putting hundreds of jobs at risk - after it failed to resolve a dispute with The Co-operative Group.The move comes after Haldanes, which employs around 500 staff, bought 26 former Somerfield stores from the Co-op ...read more
Co-op to launch apprenticeship academy
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- 09 June 2011 09:31
The Co-operative Group has launched an apprenticeship academy, pledging to create 2,000 jobs over the next three years.The £9 million academy will train youngsters in one of the group's businesses, ranging from food and legal services to pharmacy and farming, with the first ever funeral industry apprenticeships.Apprentices will work towards ...read more
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