McDonald’s: 35 years of Big Macs in Britain

Posted on: October 12th, 2009 Posted by Dave Bond

The fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s is launching a new advertising campaign in celebration of its 35th anniversary on UK soil, featuring best selling food items like the Big Mac and French Fries which were presented on its original 1974 menu.
The Favourites ad campaign debuts today (October 10) and will feature the line “There’s a [...]

Recession Great For UK Tourism

Posted on: October 12th, 2009 Posted by Abi Bray

The growing number of vacations taken by Britons in their home country has been confirmed by the national tourism group VisitEngland, which indicated a 14% jump in holidays taken in England during the first six months of 2009.
The recently revealed numbers showed budget-wary Britons took 2.6 million extra trips in the UK over the previous [...]

In order to avoid long queues at immigration, travellers will benefit from the option of paying up to £50 under a new fast-track programme at British international airports designed to reduce delays.
A trial run of the new system will be introduced next year at Terminal 4 of Heathrow Airport permitting passengers without biometric passports to [...]

Andrew Adonis, the UK Government’s Transport Secretary, has launched a £14m package which will transform facilities on offer for cyclists at train stations and promote healthier, greener transit.
During the next two years, the package will see that a series of measures, including ‘Cycle Hubs’ to be featured at 10 major UK rail stations as well [...]