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GMB fight to stop city drivers losing out in credit crunch cuts. |
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GMB members who work as drivers for east London chauffeur company Chauffeur First which holds contracts to provide services to prestigious finance companies have been told that they must move over to self-employed status and lose their permanent, direct employment contracts. |
| Jun 30, 2008 |
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Over a third of of London drivers fail vision screening |
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A SHOCKING one in three London drivers will fail a vision screening meaning they are endangering their own lives as well as those of other drivers and pedestrians. |
| Jun 30, 2008 |
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Chauffeur firm books ticket for Big Apple |
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A fast-growing Glasgow chauffeur company is expanding into the fiercely competitive limousine market in New York City. Thebookingroom, an internet-based chauffeur service that targets banking and the financial services clientele, owns a fleet of 50 vehicles in Scotland and London. |
| Jun 30, 2008 |
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Drive 08 visitor success |
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MORE THAN 2,300 industry professionals flocked to Drive ’08 as it opened its doors for the first time at Farnborough FIVE in April |
| Jun 10, 2008 |
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Size-ism in the back seat |
 As one of the esteemed judges in The Chauffeur Car of the Year assessment exercise, Iain Robertson knows that his skills are better explored up-front, but he was determined to fit a quart into the proverbial pint-pot…
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| Jun 01, 2008 |
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Paying the price of climate change |
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Being a cynical old sod, I’m not convinced about all this global warming malarkey. We’ve just been told that the east coast was to experience a huge storm surge but it came to nothing for the most part, thank God. The thing is that when it happened back in 1953, it killed over 300 people, but I bet you that there was not a mutter of global warming. I doubt the phase had even come into use back then... |
| May 06, 2008 |
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Chauffeur Car of the Year winners announced |
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THE MOST prestigious award within the chauffeur industry has been announced, revealing the winners of The Chauffeur Car of the Year Awards 2008. A shortlist of twelve vehicles was announced in March in three different categories, and following a judging day which saw a team of national journalists and chauffeurs put all the cars through their paces... |
| May 05, 2008 |
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Handy text tool for chauffeurs |
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Reader Ray Jones, dropped us a line to let us know about a service that could be of great use to anyone collecting their clients from Heathrow airport. As we all know, especially with the confusion generated by the Terminal 5 opening, landing times are never exactly predictable. But Ray spotted the answer on a leaflet put out by TFL... |
| May 05, 2008 |
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QSI Award winners announced. |
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The Chauffeur Quality, Service and Innovation Awards were announced last month, where an array of company’s and individuals were awarded for the work they’ve carried out. The event which took place at a prestigious Ascot hotel in the evening of the first day of The Chauffeur Drive event, almost 200 people gathered to celebrate the awards which were presented by Mike Davey. |
| May 05, 2008 |
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Jaguar Chauffeur Programme launched |
Jaguar redefines luxury motoring with the introduction of its new Chauffeur Programme.
Jaguar has announced a new dedicated programme for the chauffeur market offering an attractive package for chauffeurs who make the XJ long wheelbase their vehicle of choice, and ensures that’s buying, owning and maintaining a new Jaguar is an effortless experience.
David Spencer, Head of Jaguar Corporate Sales said: “The XJ long wheelbase is already a strong competitor in the rapidly expanding chauffeur market. It costs £6,000 less than its nearest competitor and has a Benefit-In-Kind rating of 32% making it best-in-class. With strong residual values and whole life costs* accompanied by support from the Jaguar Chauffeur Programme, chauffeurs can enjoy hasslefree ownership and real world economy.” |
| Apr 13, 2008 |
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