Travelodge safety failures: The key card scandal behind a chief executive’s exit
Travelodge is searching for a new boss after the hotel security case In December 2022, Kyran Smith managed to get into a woman’s room at a Travelodge in Maidenhead after deceiving reception staff into giving him a key card by telling them the pair were in a relationship. He was later convicted and sentenced to […]
1 week ago
Families will be £1,200 worse off in 2022 due to ‘cost-of-living catastrophe’
2022 will be defined as the ‘year of the squeeze’ Families will face a £1,200-a-year hit to their incomes next year, with a report warning of a “cost-of-living catastrophe” due to soaring energy bills and rising taxes. The Resolution Foundation (RF) said from April families would be hit with a rise to the energy cap and […]
5 years ago
This Christmas will be the most expensive in a decade, survey finds
Christmas dinner will cost up to 6% more this year than in 2017, with major price increases to turkey, sprouts and Christmas pudding It looks like not even a cosy Christmas dinner can escape a price increase this winter. Your festive favourites are expected to go up by as much as 6%, according to a […]
8 years ago