Pandemic fears are driving sales of motorhomes and caravans, finds JULENA DRUMI It’s safe to say the pandemic is having a profound effect on all our lives and some of the changes that have been imposed on us during lockdown are likely to influence our lifestyle for some time to come. This applies to our […]
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Don’t expect others to pay for you if your holiday plans go wrong
“People think they are free, but nothing is free when there is plague” Albert Camus, The Plague As I See It: No one should expect compensation if their holiday plans are disrupted by the quarantine rule, says TERRY MURDEN It says a lot about modern consumerism and the sense of entitlement we now have for […]
Designing homes for the post-Covid era
Crises are often a catalyst for change, particularly when they concern public health. The First World War gave birth to the slogan “homes fit for heroes” and while its good intent did not translate wholly into action it did play a part in ridding the country of insanitary slum dwellings and introducing garden cities with […]
‘Glassgow’ pursues more hotel towers despite downturn
As I See It: Terry Murden Another large hotel development has been approved in Glasgow which suggests the City Council is more optimistic than some about prospects for the leisure and business tourism sector. There were already thousands of objections to the £30 million development at the junction of West Nile Street and Bath Street […]
Something in the air for hard-pressed aviation sector
A normally routine Monday morning flight from Gatwick to Glasgow became an important milestone for the UK aviation industry. The 7am flight out of London, 15 June, will be remembered as the moment when Anglo-Scottish flights flickered back to life after an 11-week layoff. The 51 masked passengers, scattered aboard the 186-seat A320 Airbus, may […]