Archive for March, 2009

Questions of cash: How can I get a refund for a cancelled flight?: The Independent

 
Q. I bought a return ticket to New Zealand through Southall Travel. I was due to fly on Saturday 13 December and return on Tuesday 6 January, flying Virgin to Shanghai, with a return to Auckland with Air China. But in November Southall Travel told me Air China had unexpectedly cancelled all their flights between [...]

Northern Ireland abandons largest PFI project: Public Finance

 
Northern Ireland’s largest PFI scheme has been abandoned because of the downturn in the economy. The Department of Finance and Personnel confirmed it is cancelling the Workplace 2010 programme that would have sold and leased back civil service office accommodation in a 25 year transaction valued at £1.5bn.
 
Workplace 2010 was suspended in October last year, [...]