News In Brief

29th August 2006

BARGAIN hunters keener to save cash on cars than anything else. According to analyst compare themarket.com Brits spend more time chasing deals on motors than cheaper holidays, homes or electronic gizmos.

PUBLIC transport firm Stagecoach to trial bioethanol-powered buses in five UK cities, including Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. If successful, models could appear on entire nationwide fleet of 8,000.

MERCEDES credit card with pictures of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler has been launched. Plastic gives holders zero per cent interest on balance transfers for six months, plus five per cent off Mercedes insurance.

UK car engineering firm Prodrive gets planning permission for £100million site expansion near Balsall Common, Warwickshire. New offices, design studios, research labs and conference centre to be built.