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BA to launch new London City Airport route to Gibraltar
British Airways have announced plans for a new flight service from London City Airport to Gibraltar, commencing on 25th June.
The new route will initially operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays, with fares starting at £43 each way.
The new service will be operated by BA CityFlyer who commented that this was an important link for business travellers. Tom Stoddart, Managing Director, BA CityFlyer commented that it
was great to launch this new service and added: “It’s something customers have
been asking us to do for quite a while.” Both flights will be operated by BA’s Embraer E190 aircraft.
The Minister for Business, Tourism, Transport and the Port said: “This is excellent news and continues to show the confidence that the industry has in Gibraltar as a destination. This service will complement BA’s mainline services from Heathrow and the local business and financial services
community will undoubtedly welcome a link to London’s financial district”.
u-mee leading the way with their Clean and Green service
Local telecommunications provider u-mee, part of the Sapphire Networks Group, is leading the way with its environmental friendly service Clean and Green, aimed at helping to make Gibraltar and the planet greener.
Their new fleet of vehicles are electric and support 100% emission-free targets for installations, home service visits and online order deliveries.
The group started carbon offsetting in
2019 and is now involved in planting trees to help recover the Amazon basin in Peru, using Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) approved carbon credits.
Water filtration systems have been installed in the groups offices combined with individual/personal cooling flasks, displacing plastic bottles used by the team previously.
u-mee has been ‘paperless’ with only digital invoices from the outset and online account management via their Control app.
Huobi Group donates $1 million to UNICEF
Leading global digital asset financial service provider Huobi Group have donated $1 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and fiat currency to UNICEF.
The donation will be used to help foster global blockchain developments and innovations with the potential to impact children and young people globally and will be made through its
philanthropic arm, Huobi Charity Limited regulated by the Charity Commissioners of Gibraltar.
Funds will be distributed to the UNICEF CryptoFund, a new financial vehicle allowing UNICEF to receive, hold, and disburse cryptocurrency, and UNICEF’s Innovation Fund, a pooled fund specifically designed to finance early stage, open-source technology that can benefit children.
Clubhouse Gibraltar Mental Health Week 2021
Gibraltar International Publications Ltd are pleased to further promote this year’s Mental Health Week, run by local charity Clubhouse Gibraltar, as part of our continued support for the Mental Health Foundation.
The theme chosen for 2021 is ‘Nature’ and the charity will be running a number of scheduled events over the week from 9th - 14th May (please see page 28).
This year the charity have decided to change their colour from yellow to green, and ‘Wear Green Day’ is on Wednesday 12th May. Clubhouse Green T-shirts, sponsored by Casais are available at £5 each.
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