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The Glamour of Holography on the Silver Screen

By Astrid Mitchell · 16 years ago

As the editor of Holography News, it’s always fascinating to see the latest trends in holography streets behind the fantastical science fiction world’s vision of what the technology should achieve. The interesting thing is that ...

The London Low Emission Zone – What it means for Haulage Workers

By Luke Davies · 16 years ago

The London Low Emission Zone has now officially come into effect. Quite a few readers will doubtless be asking what it is, what it does, and how it will effect haulage companies and owner operators ...

3 Lorry Stories – Spot the Fake One

By Luke Humble · 16 years ago

Over the years, the truck driver has made for a great series of stories. Amidst the standard tales of traffic jams, incredible journeys and more incredible bad driving, when involved with a freight exchange, you ...

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Lorry Driver? Facebook, apparently.

By Luke Humble · 16 years ago

I, like pretty much every man, woman, child, cat, dog and mouse in the country, am something of a Facebook addict. Sure, I can deny it – and always claim that time spent on it ...

Giving Trucking a Bad Name – 3 Lorry Driving Scoundrels

By Luke Humble · 16 years ago

Having been exploring Facebook lately, the reputation of the lorry driving haulage industry is clearly in need of a tune up. The number of groups created to slander the profession and express personal dislikes is ...

Avoiding CV Writing Disaster – Statistically proven Curriculum Vitae Slips

By Gail Kenny · 16 years ago

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get inside the mindset of HR departments and employers and know exactly what they’re looking for in an applicant’s Curriculum Vitae and interview? It’s always difficult to know how a ...

Tramping & Bun Wagons: The Lingo of the UK Road Haulage Industry

By Luke Humble · 16 years ago

If you’ve ever heard a couple of truckers chatting between road haulage trips in the UK, you may have found yourself baffled by the assortment of phrases and expressions littered throughout the conversation. Well, consider ...

Becoming an Owner Driver: Getting started as a Courier

By Luke Humble · 16 years ago

Getting started as an owner driver is easy, and has the advantage of potentially becoming profitable pretty quickly due to the lack of overheads. However, there are some things to consider as you start, and ...

Travel Insurance FAQs

By Patrick Chong · 16 years ago

There are a lot of misconceptions related to travel insurance, and understandably most people aren’t as well versed in the fine details of travel insurance as I am – I can’t say that I blame ...

5 Reasons why European Championship Failure is Good for you

By Daniel Eyre · 16 years ago

This time last year in the Search Travel Online offices, we were looking at our calendars and predicting a sales lull around the time of June and July 2008. Why? Because of the European Championship ...

Classic Cars in Cuba

By Emma Lelliott · 16 years ago

Havana is a potent mixture of the old and the new. Modern office buildings punctuate the skyline alongside deteriorating Eastern European residential towers. Ancient vehicles, some with more rust than paint, share the road with ...

A Guide To The Most Evil Job Interview Questions

By Gail Kenny · 16 years ago

So last month I tackled some of the common job interview questions you are likely to field. Some of them may have seemed tricky, but they’re small fry compared to some of these tough interview ...

A guide to common job interview questions and answers

By Gail Kenny · 17 years ago

I think I’m yet to meet anyone who actively enjoys the job interview process. Sure, there are those infuriating people who suffer from no job interview stress and glide through the meeting as if their ...