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TUI reveal new flights to Egypt


TUI - formerly Thomson – are to launch an additional weekly flight from Birmingham Airport to the popular Egyptian destination of Hurghada for summer 2018. Holidaymakers from the Midlands will now have even more choice when it comes to booking a holiday to Hurghada, with TUI adding a Friday flight to the summer programme. Flights start in May 2018 and


will now operate twice a week on a Monday and Friday. The decision to add more


flights is part of the holiday company’s plans to offer greater choice, ensuring customers across the UK can fly from their local airport and stay at the best hotels such as the 5T TUI Magic Life Kalawy.


‘We have over 62 routes for customers to choose from when booking their holidays from Birmingham Airport’


As well as additional flights


to Hurghada residents from in and around the Midlands now have a wide choice of destinations to choose from, with the new route to Podgorica in Montenegro already on sale. Karen Switzer, director of


aviation planning for TUI UK & Ireland, said: “We are delighted to be expanding our programme from Birmingham Airport for summer 2018. “In total we have over 62


routes for customers to choose from when booking their holidays from Birmingham Airport. Holidaymakers in the Midlands will now have wider access than ever before to our diverse collection of destinations and hotel concepts.” William Pearson, aviation


director of Birmingham Airport, said: “It is great news that TUI is adding additional capacity to Hurghada for Summer 2018. “This complements the 62


routes that TUI has to over 27 countries.”


26 CHAMBERLINK February 2018 New chairman on board at Wesleyan


Nathan Moss has taken over as chairman of Wesleyan, the specialist financial services mutual. He has more than 35 years’


experience in the wealth management, bank and insurance sectors and succeeds Dr Bryan Jackson, who retired at the end of 2017. Over the course of his career,


Nathan has held senior executive roles at HSBC, Scottish Widows, Lloyds TSB and Friends Life. He is also currently a non-executive director at Canada Life Group. Nathan said: “Wesleyan is a great


business – it’s financially strong, has a proud and successful history and is much loved by its customers. I want us to build on these strengths to ensure we remain successful long into the future. “The financial services landscape,


and the economy as a whole, is moving at tremendous speed. We aim to be the best in our chosen customer markets and we’re


Land Rover will mark its 70th anniversary with a series of events and celebrations in 2018, beginning with the restoration of the vehicle that started it all – one of the three pre-production Land Rovers shown at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show launch. This gave the world its first


glimpse of the shape that would become instantly recognisable as a Land Rover. For years the whereabouts of


this launch Land Rover was a mystery. The demonstration vehicle from the Amsterdam show was last on the road in the 1960s, after which it spent 20 years in a Welsh field before being bought as a restoration project. It then lay languishing unfinished in a garden. Following its surprise discovery


just a few miles outside of Solihull, where the car was first built, the team behind the successful Land Rover Series I Reborn programme, will now embark on their most challenging project yet - a year- long mission to preserve this


Contact: Henrietta Brealey T: 0121 607 1898


Anniversary gears up with restoration project


Surprise discovery: The pre-production Land Rover which made its debut at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show


historically significant prototype and enable it to be driven again. Tim Hannig, Jaguar Land Rover


classic director, said: “This Land Rover is an irreplaceable piece of world automotive history.


“Beginning its sympathetic


restoration here at Classic Works, where we can ensure it’s put back together precisely as it’s meant to be, is a fitting way to start Land Rover’s 70th anniversary year.”


Bryan Jackson (left) with Craig Errington. Inset: Nathan Moss


investing significantly in our business to remain ahead of the competition. “My predecessor, Bryan Jackson,


led Wesleyan through some of the most challenging years the industry has ever faced. Not only did Wesleyan successfully weather that storm, it continued to grow and flourish while holding true to its core values.”


Dr Jackson CBE, a former


managing director of Toyota UK, was Wesleyan chairman from 2010 to 2017 and a member of its board since 2007. Wesleyan has unveiled a new Conference Centre, named in honour of Dr Jackson. The ‘Bryan Jackson Conference Centre’ was opened at Wesleyan’s Birmingham headquarters and marks ten years of service by the chairman.


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