Yearly Archive: 2021

France announces further restrictions

France has once again introduced additional measures for its citizens. French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a number of new coronavirus restrictions that come into force from Monday 3rd January 2022 and last for...

All countries removed from red list

The Transport secretary, Grant Shapps announced that from 4am today (1st November 2021) the red travel list would in effect be scrapped. The last countries until today were Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama,...

Wise, the new name for TransferWise

Many people have heard of TransferWise, they entered the market offering fantastic rates when transferring money between currencies. They recently rebranded to Wise. Payments by bank transfer are the cheapest way to use their...

Green light for some destinations

Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel are amongst the first countries announced on 7th May to be given the green light. The Transport secretary, Grant Shapps announced that the following countries would be put into the...