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Rental giant blocks Scottish islanders' car hire as they are 'not UK residents'

A CAR rental giant has apologised after telling a Scottish islander that he could not hire a vehicle because he is “not resident in the United…

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Two-time Tro-Bro Léon winner Saïd Haddou dies in a traffic accident

Frenchman raced for Bigmat-Auber93 and Bouygues Telecom between 2003 and 2012, later working for ASO as an in-race driver

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New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers

Climate campaigners have complained to the ACCC about Aetium, saying the company failed a key global standard designed to incentivise carbon reduction

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Europcar discount codes for September 2025

Save 15 per cent on car and van hire with these Europcar promo codes

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Massive Europcar data breach affects around 200,000 customers

Thousands of files, containing people's names and emails, were stolen from a GitHub repository belonging to Europcar.

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North Coast 500 named most scenic driving route in whole of UK

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Europcar denies data breach affecting 50 million customers — says ChatGPT is to blame in creating fake data

Europcar says a data leak affecting its customers is fake, but was the data generated by AI?

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No honour among thieves as ChatGPT used to create fake leak of 50 million Europcar customer records

Proof that there is no honour among thieves.

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Best car hire firms ranked for summer including Enterprise, Auto Reisen and Europcar

Europcar, Enterprise, Hertz, Avis and Sixt were some of the popular car rental firms put to the test in a new study that looked at price rises since last year

Daily Mirror

Europcar strikes Leicester Tigers sponsorship deal

Last month Leicester Tigers welcomed Dyno-Rod as its official plumbing and drainage partner

Birmingham Post

How Australians can save money on car rentals: figure out what’s popular and drive the opposite way

Renting a car can feel like pulling teeth: painful, expensive, but necessary. Here’s how to get the best rates locally and abroad

The Guardian - AU

'We are pensioners and we can't afford this' Couple using hire care on holiday slapped with toll fine

Clive and Sadie Johnson hired a car to drive from Scotland to Yorkshire

Wales Online

Couple in hire car on UK holiday furious over toll fine they 'were unable to pay'

Clive and Sandie Johnson tried to pay the fee online after confirming they were in a hire care, but the website gave then no option to pay which they questioned when they retuned the car

Daily Mirror

I hired a black car and was then fined £60 for driving a white one

I’ve appealed against the penalty charge notice but Enterprise has deducted a fee from my account

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Holidaymakers face soaring car hire costs as shortages drive up prices

A doubling of prices is due to hire firms selling stock in lockdown, and now paying top dollar to rebuild their fleets

Benzinga

Rental Car Companies Mull Electrification: Reuters

The rental car industry, after a stellar performance boosted by the pandemic, is poised to embrace electrification, Reuters reported. Asian automakers could enter the electric transition, dominated by companies in the west, mainly in the U.S. and Europe. The report quoted Olivier Baldassari, group chief countries, and operations officer at rental…

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