It was announced this week that Thomas Cook, the second-largest leisure travel group in the UK, has acquired 100% of Think W3 Limited, owners of Essential Travel.

Manchester Airport, along with BBC Radio Manchester, are looking for photos of the “people and places of Greater Manchester” to feature on permanent display in Terminal 1, and they want the public to decide which images are best.

Unite, the union that represents BA cabin crew have just announced that their members will strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March.

This week, the Birmingham NEC will once again play host to the world-famous Crufts dog show, hosted by the UK Kennel Club. But where’s the “Dogs Who Look Like Their Owners” category?

If you think Twitter is only good for keeping up-to-date on the minutiae of the everyday lives of your friends or the latest celebrity feud, you may be surprised by what you’re about to read.

It’s time once again to announce those airport car parks that have gone “above and beyond” to provide excellent service to their customers.

If you had the choice between parking your car yourself or letting someone (or something!) else do it, what would you choose?

Since September 2008, we’ve been recognising the top-performing airport car parks, based heavily on actual customers’ ratings. Now, here’s a look at the “best of the best” from January 2010.

It has always been our policy to display customer feedback on gosimply.com, whether good or bad. We don’t hide behind a facade of praise, nor do we intervene with negative reviews. The visitor gets to see what other people think, as is, and undiluted.

Happy New Year, and welcome to our final list of gosimply Award-winners for 2009.

Each of the car parks listed below have demonstrated high levels of customer satisfaction and product excellence throughout December, so you can have that extra bit of assurance you’ll be happy with their service when you pre-book your parking with them.