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Its principal services are roadside assistance and general insurance, and its subsidiaries include RAC Motoring Services Ltd, RAC Financial Services Ltd and RAC Insurance Limited. It was a private club owned by its members until sold in 1999, eventually acquired in 2014 and 2015 by GIC Private Limited and CVC Capital Partners .
Logo used from 2006 to 2015. Gumtree was founded in March 2000 by Michael Pennington and Simon Crookall as a local London classified ads and community site, designed to connect Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans who were either planning to move, or had just arrived in the city, and needed help getting started with accommodation, employment and meeting new people.
1920 cartoon of The Arts Club, a private members' club founded in London by Charles Dickens. Private members' clubs are organisations which provide social and other facilities to members who typically pay a membership fee for access and use. Most are owned and controlled by their members even to this day.
The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 by William John Bosworth, to help motorists avoid police speed traps, [4] in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences. [5]
Carsharing or car sharing (AU, NZ, CA, TH, & US) or car clubs (UK) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. It differs from traditional car rental in that the owners of the cars are often private individuals themselves, and the car sharing facilitator is generally distinct from the car owner.
The Seraphim Club – A private club featured in Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell. Stoics' Club – George Pendyce's club in The Country House by John Galsworthy. The Survivor's Club – featured in the novel The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes. The Tankerville Club – Featured in two Sherlock Holmes mystery detective stories by Sir Arthur ...
Your car insurance typically covers family members and friends who infrequently borrow your car, but understanding the coverage limits helps protect you from unexpected costs.
The ruling was criticised by Stagecoach as leaving vital services in limbo and jeopardising Scotland's intercity coach network, making it unable to compete effectively with rail and private car journeys. [102] To satisfy the commission, some Citylink routes were sold to Parks Motor Group in early 2008. [103]