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‘Lost’ value added tax by EU member states is “shocking”, said the European Commission’s head of taxation and customs, Pierre Moscovici, following publication of a new report on the ‘VAT Gap’.
In the report, published on 28 September, he said that EU countries lost an estimated total of €152 billion in VAT revenues in 2015.
He said that while the collection of VAT revenues “shows some signs of improvement,” the missing amounts ...
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A truck is helping raise funds for North West Cancer Research.
Bootle container haulier JWT Commercial encouraged 16 businesses to pledge a minimum donation of £250 to the charity in exchange for their logo on the tractor unit.
The DAF XF model truck was unveiled at the Truckfest show in Knutsford and ...
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Faster to France
UPS is making a series of enhancements to reduce transit times for its UPS Standard service to France from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Spain. UPS has completed about a third of its five-year, $2 billion investment programme in its European network
In 2017, this ...
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Monarch Airlines went into administration and ceased trading on 2 October, stranding around 110,000 British passengers overseas.
The carrier blamed recent terror attacks in Turkey and Egypt which have hit its business to those countries badly, along with intense completion on other short-haul routes within Europe, the weak Pound and rising ...
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OOCL has christened its latest 21,413teu TEU G class containership – currently the world’s larges - the OOCL United Kingdom – the fourth of six ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea.
Her first European port of call will be Felixstowe on the LL1 service from Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian and ...
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Railway enthusiasts will argue into the small hours of the morning about the world’s oldest railway station, but one with a good claim is Heighington - on what used to the Stockton and Darlington railway, which opened in 1825.
K Line has just made a donation for its restoration.
And the connection ...
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DB Cargo UK and steel and mining company ArcelorMittal operated a trial service moving 1,300 tonnes of steel coil by rail from the port of Boston to Wolverhampton on 29 September. It is envisaged that the service will operate weekly once the trial is complete. DB Cargo UK is also ...
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An array of huge industrial pipes, rescued following a collision between two vessels in the Dover Strait are being reprocessed at ABP’s Port of Lowestoft as part of a sustainability project. The pipes will be cut into 12-metre lengths before being exported for reprocessing overseas.
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Cargo president Rick Elieson explains what the team at American Airlines has been doing in the wake of Irma and Maria
After Hurricane Irma devastated so many islands in the Caribbean before hitting Florida, we were heartbroken to see the impact Hurricane Maria had on Puerto Rico. We have thousands of ...
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Crimestoppers has identified transport and warehousing as two sectors where modern-day slavery can occur. The charity is partnering with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to help the UK public spot the signs and try to stamp it out.
It says that slavery takes a variety of forms, many of ...
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