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Business organisation, the CBI has called for an independent, national Exports Commission to turn around the UK's performance. It proposes a body similar to the Low Pay Commission, or the recently established Infrastructure Commission, for exports and would bring together businesses, economists and a cross-party bench of politicians to give independent advice to the Government on long-term export targets and how to deliver them.
It also recommends a one stop shop ...
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The World Trade Organisation signed what it claimed as an “historic” agreement on trade at its Tenth Ministerial Conference in Kenya on 19 December. Central plank of the deal was a commitment to abolish export subsidies by developed countries on agricultural goods, which many argue distort international trade
Developed members are ...
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The US and Cuban governments have agreed to resume commercial scheduled flights between the countries. Under the deal, up to 110 round-trip flights a day would be allowed. Charter services have already resumed, while regular shipping links resumed on 20 September.
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Someone on the island of Puerto Rico must have got the munchies just before Christmas as Air Charter Service was called into to fly more than 17 tonnes of ham to the island.
President of ACS’s North American operation, Richard Thompson said: “Between parts that are needed in an assembly line ...
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Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) released photographs of a truck damaged by stone-throwing migrants in Calais. The windscreen of the Virginia International Logistics lorry was cracked in two places in the attack.
FTAI general manager, Neil McDonnell, said: "We understand the terrible conditions under which migrants and asylum seekers are living in ...
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DFDS has increased its multimodal rail-road-sea service between the UK and Italy to daily in both directions. Units are transported by road to Immingham or Felixstowe, by sea to Rotterdam or Zeebrugge and then by rail to the Novara or Piazenca rail terminals near Milan in Italy. The service is ...
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IAG has appointed current British Airways chief commercial officer Andrew Crawley, as chief executive of IAG Cargo from January 2016. He will replace Steve Gunning who is leaving IAG Cargo in January to become British Airways’ chief financial officer. Andrew Crawley will report into IAG chief executive Willie Walsh and ...
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An electronic version of the TIR guarantee system between Turkey and Iran has been a success and the system is now ready for full implementation, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU).
Two fully-digital eTIR pilots were successfully completed in December and the system is now ready for full implementation.
The two ...
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Global forwarding network FPS Group is to change its constitution to allow multiple membership in each territory, following a decision at its AGM and Conference in Jakarta. Advisory board chairman Sam Aparo, co-owner of one of the network’s founding members, told delegates that the original FPS Group policy of one ...
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Europa Worldwide Group says that has completed a complex, two-year restructuring following managing director Andrew Baxter, acquisition of a 90% stake in the business in August 2013. It says that while there have been some operational problems and significant reorganisation costs, the benefits are now being felt internally and by ...
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