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RBS offers mortgage arrears delay Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:01:11 GMT The Royal Bank of Scotland will allow defaulting customers six months grace before taking any legal action against them. Read More

Lower VAT rate comes into force Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:30:49 GMT The temporary change in VAT is now in place but businesses say it has cost them money to implement the cut. Read More

Local News


The pressure grows Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:29:24 GMT Forwarders are coming under intense pressure to renegotiate long-term rates with customers, as both sides seek to minimise redundancies. Read More

SNCF comes under suspicion Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:29:26 GMT France's competition and fraud control authority, the DGCCRF, said it could "neither confirm or deny" a report in the French media that its officers recently carried out raids at SNCF's HQ and its freight division as part of an investigation into suspected anti-competitive practices at the state-owned rail company. Read More

Genesis News


Gulf of Aden Transit Times Update Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT AP Moller-Maersk has announced that it will update its policy for vessels entering the Gulf of Aden due to the recent hijackings by the Somali pirates which seized a Saudi Arabian tanker and then demanded USD 25 million in return for its release. Read More

DHL Lays off workers at their 18 USA distribution hubs Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT The current economic downturn is beginning to affect large multinational forwarders and the 10th of November saw DHL withdraw from the domestic express business in the USA. Read More