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Carmaker’s head says at WEF in Davos that company will ‘re-evaluate’ situation once UK’s relationship with EU is settled Nissan will conduct a review of its Sunderland plant’s competitiveness once the UK’s future relationship with the EU is settled, the head of the Japanese carmaker has said.Carlos Ghosn’s remarks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos may raise concerns about the commitment of company to the UK, following its pledge in October to turn the factory into one of the biggest car plants in the world. Continue reading...
Second-hand tyres up to 23 years-old putting lives at risk on Britain's roads,�trading standards warn
Wheels are in motion for HS2 contract race [Subscription]
The next stage in delivering the HS2 rail network got under way yesterday when the search began for a company to take on the £2.75 billion contract to build the high-speed trains.
Derby's Bombardier 'very keen' to bid for £2.75bn HS2 train contract
Derby train-maker Bombardier is "very keen" to bid for a £2.75 billion contract to design, build and maintain high speed trains for the new HS2 rail link, the Derby Telegraph understands.
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- Man killed after 'steam explosion' on ship at Felixstowe The incident happened at 11.45pm yesterday at the major international port in Suffolk. Steam is said to have built up to exploding point in the boiler room of the ship and blasted the vessel as it was docking.
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- Action Must be Taken If We are to Address UK Seafarer ShortfallUK Chamber CEO Guy Platten has responded to the publication of the Department for Transport Seafarer Projections Review by calling on government to back its SMarT Plus proposal. The Department for Transport has this week published a study to…
- Eight new ships to launch by cruise lines this year Eight new ships will be deployed by various cruise lines this year, including the world’s largest in terms of passenger capacity, to hold 5,700 cruisers at maximum occupancy.However, if 2016 was a year of big new ships, 2017 is different. Compared to last year’s seven, this year’s eight – not including two exclusively for the Chinese market – will have just 13,900 new beds; last year it was 18,500. And two of the ships account for nearly 10,000 of these beds.The world’s biggest for passenger capacity will be MSC Meraviglia (5,700), but six will hold fewer than 1,000 passengers, three fewer th...
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