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Britain has 11 months to roll out new customs systems across the country to prevent border checks blocking its biggest trade arteries when it fully leaves the European Union, the head of the Port of Dover said on Friday.
Child reporter gets answer from Boris Johnson over HS2
Boris Johnson has said "in a hole the size of HS2, the only thing to do is keep digging" - in the clearest signal yet that the controversial rail scheme will go ahead.
Second northern train firm faces losing franchise over poor services
A TRAIN operator which provides 30 million passenger journeys a year across the North and Scotland has been warned unless it improves its appalling performance it could lose its franchise.
First glimpse of more major changes planned for Leeds train station
The bold plans have been outlined for the first time - but one councillor thinks it will cause "chaos"
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- Airbus to pay SFO €1bn in corruption settlementThe payment is part of a €3.6bn deal involving authorities in the UK, France and the US.
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- The secretive hedge fund boss at the controls of FlybeCyrus Capital’s Lucien Farrell needs government support to keep carrier airborne
- Airbus ran ‘massive’ bribery scheme to win ordersEuropean aerospace group to pay €3.6bn in penalties to regulators in France, UK and US
The Guardian
- Airbus to pay record £3bn in fines for 'endemic' corruptionUK court sanctions fines after firm admits using agents across world to bribe officials to land high-value contractsAirbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, is to pay a record £3bn in penalties after admitting it had paid huge bribes on an “endemic” basis to land contracts in 20 countries.Anti-corruption investigators hailed the result as the largest ever corporate fine for bribery in the world after judges declared that the corruption was “grave, pervasive and pernicious”. Continue reading...
City AM
- Airbus agrees to pay record €991m UK fine in €3.6bn global bribery settlementA London court today approved a record €991m (£833m) fine for Airbus in exchange for suspending the prosecution of alleged [...] The post Airbus agrees to pay record €991m UK fine in €3.6bn global bribery settlement appeared first on CityAM.
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- In pictures: Stansted Airport as you've never seen it beforeOur local airport hasn't always been the metallic edifice it is today - even at one point housing German prisoners of war
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- City council makes U-turn over Southampton Airport expansion plansCITY council chiefs have made a U-turn on proposals to expand Southampton Airport.
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