£80 million boost for coastal communities and green shipping as London International Shipping Week gets underway

£80 million boost for coastal communities and green shipping as London International Shipping Week gets underway

government backs innovative companies in coastal communities from Orkney to Portsmouth with £80 million of R&D funding to boost clean tech and create jobs comes at the start of London International Shipping... Read more »
Life in London’s ‘shanty town’: How Labour council is charging £1,560-a-month for old shipping containers piled up in a rundown estate rife with drug gangs

Life in London’s ‘shanty town’: How Labour council is charging £1,560-a-month for old shipping containers piled up in a rundown estate rife with drug gangs

When the Marston Court estate was built in 2017, Ealing’s Labour-run council described it as a ‘ground-breaking and innovative’ solution for vulnerable families and the homeless. Shipping containers piled alongside and on... Read more »
Predator guilty of murdering vulnerable young woman in shipping container

Predator guilty of murdering vulnerable young woman in shipping container

A 64-year-old predator who battered a vulnerable young woman to death in a converted shipping container and buried her body in woods has been found guilty of murder. Romanian Necolai Paizan, 64,... Read more »
Questions over shipping container kiosk on Wanstead green

Questions over shipping container kiosk on Wanstead green

Many of us opposed Vision RCL’s plan to install a shipping container posing as a café on Wanstead’s Christ Church Green. However, it was installed and we taxpayers expected to see the... Read more »
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Brexit fuels international expansion for shipping and logistics firm

An international shipping and logistics company has revealed plans to open new offices in London, the US and China next year. Brunswick International, which has been headquartered in Liverpool for more than... Read more »
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Boohoo’s profits plunge thanks to post-Brexit rules and shipping costs – despite near £1bn revenue

Online retail giant Boohoo’s half-year profits plunged after being hit by post-Brexit rules, increased shipping costs and heavy investment despite its revenue nearing £1bn. The Manchester-headquartered group, which has doubled its market... Read more »
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Essex Crime: Gang used Purfleet shipping containers for drug, weapon and money storage in county lines drug network

A medication gang used an Essex container yard to retailer medicine, weapons and money for crime. More than 200 of the shipping containers have been searched and 4 folks have since been... Read more »
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Moment police shut down Covid-19 rule break party in east London shipping containers

5 March 2021, 11:14 | Updated: 5 March 2021, 15:06 The thriller organiser of a Covid rule-breaching party in some shipping containers is going through a £10,000 advantageous after police raided the... Read more »