Bribery Act 2011 – Coming 1 July 2011 »
The corporate community has become accustomed to the US authorities frequently investigating and prosecuting offences under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Until recently, the same could not be said about investigations and prosecutions by the UK authorities. In part, the historic failure to investigate and prosecute corruption offences has been attributed to a ...
Freight theft no game for computer industry »
A recent incident saw a lorry load of ‘Brothers in Arms’ games was hijacked near Leeds, the thieves making off with an estimated £600,000 worth of software. Sadly for computer games distributors, or producers exporting/importing goods directly, this is not a one off case. Over the past year, the number of freight thefts targeting computer ...
Legal ruling could have serious consequences for Freight Industry »
A recent court ruling whereby a logistics company received a pallet of blue tooth mobile phone devices into their warehouse, which they knew nothing about, has sent shockwaves through the the Freight Industry. The pallet should not have been sent to them and should have instead been sent to Manchester Airport Handling Centre. Unfortunately, whilst ...
a&b wins contract to supply freightnet.com with insurance brand »
a&b has this week (16 October 2010) agreed to provide the on-line insurance platform for www.freightnet.com’s new cargo insurance service, www.freightsure.com. The site will go live in late November, so watch this space!!
Hijacking alert – Palermo, Italy »
There have been at least 2 reported hijackings in Palermo during the last quarter. The first occurred on 26th August, when a truck driver was forced to stop by three criminals in an unidentified vehicle. Two of them placed him in their car and drove with him for approximately two hours whilst the third offender ...
