BRUTAL BUT HONEST is the slogan on the current mug – and that's the kind you drink out of – in the specially designed series of promotion mugs by consultancy company Marine Professionals and we cannot but applaud the sentiment…
Shipbuilding and related ship finance issues are on the agenda for the next in the London Shipping Law Centre's series of seminars…
SHIPOWNERS and shipmanagers have had their battles with the International Transport Workers Federation in the past and will doubtless do so again. Eyebrows may have been raised therefore at the news that Monaco-based trade association InterManager has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ITF…
NO, this is not a story about the proliferation of McDonalds in Bergen, but news of Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein continuing overseas expansion with the appointment of Chris Grieveson in Singapore. Grieveson, who was formerly with Ince & Co will head up the firm's dispute resolution practice handling both litigation and arbitration….
UK employers who have so far managed to miss the news that sick notes are no more, can read about the new “fit notes” (yes, it's true) that their staff will now be producing after a Shakespearean visit to the doctor…
OWNERS, managers and charterers look to be in an upbeat mood, at least according to the latest confidence survey by accountants Moore Stephens. Now, before you scoff at this series of newsworthy surveys, don't forget that it's confidence, or lack of it, that play a huge part in deciding the direction of the economy…
OUR thanks to Stena Line's Sue Morris, who has this contribution to share with readers…
A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers…
ACCORDING to the CEO of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (London Evening Standard, 10th March), most university degrees condemn graduates to menial jobs serving coffee in Starbucks. In his humble opinion, the only degrees worth having are firsts and upper seconds from the top 20 Russell Group universities…
