At a hearing on Friday 27 August at Folkestone Magistrates Court, the owner/skipper of a UK Registered fishing trawler was prosecuted following an incident in the Traffic Separation Scheme off Texel, Netherlands on the 9 January 2009.

The meeting took place at the Royal Society.

Early this morning a red Avocet kayak answering the description of the one used by missing female kayaker, Elizabeth Ashbee, a member of Shrewsbury Kayak Club, was found on the beach at Morfa Nefyn on the Lleyn peninsular. There is no apparent damage to the craft. It has now been confirmed that the craft was the one being used by Ms Ashbee.
The North Wales Police were informed who have now inspected the vessel and the maritime search and rescue operation has now resumed. The family of the missing woman has been informed.

UK Border Agency officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle a mysterious brief case full of dead pigeons into the UK.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to employers who use its Employer CD-Rom to help run their payroll systems.

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gates.

British companies doing business in China will be helped by a new agreement between the two nations on copyright.

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, today announced the appointment of two new Trustees to the board of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

Mr Christopher Lake and Mr Stephen Knight, the directors of a group of companies which claimed to sell financial and other business opportunities to people with poor credit histories have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a total of 16 years following an Insolvency Service investigation.

Issues statement and timetable

Today a new regional National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday for new businesses came into effect.

An exhibition of cutting edge products was today unveiled at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to encourage a new generation of innovators, Business Minster Mark Prisk announced today.

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CCAOI, the association responsible for promoting the “India Model-shared PCs” of Internet in the country, is glad to announce that their President, Mr. Naresh Ajwani has been re-elected as the “Number Council” - Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) & the Address Council-ICANN.

Due to the global downturn and economic slowdown in India last year, organisations and Indian multi-nationals have begun to focus on the latest procurement technologies to reduce purchasing and production costs. As an increased number of Indian firms are gaining global recognition, there is a greater demand for supply and procurement resulting in complex processes and production cycles. Taking cue from global companies, industries in India are investing heavily in Procure to Pay solutions popularly known as P2P. Procure-to-Pay systems automate the full purchase to payment process, connecting procurement and invoicing operations through an intertwined business flow that automates the process from identification of a need, planning and budgeting, through to procurement and payment.