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Port tax bill pledge ‘not an election bribe’

£3.6m tax bill threat is lifted from port of Southampton

7:20pm Thursday 22nd July 2010

THE GOVERNMENT has hit back at claims that a promise to ease the tax bills of Southampton port firms was a pre-election bribe.

Port chief quits city organisation

9:48am Thursday 22nd July 2010

PORT boss Doug Morrison has quit the board of business Southampton after fellow directors abandoned a merger with its city rival the Chamber of Commerce.

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Tricky job for Trimline

10:03am Wednesday 21st July 2010

FOURTEEN containers of equipment, 40 staff and a job 12,000 miles away.

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Fifth cruise terminal as passengers double

6:00pm Thursday 15th July 2010

SOUTHAMPTON is to get a fifth cruise terminal as experts predict the city will see a doubling in passenger numbers over the next decade, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Heritage museum developer named

8:34am Thursday 8th July 2010

BUILDER Kier Southern has been named the “preferred contractor” to build Southampton’s £15m Sea City Museum.

As wide as a Boeing, as long as 40 London buses

12:16pm Thursday 8th July 2010

AS long as 40 London Routemaster(* see below) buses and almost as wide as the wingtips on a Boeing 747 airliner, the latest mega-ship to arrive at Southampton Container Terminals is a real record breaking sea monster.

Cruise line must pay £1.1m to injured musician

12:04pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

NEARLY a decade after slipping on stage during rehearsal, cruise ship trumpeter Steven Pavone won a £1.1m lawsuit against major Southampton operator Royal Caribbean for the fall.