Signpost spelling blunder forces council into correction

Photograph of heaters seized at Port of Felixstowe before being sold on Amazon.  
Photograph from Suffolk County Council press release.

The heaters posed a serious risk of electrocution, said trading standards officers.

Deadly heaters 'due to be sold on Amazon' seized at port

Freeport East - encompassing Harwich and Felixstowe ports - has been given final approval by the government.

Two new freeports have been given final approval by the government and will receive up to £25m each in seed funding to get started.

What is a freeport and who will benefit?

Hundreds of hardened swimmers in Felixstowe and Lowestoft took a daring dip in the icy waters of the North Sea for charity this Christmas Day.

Hundreds of hardy swimmers brave icy North Sea for Christmas charity dips

Members of the Unite union man a picket line at one of the entrances to the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk in a long-running dispute over pay. Around 1,900 union members at the port are walking out for a second time, until October 5, following an eight-day stoppage last month.
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Workers at the Port of Felixstowe were given a 7% backdated pay rise for 2022, and a further 8.5% rise from January 2023, with one-off payments on top.

Port dispute ends after workers accept 16% pay increase over two years

Thousands of businesses across the country are reliant on deliveries which come through Felixstowe, the country's busiest cargo port.

Firm fears 'massive delays' as second port strike continues

Members of the Unite union man a picket line at one of the entrances to the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, Britain's biggest and busiest container port, after backing industrial action by 9-1 in a dispute over pay.
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Another eight-day strike began on 27 September at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk - the gateway through which nearly half of the UK's container cargo arrives.

Why are workers at the UK's busiest container port on strike again?

Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out - the second time they have done so, after eight days of industrial action in August.

Workers at UK’s largest container port walk out on strike again

A man carrying the Unite flag during the first Port of Felixstowe strike in August 2022.
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The Port of Felixstowe now says it will proceed with a pay rise of 7% plus £500, backdated to January, as there is "no prospect of agreement".

Port workers set for fresh strike as bosses push through 7% pay rise

A man carrying a Unite the Union flag surfs around the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk.
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The details of earnings were released as the eight-day strike at Felixstowe entered its fourth day.

Highest-paid port worker on strike 'earned £86k in last year'

Paul Day, managing director of haulage company Turners of Soham.
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Turners of Soham boss Paul Day says he expects to lose £200,000 of business for each day of the strike.

Port strike will cost my firm £1m, says haulage boss

Almost 2,000 workers walked out from Britain's biggest container port in Suffolk on Sunday for the first time in 30 years.

'Worse by the minute': Striking Felixstowe workers relying on food banks

The head of a logistics firm has warned consumers could start seeing gaps on shelves as industrial action at the Port of Felixstowe starts to bite.

Strikes could mean empty shelves for shoppers, warns haulier

Around 1,900 members of the Unite union based at Felixstowe Port in Suffolk walked out on Sunday in an ongoing dispute over pay.

Port strike will 'severely disrupt' supply chain, warns union

Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out in a dispute over pay.

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