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...Some of the larger contractors are also looking at partnerships....
...Peter Wexler General counsel, Schneider Electric As incoming GC in 2009, Peter Wexler and his team created an ethics charter for Schneider Electric, the French electrical equipment group....
...“In some cases, they’re still a little apprehensive to allow contractors in their home,” said Mr Ellison....
...Companies ranging from Royal Dutch Shell and Total to utilities and smaller independent groups are racing into the LNG export market, but planned capacity exceeds what is likely to be needed....
...An explosion involving a road tanker operated by a Shell contractor in Pakistan last year caused more than 200 deaths and led to a $2.4m fine for the company’s local subsidiary....
...Royal Dutch Shell had second thoughts when it sold Chrysaor some assets two years ago. Shell kept hold of $1bn worth of the future closing down costs....
...BAE won a multibillion pound contract to supply nine of its Type 26 warships to the Royal Australian Navy last year....
...United Technologies, a global leader in aerospace components such as wheels, brakes, landing gear, aerostructures and electrical systems agreed to buy smaller rival Rockwell Collins last year....
...They lacked basics like electrical work, fixtures and fittings....
...Ms Jacobs joins from Raytheon, the US defence contractor, where she served in a similar role....
...And cost savings remain “a key part of the investment story at Royal Mail”....
...At least the performance in electrical goods sales was positive....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 19. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...In the meantime, Serco is helping troubled public sector contractor Carillion reduce its debt burden by agreeing to acquire a portfolio of UK healthcare facilities management contracts for a total consideration...
...Addison Lee, like Uber, argued its 3,800 London drivers were independent contractors who could “log on” to work whenever they wished....
...A government-commissioned report this week suggested extending some employment protections to such “dependent contractors”....
...Detailed analysis of public documents carried out by the FT reveals a lead-up to the disaster marked by a complex chain of contractors and sub-contractors that continues to raise the question of who took...
...Lower prices charged by mining contractors due to the wider downturn across the sector have also helped....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 28 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Willie Walsh, head of BA’s parent company International Consolidated Airlines Group, pointed the finger of blame for the disaster on one of the UK’s busiest holiday weekends at one humble electrical engineer...
...Other bankers have paid a different price for using messaging apps, including Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment bank chairman, Rory Cullinan, who was lambasted when his daughter published a Snapchat he...
...Replacing KMG EP’s old-fashioned “nodding donkey” wells with electrical submersible pumps could improve efficiency and lift production by as much as 60 per cent, Mr Hopkinson says....
...Royal Dutch Shell, one of the companies in the consortium running the project said in March that the group expected to restart production around the end of 2016....
...In the Gothic splendour of London’s Royal Courts of Justice, Hardman racked up judgments against Ablyazov that would exceed $4bn....
...Fellow US oil major ExxonMobil holds 25 per cent, as does Royal Dutch Shell, with the balance held by three Japanese utilities....
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