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...Ministers were critical of ferry operator P&O for using agency staff to replace workers on its ships earlier this year....
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...Minimum wage: Even though it doesn’t boost productivity, the policy has fared well during a period of high inflation in the UK, writes Sarah O’Connor....
...They’re less levered,” says Maureen O’Connor, global head of Wells Fargo’s high-grade debt syndicate....
...Which, outrageously, could yet be the outcome at P&O too. helen.thomas@ft.com@helentbiz...
...“The importance of corporate governance has come even more to the fore given P&O and other corporate scandals, and we have been waiting for so long for a response from the government, which makes it strange...
...at P&O should have marked a turning point for workers’ rights....
...“From Carillion to BHS and P&O Ferries, recent scandals have exposed gaps in our corporate governance framework and reduced trust in British business at the precise moment when we need to harness the skills...
...P&O Ferries’ recent flouting of labour law by summarily firing 800 British-based seafarers has prompted the government to pursue ill-considered legislation to outsource oversight of sailors’ minimum wage...
...DP World, the Dubai-based parent of P&O Ferries, which attracted opprobrium for its mass sacking of crew members, hit record profits of $721mn in the first half of the year, thanks to a strong performance...
...FT accountancy correspondent Michael O’Dwyer breaks down the planned split — and how EY intends to keep 13,000 partners happy....
...Chance Jonas-O’Toole, a sweet-voiced tenor, did Du Yun’s “Zolle”, an excerpt in Italian from her 2005 opera of that name; and Nicole Thomas, a mezzo, was telling in the Reid....
...The Conservatives, led by Erin O’Toole, were projected to win in 122 seats, up from 119. 2....
...Morten O. Ravn: Hopefully not....
...The S&P 500 fell 1.7 per cent, marking its worst trading day since May....
...On a call that featured the O-word 47 times, more than any company this earnings season according to data from S&P Global Intelligence, he ended by repeating that his entire team was “back in the office”...
...On sky-high public and private valuations: “The time to buy a great software company that fits your strategy is when you can,” said Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo, adding that trying to time interest rates...
...Kevin O’Donnell, head of international private equity at Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has resigned from the investment group, Bloomberg News reports....
...Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth and P&O’s Britannia are among numerous ships that will cruise British waters this summer — P&O last week reported “overwhelming” demand for its domestic cruises....
...News of a proposed coal ban was first reported by S&P Global Platts and Argus Media, with the latter stating that one state-owned Chinese utility had temporarily halted a shipment of Australian coal....
...He added that Centrica has been in the FTSE 100 since its demerger from British Gas in February 1997 while Carnival has been in the index since 2002 when it merged with P&O Princess Cruises....
...The report appeared on Tesla’s first day of trading in the S&P 500, weakening the electric carmaker’s shares....
...The grandparents of Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Helena Bonham Carter and Carey Mulligan are sadly no longer around, and even the players themselves are getting a little long in the tooth (with the...
...Middlesbrough; Heather Morrey, Sussex Polymath 1,037: Michael Crapper, Whitchurch Crossword 16,254: Richard Heaton, London; Hector Langfeldt, Birmingham; Saira Kamaly, London Polymath 1,036: Eamonn O’...
...P&O Ferries also last month began legal proceedings against the government after being excluded from no-deal Brexit preparations....
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