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...Watson acknowledged, however, that the company’s largest engine, the Trent 97-XWB, faced durability issues in hot, dusty climates....
...pilita.clark@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Appoint women to chief executive, and chair roles will follow / From Duncan Reed, Director, Condign Board Consulting, London SW1, UK...
...Pilita Clark tells us that the former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin once told off his catering staff for bringing in “rogue” pink wafer biscuits with the executives’ afternoon tea (“A manager’...
...Severn Trent said it had received regulatory endorsement to invest £565m and Pennon revealed backing for £81m of additional environmental investment....
...A study of 45 car washes in Nottingham and Leicester led by Ian Clark, an academic at Nottingham Trent University, found that non-compliance with minimum wage rules was “universal”....
...Sir Tim’s comments come as relations between Rolls-Royce and its airline customers have been damaged by the problems on its Trent 1000 engine that powers Boeing’s 787 aircraft....
...A former pottery business manager in Stoke-on-Trent, he became an MP in 2010....
...Business secretary Greg Clark said it was time for MPs to be decisive and pragmatic: “I think this is a moment for parliament to come together.”...
...“Stoke-on-Trent is a fascinating place,” he said, arguing that the Potteries could become a world-leading centre for the medical application of ceramic technologies....
...2020,” said Liv Garfield, Severn Trent chief executive....
...Tim Clark, president of Emirates, complained of “technical issues” with the Trent 900 jets, adding: “We want the engines as promised in the contract.”...
...Sir Tim Clark, Emirates president, has said he would like to see Rolls-Royce’s XWB engine — designed for the wide-body A350 — adapted for the A380....
...Punch’s market capitalisation of about £63m includes a £49m stake in drinks distributor Matthew Clark, leaving £14m of value for the owners of its two securitisation structures....
...Matthew Rice, managing director of Emma Bridgewater, whose distinctive spotted mugs and teapots are popular worldwide, said it was “brilliant news” for Stoke-on-Trent....
...The writer is a historian and Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent...
...Greg Clark, financial secretary to the Treasury and minister for cities, said: “If it’s in the city’s interest and the national interest, we’ll strike a deal and make it happen.”...
...Last month, British Airways completed a contract with the enginemaker to buy as much as £5bn worth of Trent 900s and Trent 1000 engines....
...Its stock bounced back on Monday after it said the problems were confined to the Trent 900 engines used on the A380....
...Any delayed repercussions from the Trent 900 problems could affect the company’s ability to compete for years to come....
...failure affecting its Trent 1000 engine in August....
...After gaining an MBA and working for companies ranging from General Electric to the Severn Trent water company, he quickly set about transforming the way BAA was run....
...The Trent 900 is a new engine designed for the A380, the largest passenger aeroplane yet built. Rolls-Royce’s suppliers say that the company will get to the bottom of the problem....
...Engineers are studying a fragment of a turbine disc recovered from the failed Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on the Qantas A380 and are trying to find the rest of it....
...However, the Qantas incident means Rolls-Royce will now be looking hard at the Trent 900 as it continues work on its Trent 1000, while still developing the Trent XWB....
...So far, Airbus, Qantas and other affected airlines using the same Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines on their A380 superjumbos – Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa – have skirted the issue of whether they would...
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