A damaging row between the Dubai-based ports company that owns P&O Ferries and the government over a £1 billion investment into Britain has been resolved on the eve of a crucial investment summit.
DP World’s chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, will attend a crucial global investment summit on Monday after a frenetic 24-hour period in which the company had threatened the shelve the investment in its London Gateway port because of damning comments about its working practices by a cabinet minister.
Louise Haigh, the transport secretary, is reported to have infuriated DP World over comments about its fire-and-rehire policies at P&O Ferries. In an interview this week, she called the company a “rogue operator” and said she was boycotting P&O, adding that she would “encourage