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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Tom Ambrose

P&O owner to attend UK investment summit despite minister’s criticism

Transport secretary Louise Haigh.
Transport secretary Louise Haigh. Photograph: Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

DP World, the parent firm of P&O Ferries, will attend the government’s international investment summit on Monday.

There were reports the company had pulled out of the summit, where it was expected to announce a £1bn investment in the UK, after the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, called for a boycott of P&O.

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