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In a letter to p80, the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, said the company appeared to have failed to follow the process for employers making a large number of redundancies. the bbc�*s helena wilkinson reports. shouting. in dover, shock has turned to anger. this whole situation's just ripped the heart out of me, the industry. i mean, at the moment, itjust feels... you know, you'rejust numb, shock and, to be honest, it feels almost like a bereavement. phil lees worked on board p&0 ferries for 34 years. on thursday, he, along with hundreds of others, were sacked without warning. the decision...

Of people spending. this is going to impact greatly on the wider community. the government now is also coming under scrutiny about the legal advice it took when told about the plans, and the scottish government's told the bbc it's reviewing all publicly—funded contracts with p&0. p&0 says it is now taking bookings for its crossing between liverpool and dublin. but for these ferries here in dover, and in fact eight across the whole country, the transport secretary grant shapps is insisting on full safety checks. this delay will undoubtedly cost the company money, but it could also have an imp...

Hull king george docks where p&0 has where p&0 has temporarily stopped its rotterdam sailings. demonstrations too in london, larne and liverpool. it's a sad day. all these men have all lost theirjobs, i think it's very sad. if one company can get away with doing this at such short notice to 800 people, there is nothing to stop another company doing the same. what on earth are - they going to do next? you don't know... one day you are going to work and the next day you are out. i unions described thursday's events as a jobs massacre. crews were told by video it would be their final day in the j...

Business with russia. he singled out the food giant nestle. 0nto other news now, and here in the uk, p&0 ferries say some of their services from liverpool have resumed after all ships were called back to port on thursday. hours later, the firm announced 800 staff had been sacked and would be replaced with agency workers. the scottish government says it, too, is reviewing all publicly—funded contracts with the company. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. chanting: go, go, p&0! go, go, p&0! protesters let their feelings be known about the sudden dismissal of 800 p&0 staff outsid...

What has happened today is extraordinary and it has been condemned by unions and the tuc has questioned the legality of the way workers were made redundant and the situation is likely to have an effect on the businesses and the passengers who would normally use p&0's services including on the route between dover and calais. its ferries are not running at the moment and the government has been informed that services could be suspended for up to ten days, so while other ferry operators are likely or will provide some alternatives, and level of disruption is expected. thanks for “oininu disrupt...