All Career advice articles
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Eluney Gonzalez, national account manager, Better Nature
’That initial conversation where you tell people about your products really is just the tip of the iceberg’
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Paulina Wagner, trade marketing executive, Oatly
‘More brands are embracing bold, unconventional approaches, making it an exciting space for creative thinkers who love to challenge the norm’
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Comment & Opinion
Three ways businesses can manage risks and rewards of data
Data is a hugely powerful resource for businesses, but if it is not managed and interpreted cleverly, it can wreak havoc, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Profiles
Grubby’s Martin Holden-White on mice, plant-based and Austin Powers
‘We’re helping make plant-based eating more accessible and convenient for people’
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Veganuary’s Chelsea Harrop on McFly, Harry Styles and plant-based
Chelsea Harrop talks handling viral moments like Veganuary name-drops on Corrie to dreaming of a world where every popular sandwich has a vegan counterpart
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Hannah Parkes, head of people & impact, The Jolly Hog
Hannah shares her journey from sausage-themed interview questions to the challenges and rewards of working in a B Corp business
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Rosalie De Bruin, senior brand manager, Danone
’If you have a strict career plan in place, you’re not going to be as open to new opportunities. And you really don’t know where life can take you!’
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Comment & Opinion
How the World Prawn Forum taught me to be good at networking
Here’s what 20 years of networking in person and online have taught Making Business Matter’s Darren A Smith about how and why we must network
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Profiles
Merchant Gourmet MD Richard Peake on buffets, Elf and an HFSS tax
‘In an ideal world, unhealthy and highly processed foods would be expensive through heavy taxation’
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Profiles
My food & drink job: George Fitzgerald, head of out of home, Grounded
‘Be open to every opportunity, no matter how small it seems – it might just be the stepping stone you need’
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Comment & Opinion
Why more scrutiny is good news for genuinely healthy brands
If more measures come in to promote healthy food and drink, brands will need to take a close look at whether their health claims are credible, says Alex Wright of Dash Water
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Comment & Opinion
Labour must think twice on flexible working laws
Leaders want to embrace all aspects of D&I, but they can’t make decisions that don’t pay out, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Natalie Burke, product manager, Little Dish
‘People management, costings, factory adaptations, buyer meetings… unfortunately, it is not all tastings’
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Comment & Opinion
Celebrate Christmas in a way that reflects your brand’s values
It’s time to enjoy some quality time as a team before a well-deserved rest ahead of the new year, says Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble
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Profiles
My food & drink job: James Magee, assistant brand manager, Belazu
‘I didn’t think I could become so passionate about olive oil,’ says Belazu’s assistant brand manager
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Sarah Gerrard, category & insights manager, White Rabbit Pizza
The free-from expert uses data to ‘bridge the gap between what consumers want, and what they see on the shelf’
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Comment & Opinion
Bottom-line growth in fmcg will soon come from cultural moments
Strong brands need to play in spaces where they are not wholly in control of their message or image
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Comment & Opinion
Do better than saying ‘hope you’re well’ in emails with the push/pull method
‘Hope you’re well’ is the equivalent of the paper straw cover in McDonald’s, says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter
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Profiles
Danone’s Tom Kerr on spiders, rollercoasters and split trousers
‘I’d love us to be able to make it even easier for shoppers to make educated decisions about the products they’re choosing’
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Katie McDaid, product developer, Cypressa
‘I wanted to make an impact, and being a small part in designing what people pop in their basket was very enticing’