All People articles – Page 310
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News
DBC redundancies likely to rise
More than half the workforce at DBC Foodservice have been made redundant and the figure is likely to rise, administrators have warned.
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News
Whitbread FD Rogers promoted to MD of the Costa Coffee business
Whitbread’s finance director Christopher Rogers has been promoted to managing director of its Costa Coffee division.
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Comment and Opinion
We need clarity on agency worker rules
Designed to give temporary workers parity in pay and employment conditions after 12 weeks, you might think there would be consensus on how to implement the Agency Workers Regulations correctly.
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Comment and Opinion
After DBC and R&M Swaine, we need some good news about jobs
At very long last, the political pawn that was the hot pasty is no longer dominating the headlines…
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News
Best show gong for Taste of London
Taste of London has won the Best Consumer Show category at the 2012 Exhibition News Awards.
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Profiles and QandAs
Adam Leyland of The Grocer meets Levi Roots
The Grocer’s editor, Adam Leyland, recently met Levi Roots at the Food & Drink Expo. He asks him what’s next in one of UK food’s most compelling success stories.
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News
Tesco teams tackle night worker issues
Tesco is sending teams of head office staff into stores in a bid to improve the morale and performance of night workers.
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Comment and Opinion
Use your LinkedIn profile to maximum effect
More and more organisations are using LinkedIn as a recruitment tool, so if you are not featured at all you are missing a trick.
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News
BRC boss credited over members and experts
The search for a successor to take the helm at one of the UK’s most powerful lobbying groups began this week, after Stephen Robertson revealed he was stepping down as director general of the British Retail Consortium.
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News
Spar board for fresh & frozen head Maxted
Allan Maxted has been promoted to the board of directors at Spar UK.
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News
Glenn to run Birds Eye 'whoever owns us'
CEO Martin Glenn has pledged to take his team with him if Birds Eye Iglo changes hands.
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News
Departure of Tesco's Burns 'is a big loss'
Tesco veteran Stan Burns has retired after 29 years’ service.
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Profiles and QandAs
Katie Bickerstaffe, CEO UK & Ireland for Dixons Retail
A graduate of the Unilever management training scheme, Bickerstaffe’s early career included stints at PepsiCo
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The Big Interview
Pies, passion & poaching
When Brian Stein left Northern Foods for Samworth Brothers in 1995, his then boss told him he was making a big mistake.
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Comment and Opinion
Phil Smith, Commercial director for Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Smith’s last role in grocery was as MD of Budgens and Londis owner Musgrave Retail Partners GB
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News
FDF uses YouTube in bid to woo teens
YouTube videos aimed at making the food industry more appealing to 16 to 18-year-olds are being deployed by the Food and Drink Federation.
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My Alternative CV
Geoff Tirrell, managing director, Chang Beer UK
What was your first-ever job? I spent six months driving a van, delivering drinks for Bottoms Up Beverages
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News
McKenna well placed after Asda reshuffle
With chief marketing officer Rick Bendel turning his attention exclusively to Walmart - chief marketing officer for China Stephen Smith replaces him in the UK from May - this week’s announcement marks a complete transformation in Asda’s senior team since CEO Andy Clarke replaced Andy Bond in May 2010.
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Comment and Opinion
Be specific about what you are selling before you start to sell
I ask account managers: “Which page do you write first when putting together a customer presentation?” They answer: “Page one, of course”. And there you have it. The result is a meandering deck of fabulous information misfiring in all directions.
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News
New loss for Sainsbury’s wine team
Sainsbury’s has lost a further member of its wine team, with buyer David Peek leaving…