All People articles – Page 337
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ProfilesThe Human Angle: Sara Holton, HR director, Reckitt Benckiser UK
Name: Sara Holton Job title: HR director Company: Reckitt Benckiser UK Sales: over £600m Location: Slough, Berkshire Number of employees: 400
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: David Brooks, sales director, Food Brands Group
David Brooks, sales director at Food Brands Group, on Percol coffee, Yeovil Town and The Price Is Right
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Dobbies aligns structure with parent Tesco
Tesco-owned Dobbies Garden Centre has made changes to its board to "align the company with the Tesco group structure" following the change in registration from plc to limited company this month. Kevin Grace, Tesco UK property director,...
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ProfilesACS appoints Jonathan James as new chairman
Campaigning retailer and champion of independents Jonathan James has been appointed the next chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores. James, MD of Cambridgeshire retailer James Graven, will begin his two-year tenure as chairman...
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NewsJames takes ACS chair but Turton will stay on
Campaigning retailer and independents’ champion Jonathan James has been named as the next chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores.
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NewsAsda adds two to executive elite
Asda has announced the addition of two senior managers to its executive team. Karen Hubbard, currently operations director for Asda’s supermarkets, takes on the new role of executive director of store proposition.
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Hughes heads ops at Dobbies Garden Centre
Michael Hughes has been appointed operations director of Tesco-owned Dobbies Garden Centre.
Hughes, who was placed by headhunters Anthony Gregg Partnership, was most recently general manager for central operations at Coles in Australia,… -
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Thomson brought in from Pacific to take top UK Wrigley role
Hamish Thomson is the new general manager for Wrigley UK, The Grocer can reveal.Thomson, who is currently based in Australia where he leads Wrigley's Pacific region, will be taking up the role next month. He replaces Ian Burton, who was...
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The Human Angle: Rachel Baldwin, Dairy Crest
We have offered all employees the opportunity to take a paid day off a year to volunteer for a local charity. We are also piloting 'self-development' days, where employees are encouraged to take two days per year to invest time in themselves.
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My Alternative CV: Marcus Swift, United Coffee
Marcus Swift, commercial director at United Coffee, on the Royal Navy, window seats and his love of Madonna
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NewsBrakes completes capture of new finance chief
Brakes has named its new chief financial officer. Philip Wieland joins from General Healthcare Group.
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NewsWaitrose signs up Moore for executive chef role
Waitrose has appointed Michelin-starred chef Jonathan Moore as executive chef.
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NewsSainsbury’s will take on 15,000 for Christmas
Sainsbury’s will bring in 15,000 seasonal workers for the key Christmas period. Seasonal staff will carry out a wide number of roles from November onwards, including customer service, manning the tills, stocking shelves and online picking.
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NewsTurrell is Weetabix CEO following long search
After an eight-month search, Weetabix has finally appointed a successor to CEO Ken Wood. Giles Turrell, currently president of Kimberly-Clark's European consumer business, will join the Northamptonshire-based cereal manufacturer on 17...
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Farmer joins Boots to take second new senior trading role
The former head of L'Oréal UK and Ireland has moved to Boots to take up the second of two new senior trading posts, The Grocer can reveal. Guy Farmer returned to the UK after moving to the Continent to run L'Oréal's Portugal business,...
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The Human Angle: Amy Schmidt, Lily’s Kitchen
What’s it like to work for your company? Exciting, challenging and fun. No two days are the same and there is always lots going on.
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Sabine Scholl, consumer insights manager, General Mills UK & Ireland
Sabine Scholl, consumer insights manager, General Mills UK & Ireland, on enjoying the journey, swine flu and Ruby Wax
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NewsAll About Foods recruits Kellogg’s McLaughlin
A former Kellogg's head of specialty has joined All About Foods as commercial director. Chris McLaughlin officially stepped into the position on Thursday after eight years at Kellogg's working in a number of sales and finance leadership roles the most senior...
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ProfilesSkipworth is named Glenmorangie MD
The Glenmorangie Company has promoted chief operating officer Paul Skipworth to the post of president and MD. Skipworth, who has been COO since January 2009, replaces Paul Neep, who is moving to the role of non-executive chairman...
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Leighton leaves Selfridges to focus elsewhere
Ex-Asda boss Allan Leighton has resigned as deputy chairman of Selfridges, trimming his list of directorships to five. Leighton, who took up the role at Selfridges in January 2004, has a lot on his plate. Most recently, he joined Pace as...