All People articles – Page 384
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NewsHartington closure brings 150 job losses
Long Clawson has confirmed it will close its Hartington Creamery with the loss of 150 jobs. The news comes after the Competition Commission gave the green light to Long Clawson's acquisition of the business last month. The...
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EUK games man Stanhope handed Tesco buying role
Tesco has signalled plans to ramp up its presence in the video games market with the capture of former EUK games chief John Stanhope.
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Morrice joins David Sands as non-exec
Stanley Morrice, former MD of McLeish Brothers, the upmarket Scottish deli chain that slipped into administration last month, has been appointed as a non-executive director of independent convenience store group David Sands.Morrice will...
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Tague chosen as MD for Seabrook Crisps
Premium crisps manufacturer Seabrook Crisps has named John Tague as its new managing director.Tague moves up from the role of commercial director. He joined the company in May last year from Dextra Solutions, Europe’s largest distributor of...
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Careers File: Keep smiling, be inventive and set a positive example in tough times
Q: How can I motivate myself and my team? We are all feeling stale and are finding it difficult to get things...
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New Netto chief aims to accelerate sales growth
Charles Kay has replaced Richard Lancaster as MD at Netto, The Grocer can reveal.The former European trading director for AMS Sourcing, an international buying group with 11 members including Morrisons and Netto’s parent company Dansk, has...
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Other Movers 7/2/09
Five new recruits have been appointed to Sainsbury's book buying team. Phil Carroll, the retailer’s former newspapers and magazines buyer, will head the new team and will be joined by Sharon Gurney, Shelley Roberts, Louise Ward, Nick Pullan and...
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FWD lines up potential successor for Murphy
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has expanded its senior management team as it gears up to “better represent” the needs of delivered wholesale and foodservice members.The organisation has appointed journalist James Bielby to the new...
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Jamie loses Fresh Retail Ventures MD
While Jamie Oliver has been out saving the British pig industry, there has been major upheaval at Fresh Retail Ventures, the company behind his range of branded food and non-food products. The Grocer has learned that MD David Page has made an...
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Careers File: Do your sums before resorting to unnecessary redundancies
Startling job loss figures are not as bad as they first appear, argues Sian Harrington
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Other Movers 31/1/09
Rob Gater has been appointed senior national account manager of Merchant Gourmet. He joins from independent coffee roaster Matthew Algie & Co, where he looked after clients including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Prêt A Manger.
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NewsBond in the hot seat
This week The Grocer welcomed Asda chief executive Andy Bond as guest editor. While he was here, Chloe Smith took the chance to pin him down and put your questions to one of the most influential men in the industry
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Hall & Woodhouse keep it in the family
Hall & Woodhouse, brewer of Tanglefoot and Badger, has appointed Anthony and Mark Woodhouse as joint managing directors following the sudden death of MD David Woodhouse earlier this month. David, who had been MD since 1998, died on New...
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Do Sainsbury's directors have right experience?
Analysts have expressed concern that senior trading directors appointed as part of Sainsbury's head office shake-up, which could cause up to 250 job losses, lack commercial or trading experience.New directors Helen Buck and Luke Jensen come...
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Farrington picked to design Costcutter's new store formats
Costcutter has appointed Craig Farrington as head of store development, tasked with designing five new shop formats.Farrington joins from Musgrave Retail Partners GB, where he was head of format development for Budgens and Londis...
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Fund offers businesses an alternative to banks
A new investment fund designed to plug the “funding gap” for promising small businesses has been launched.
The £10m fund will offer high-growth consumer businesses up to £2m investment and advice from a panel of industry experts, all… -
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Careers File: Do branded and own-label sectors really require different abilities?
Guy Moreton says the downturn will boost sales for value lines at all retailers
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Vion restructure puts up to 820 jobs under threat
Up to 820 jobs are at risk at Vion after the meat producer announced a restructure of its UK business.The Dutch food giant said the competitive marketplace and over-capacity in the UK meat sector had prompted the restructure of its abattoir...
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Other Movers 24/1/09
John Dunsmore, recently appointed chief executive of Magners maker C&C Group, has been named non-executive director of pub group Fuller Smith & Turner. He was chief executive of Scottish & Newcastle between November 2007 and May 2008
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Hook, line and $ink£r
Senior executives are scared of switching jobs in the current economic environment and employers are having to offer some pretty juicy bait to lure people away from the security of their current roles. Unfortunately, there aren't a wealth of high-level jobs out there - and the generosity only extends so ...