All People articles – Page 385
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New jobs total more than cuts
With job cuts across the UK, people in the grocery sector will take heart from our new Jobometer, which shows that more jobs have – so far, at least – been created than lost.
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Careers File: The first person you meet in a new environment will be a friend for life
When you go to a conference where you don't know anyone, do you just wander up to the first person you see or do you do your homework, have a good look at the delegate list and plan who you speak to - and indeed sit next to? ...
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Today's Group appoints ex-Midcounties man MD
Bill Laird is to replace Rodney Hunt as managing director of Nisa-Today’s wholesale arm Today’s Group.Laird is a former COO of Midcounties Co-operative Society and owns management consultancy business Future First.The Today’s Group...
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Kirwan appointed MD at Anglo Beef
Tom Kirwan is set to take over as managing director of Anglo Beef Processors in April, the meat giant announced this week.Kirwan will replace Richard Cracknell, who has held the top job at ABP since the group was formed in 1986. Cracknell...
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Other Movers 17/1/09
Andrew Kuyk has been appointed director of sustainability and competitiveness at the FDF and replaces Callton Young whose two-year secondment with the FDF has now finished. Sainsbury's spirits, Champagne, sparkling, fortified, and French...
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Tesco confirms 2.5% growth as Cescau comes aboard
Tesco has posted a modest 2.5% rise in UK like-for-like sales for the seven weeks to 10 January, in what is likely to be the slowest rate of growth among the UK’s big four supermarkets for the key Christmas period.
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Musgrave GB snaps up Tesco man Hamilton
Budgens and Londis owner Musgrave Retail Partners GB has appointed Tesco veteran Willie Hamilton as its new trading director.Hamilton has held various senior positions in his 24 years at Tesco, and has been commercial director of the Tesco...
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Honours for leading food industry figures
David Jones, former deputy chairman of Morrisons, has been knighted for services to business and charity - heading a list of luminary figures in grocery recognised in the New Year Honours list.Sir David led fashion retailer Next for more...
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Constellation promotes Mills to European level
Constellation Europe has reshuffled its management team in a drive to streamline the business.Gaymer Cider Company MD John Mills moves to the new role of senior vice president for European sales, where he will take responsibility for wine...
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Careers File: Don't dismiss networking
Don't dismiss networking - some of that winner's magic could rub off on you, says Sue Mountstevens
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Other Movers 10/1/09
Sean FitzPatrick has resigned as a non-executive director of Greencore Group. He had been on the board of directors for six years
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Tesco Express exec joins Musgrave GB
Willie Hamilton has joined Musgrave Retail Partners GB as trading director.
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Hopson joins Pets at Home
Former Asda retail director Sally Hopson has joined Pets at Home as customer and people director. Hopson left Asda two months ago after 14 years with the retailer in senior roles including marketing operations director. Asda said it...
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UK drinks industry hit by first wave of job cuts
The drinks industry was reeling this week after three of its biggest hitters announced 100 job losses and a further 49 potential losses as a result of the economic downturn. Constellation Brands has cut 50 jobs across its UK operations,...
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Careers File: Christmas without Woolies is sad but it's best staff can take heart
News of Woolworths' demise is made more poignant by its timing, finds Sian Harrington
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Alternative CV: Father Christmas, chief operating officer, Lapland Gift Solutions Inc
What's your nickname? The elves started calling me Captain Birdseye a few years ago and it's stuck. In Japan they call me Annual Gift Man.
Who was your first teenage crush and why? I always fancied the Tooth Fairy until she hooked up with that Easter Bunny idiot. But anyone in stockings is good with me. -
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Job losses to hit 200 in Brakes efficiency drive
Brakes is to make a fresh round of redundancies as part of an ongoing cost-saving drive. By the end of January, 200 staff would have been laid off since October, confirmed CEO, Frank McKay.
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Kettle Produce to axe 100 jobs as loss looms
Kettle Produce is to cut 100 jobs and has warned it is likely to post a loss in its full-year results.The company, one of the largest UK suppliers of prepared vegetables to the multiples, said it was axing 100 of its 950 staff on the back of...
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Other Movers 20/12/08
Unilever has confirmed Paul Polman will officially take up the role of chief executive officer on 1 January. Outgoing CEO Patrick Cescau retires from Unilever on 31 December. l Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, has appointed...
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Cadbury unveils new finance chief
Cadbury has named Andrew Bonfield as its new chief financial officer. Bonfield, who joins the confectionery giant on 1 February, was previously finance chief at pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb and has also held senior roles at BG Group and the pre-merger SmithKline Beecham.