All People articles – Page 401

  • Profiles

    My Alternative CV - Sarah Swainson, Bavaria’s UK marketing manager

    2007-08-20T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? Squares. I'm sure this was a compliment from school days  Who was your first teenage crush and why? Paul Young. Sadly, I saw him at a free concert years later and it spoiled the whole thing.

  • News

    In Brief: Gill joins Booths; Greencore controller; Co-op accounts; Appletiser duo; Seafood sales chief

    2007-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Gill joins Booths  Booths has appointed John Gill as a non-food buyer responsible for laundry, homecare, toiletries, medicines, petfood and paper. Gill joins from Spar wholesaler James Hall where he worked in the buying department for eight years...

  • News

    George chief Spindler says goodbye to Asda

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Asda clothing boss Angela Spindler has quit the supermarket to spend more time with her family. Spindler, who has been executive MD of the retailer's clothing brand George since Novem­ber 2005, has held several senior roles during her 10 years...

  • Profiles

    My Alternative CV - Parm Bains, Founder, Love Foods

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? My full name is Parminder but I've been called Parm since primary school. It's easier to pronounce for some, so it just stuck.  What did you want to be when you were a kid? A superhero who could do everything and be everywhere...

  • News

    where did all the women Go?

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The lights dim. The drums roll. The chatter drops to an excited whisper. The shortlist for this year's The Grocer Cup is announced: "Tesco's Dame Theresa Leahy, Sainsbury's Justine King and Asda's Andrea Bond. And the winner is..." Then reality...

  • Profiles

    Niklas sets out his vision for FreshXpress

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    In a bleak, windy car park near a council estate in St Helens, Paul Niklas stands out like a sore thumb. Dressed in a pin-striped suit, his appearance is in sharp contrast to the 'more relaxed' attire of the majority of customers at the newly opened...

  • Profiles

    Inter Link rescuer Croxford moves on

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Ian Croxford has resigned as chief executive of cake supplier Inter Link Foods after its recent acquisition by the Irish baker McCambridge. But he is "hungry for another challenge" and proud to have put the business back on the right track, he told...

  • News

    When the chips were down...

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Nick Vermont is not a fan of Jamie Oliver. In fact, the McCain Foods regional CEO pinpoints the arrival of Jamie's School Dinners on Channel 4 as the moment the bottom fell out of the oven chip market. A healthy 3% annual growth swung violently to...

  • News

    Red Bull says job cuts not part of review

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Red Bull UK is carrying out its first structural review in 10 years but denies it has made redundancies. Customer marketing and category manager Caroline Jacomb said Red Bull was "frustrated" by media speculation about redundancies. "No redundancies...

  • Profiles

    Best candidates 'put off by private equity'

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Private equity-backed fmcg companies are struggling to attract and retain good quality people because of fears for long-term development prospects and job security, says a leading recruitment consultancy. Filling job vacancies within the £40k to...

  • News

    My Alternative CV - Michael Cohen, marketing director, Whole Earth Organic 10/10

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? The Eyebrow  When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? I remember downing a whole bottle of the sweetest dessert wine imaginable in one go during a school trip to France... not a pretty sight! 

  • News

    Expanding Innocent ramps up staff levels

    2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Innocent Drinks is to increase its staff numbers by a third in a bid to manage continued rapid growth at home and ambitious expansion plans abroad. The smoothie supplier wants to grow its 210-strong workforce by 70, with about half of...

  • Profiles

    In Brief: Warby promoted; Britvic departure; Society marketer; Blyth's replacement; Cheesman signs up

    2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Warby promoted  Scottish & Newcastle UK's innovation director, Sarah Warby, has been promoted to marketing director - the latest move in a string of top-level promotions. She will replace Tim Seager, who moved to acting MD UK last month. She has...

  • News

    My Alternative CV - Richard Brittle, purchasing director, Hancocks Cash n Carry

    2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? Dick.  If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do? Be in goal for Nottingham Forest, my football team, to try to keep a clean sheet.  When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? I was 18 ...

  • News

    Forde follows Marijnen at helm of Heineken UK

    2007-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Heineken UK has appointed a new UK MD following Rob Marijnen's return to the company's HQ in Amsterdam.Marijnen, who will take up the role of business development manager, Africa and the Middle East, will be replaced in the UK by David...

  • News

    In Brief: New leadership; Dairy UK elections; Sandell heads south; An Irish move; O'Sullivan's beef

    2007-07-23T00:00:00Z

    New leadership  Allan Burns, former executive director of Diageo Scotland and global procurement director for Diageo worldwide, has been appointed chairman of Scotland Food and Drink. The newly created organisation aims to boost the Scottish grocery...

  • Profiles

    My Alternative CV - George Thomopoulo, managing director, Rich's Uk

    2007-07-23T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? The Greek!  Who was your first teenage crush and why? A girl I spotted on the school bus when I was 17 years old. It must have been the right chemistry... we're still together 40 years later.  When was the first time you got...

  • Profiles

    My Alternative CV - Matt Crane, director, Juice Doctor Pure Hydration

    2007-07-14T00:00:00Z

    What's your nickname? At school the ladies called me Cuddles - but sadly it was often Cuddles and nothing else!  Who was your first teenage crush and why? Don't know her name but she featured on a poster in the eighties, retrieving a tennis ball from...

  • News

    Hyson rises to Musgrave

    2007-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Acting Musgrave Budgens Londis MD Martin Hyson has been given a new role of group business development director for parent company Musgrave in the Republic of Ireland.Hyson had been acting as GB MD since November last year when Mike...

  • Profiles

    Cook retires as director of Tiptree Group

    2007-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Peter Cook is retiring as a director of Wilkin & Sons, part of the Tiptree group, after 45 years with the company. Cook started in the cashier's office in 1962 and then moved to sales. He rose through the ranks of the sales office, where...