All People articles – Page 401
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Tom Downe, CEO, Quail Digital
Tom Downes, CEO of specialist headset manufacturer Quail Digital, on driving too fast, efficiency and his first pay packet
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Paul Sullivan
Name: Paul Sullivan Job title: Sales and marketing director Company name: Wadworth & Co Sales: £50m HQ location: Devizes, Wiltshire Number of employees: 170
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Coping with workplace grief and loose-tongued blunders
My colleague has just died from cancer. The decline was very rapid and most of us are suffering from shock. We are a small team and...
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News
Former Rachel’s MD Neil Burchell lands top role at Loseley
Loseley Dairy Ice Cream has poached Neil Burchell from yoghurt maker Rachel’s as its new MD in a bid to breathe new life into the group’s range of brands. Burchell has been recruited to the newly-created role to replicate the success he…
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News
Marwood to leave Spar MD role next summer
Wholesale rivals have paid tribute to industry stalwart Jerry Marwood, who this week announced he was stepping down as Spar UK MD next summer "to seek new challenges". Marwood joined the company as retail director in 1996 and returned in...
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NewsSmith steps aside at Musgrave GB
Phil Smith, MD of Musgrave Retail Partners GB, which owns Budgens and Londis, has resigned following a boardroom shake-up at Musgrave Group.
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NewsMarwood stepping down as Spar UK boss
Spar UK MD Jerry Marwood is to step down and will leave the company next summer.
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Michelle McKenna, Clippy’s Apples
Michelle McKenna, co-founder of Clippy’s Apples, on dreaming, things that wobble and espresso coffee
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Saskia Stoop
It's varied, hands-on and very busy here! Now in its fifth year of business, Fever-Tree continues to grow so there is no shortage of things to do.
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News
Jakobsen to bow out as chairman of Tulip
Carsten Jakobsen, chairman of Danish pork specialist Tulip and vice CEO of its parent company Danish Crown Group, is stepping down after 14 years with the group.Jakobsen joined Danish Crown Group's management following its merger with...
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Retirement changes could force employers to create more temporary positions
Chancellor George Osborne's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) held few surprises for those interested in the world of work aside from the revelation that the state pension age for both men and women would rise to 66 by 2020. More pressing for employers, however, were two pieces of legislation unveiled either ...
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News
Revealed: line-up of the new DH nutrition team
Details have finally emerged of the Department of Health team that will head nutrition policy following the function's switch from the Food Standards Agency.Despite announcing that it would be taking up the remit as far back as July, the...
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NewsFormer Grampian boss Power heads 2 Sisters
Chicken giant 2 Sisters Food Group has hired poultry stalwart Eddie Power to head up the group's UK business. Power, who takes up the newly created role of UK managing director on Monday, will be based at 2 Sisters' head office in West...
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Andrew Wade; marketing manager, Symington’s
Andrew Wade, marketing manager at Symington’s, on, the M62, brand management and Sherlock Holmes
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ProfilesThe Human Angle: Laura Dawson
Name: Laura Dawson Job title: Coffee account manager Company: Lincoln & York Sales: £9m HQ location: Brigg, North Lincolnshire Number of employees: 40
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NewsWarburtons director recruited to develop Genius Foods brand
Warburtons commercial director Roz Cuschieri has left her job with the UK's best-selling bread brand to join gluten-free baking specialist Genius Foods. Cuschieri, who has more than 20 years' experience in fmcg and retail, will be...
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NewsCaffè Nero’s Hart is new Thorntons CEO
Jonathan Hart, the MD of Caffè Nero, has been named as the new CEO of Thorntons. The struggling chocolatier has been on the hunt for a "retail savvy" CEO since the departure of Mike Davies earlier this year. Hart has been CEO...
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: How to help out your contacts and yourself
My telephone rang recently with a call from an ex-colleague whom I had not heard from for more than 10 years. He said he was interested in catching up. My (correctly) intuitive response was to ask him when he'd lost his job. I said I would help him...
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NewsThe new generals of retailing
In just over six months a new generation has emerged in grocery retailing, with new leaders at Asda, Morrisons, M&S and, early next year, Tesco. What are they like? And what are they likely to do? Adam Leyland interviewed all four, along with insiders, ex-colleagues, rivals, analysts and other senior ...
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NewsTesco tackles peak time staff shortages
Tesco has claimed it will eradicate staff shortages with a new system that allows employees to sign up for overtime even at another store. Using the online booking system, which went nationwide last week, staff input their home...