Archive of all profiles and Q&A articles – Page 32
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Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG
He lad Sainsbury’s 1973 flotation - dubbed the ‘sale of the century’ - and oversaw its expansion into an £11bn empire.
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Matthew Austin of Wrigley
Matthew Austin, confections business unit director at Wrigley, on yachts, horses and singing Happy Birthday
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Simon Konecki of Life Water
Simon Konecki, co-founder of Life Water, on working in the City, Jungian pop music and beautiful British water
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Noel Bougrier of La Famille Bourgrier
We are a family business with human relations at the core of our ethos. We have very faithful staff. On average about 85% of our staff stay with us throughout their careers.
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Material costs force Müller Dairy job cuts
Müller Dairy has announced a raft of redundancies across its operations in the UK and Ireland in the wake of rising raw material costs.
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P&G veteran Myers moves to Kellogg’s as UK & Ireland VP
Kellogg’s has named Procter & Gamble veteran Jonathan Myers as its new regional vice president for the UK and Ireland.
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Food Ethics Council hires director Dibb
The Food Ethics Council has appointed Sue Dibb as its new executive director, replacing Tom MacMillan.
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Human Angle: Rob Parker
What’s it like to work for your company? Liberating. The owner, Steve Perez, has an infectious entrepreneurial spirit.
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Bunting goes from CCO to MD at Smiths
Smiths News has promoted Jonathan Bunting from chief commercial officer to managing director.
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School’s out for the apprentice picked to meet minister
An apprentice who was hand-picked to meet the business minister has told how he offered to go back to his old school to talk to potential future recruits – only to be sent packing.
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Taylor to leave Dairy Crest procurement role
Dairy Crest’s group milk procurement director Mark Taylor is to leave the dairy giant at the beginning of next year.
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Human Angle: Becki Murphy
What’s it like to work for your company? Busy, fastpaced, interesting and fun. You are constantly learning and always on the go.
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Sainsbury’s takes on its 1,000th worker through Remploy
Sainsbury’s has recruited its 1,000th worker through a partnership scheme with Remploy.
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How do you get noticed in the current employment market?
Recent newspaper reports have highlighted rising levels of unemployment among young people in the UK, now estimated to be up to a staggering one million youngsters aged 16 to 24. In addition, a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development has indicated that many businesses are now actively holding ...
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Morrisons revamps leave policy to help out adoptive parents
Morrisons is introducing what it claims is an industry-leading adoption policy to help staff who are adopting children.
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Complexity is threatening the health of our businesses, don’t try to shrug it off
Heard the one about the global food company that asked middle management HR employees to record how much time they devoted to generating real value for the business over a four-week period? The answer? Less than 45%.
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My Alternative CV: Alan Rosenthal, founder of Stewed!
I worked for the Village Veterinary in Belsize Park as part of voluntary service at school. It was a clever way of avoiding the Combined Cadet Force. It was pretty mucky - sick animals tend to lose control of bodily functions.
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Halewood’s widow takes over at helm
Judy Halewood has been confirmed as the new chairwoman of Halewood International following the recent death of her husband John Halewood.
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The more things change with recruitment, the more they stay the same
Well, summer is definitely over - and it’s not just the leaves falling from the trees or the return of the migratory Chris Packham & co to our TV screens that gives the game away.
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The Human Angle: Wade Lyn of Cleone Foods
We are still small enough to maintain a family atmosphere but as our client base includes the major supermarkets we can give them the experience of working with some of the biggest companies in the country.