Archive of all profile articles – Page 56
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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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Careers File: Let's all work hard to see off recession by exploiting every possible opportunity
Guy Moreton says we should all do our bit to stave off a long-term slump
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Careers File: Don't be wary of asking for help - the recipient is even more wary of saying 'no'
One interesting part of working with psychology students at Newcastle University is helping them overcome their fear of asking for help. As infants, the word 'no' is one of the first we learn to speak. Yet as we get older, it becomes...
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Careers File: You can't make someone listen to you - try changing the way you listen to them
Sue Mountstevens answes the questions on your workplace dilemmas
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A new blood line
Scottish & Newcastle boss Jeremy Blood talks to Robyn Lewis about life after the Heineken and Carlsberg takeover
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Careers File: There's no X Factor in food and drink - just hard work and satisfaction
A key part of my role as a specialist recruiter is to keep my eyes and ears open at all times for candidates who can help my clients achieve the business objectives they have described to me. Getting the right 'fit' with established candidates at middle and senior management level ...
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Careers File: Immigration law will starve food industry
New immigration controls could starve the industry of essential seasonal workers, says Sian Harrington
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Careers File: Prepare for the worst by investing in and developing your key members of staff
This month I was going to focus my attention on how to recruit, retain and develop the ‘future talent pool’. My friends and colleagues know a bugbear of mine is the ’I want it now’ quick-fix mentality of a lot of today’s business newcomers. They...
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Careers File: When the bar keeps rising, marketing anything below the best gets even harder
If someone offered you an unbelievable experience on the all-new A380 in return for £50,000 you’d probably tell them to take a hike. However, the A380 in question isn’t the infamous trunk road in Devon but rather the new jumbo aircraft introduced by Singapore Airlines late last year. It’s not ...
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Giant killer
Straight-talking retail anthropologist Paco Underhill gives a frank appraisal of the UK grocery market to Liz Hamso
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Careers File: Feeling down? Find out what the problem is, then discover how to solve it
The media has been more interested in the subject of happiness than usual this summer. Perhaps they see it as an antidote to...
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Him!’s Chisholm takes David Sands COO role
Scottish independent chain David Sands has poached Him! director Ewen Chisholm as part of a major expansion plan that could double the size of the business. Chisholm will join next month as chief operating officer overseeing the day-to-day running...
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Suszczenia receives open-arm welcome
Parfetts cash and carry wholesaler has welcomed one of its former employees, Greg Suszczenia, back to the fold, appointing him trading manager for grocery food and non-food. Over 15 years with Parfetts, Suszczenia worked his way up to general...
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Putting pies back into chip shops is way to go
Holland’s Pies’ new managing director, Neil Court-Johnston, plans to turn around the declining sales of the traditional food manufacturer with the help of chip shops. Sales at the Baxenden-based company have dropped by some 10% to 15% over the past...
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PTF names Stanton as new chair
The Provision Trade Federation has elected Tony Stanton as its new chairman and Nick Hilton as vice chair. Stanton was formerly vice chair of the body, which represents companies trading in provisions, particularly meat and dairy products. He...
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My Alternative CV - Helen Sear
What's your nickname? Princess (brand manager association) or Chernobyl (occasionally accident prone). Who was your first teenage crush? Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing. Need I say more? When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink?...
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The power list
Power. It can take years to grow. And be stripped away in a flash. Just ask the money men. Eight of the 10 who appeared in our list last year are now absent, nobbled by the economic shift. The 'big swinging dicks' that filled last year's...
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Finsbury appoints new brand director
Premium cake manufacturer Finsbury Foods has appointed Mark Bruce to the newly created role of brand director.Bruce has more than 15 years' experience in sales and marketing. He will oversee brand plans for Finsbury's portfolio, which...