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Brakes set to invest in future as £900m debt refinance is agreed

Brakes set to invest in future as £900m debt refinance is agreed

14 Dec 2012 | By Elinor Zuke

Foodservice wholesaler Brakes Group has refinanced £900m of debt…

Ken McMeikan

Greggs boss to take reins at Brakes

10 Dec 2012 | By James Halliwell, Elinor Zuke

Ken McMeikan has quit Greggs to become CEO at Brakes Group, as Brakes CEO Philip Jansen moves up to the role of chairman.

Brakes hires Hughes as marketing director

Brakes hires Hughes as marketing director

01 Dec 2012 | By Elinor Zuke

Brakes Group has appointed Dave Hughes as UK marketing director…

Ken McMeikan

What does Ken's move mean for Greggs... and for Brakes? Subscription

15 Dec 2012 | By Elinor Zuke, James Halliwell

News that Ken McMeikan had quit as Greggs CEO to move to Brakes was greeted…

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Steve Parfett hails wholesale security success story Subscription

13 Apr 2013 | By Steve Parfett

Criminal activity increases during difficult economic times and this has been borne out by our experience since 2008…

Duty fraud: we need legislation to help stamp it out Subscription

16 Mar 2013 | By Steve Parfett

With the Budget days away, I will illustrate the imbalance in importance of anti-duty fraud measures proposed by HMRC…

Consumers need champions Subscription

28 Jul 2012 | By Malcolm Hepworth

In my time as retail controller of the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) I was a member of…

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Asda not 'misreported'

06 Apr 2013 | Updated: 08 Apr 2013

The Grocer recently reported that Asda had claimed its initial comments in relation to the Booker/Makro merger had been “misreported”…

Wholesale can be an efficient sector

26 Nov 2011 | Updated: 09 Feb 2012

Sir, Steve Parfett raises some interesting points regarding the efficiency of the wholesale…

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