Hiring & Firing – Page 8
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Ex-Symington’s boss David Cox named CEO of dogfood maker Forthglade
Cox departed Symington’s following a takeover by Italian dairy and pasta group Newlat Food
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Snappy Group appoints Barry McGonagle as chief financial officer
McGonagle is a chartered accountant and started his career with management consultant firm Deloitte in 2008
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Samworth Brothers appoints Brakes CEO as new boss to replace outgoing Flor Healy
Hugo Mahoney is to take over the reins from Flor Healy, who is retiring from the top role at the Ginster and Soreen supplier.
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Symington’s appoints joint CEOs as David Cox departs following Newlat takeover
Cox has been replaced by sales director Christian Boulter and finance director Henry Breese, who will take on the role of joint CEO
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Comment and Opinion
Why rethinking hiring models and seeking diversity can level up your business
It’s your culture, not quotas, that will ensure you realise the full potential of underutilised sources of talent, says James Nash, founder of Inbeta
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Ex-Tesco boss Dave Lewis to lead GlaxoSmithKline £40bn consumer arm spin-out
GSK confirmed Lewis would take up the role of non-executive chairman designate of the new consumer healthcare company from 1 January 2022.
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Patrick Coveney leaves Greencore to join SSP Group as CEO
Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney is to leave the food-to-go specialist to take the reins at SSP Group
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Ascona Group hires Ian Richards as construction and infrastructure director
The newly created role will support the forecort operator’s growth strategy of reaching 300 sites across the UK in five years
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Morrisons ends 54-year run as public company as CD&R takes control
Morrisons has officially ceased trading as a publicly listed company after more than 50 years on the London Stock Exchange
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Gist appoints former Tesco HR head Nick Williams as group HR director
Williams is replacing previous HR director Lynn Brown, who left the business in March this year
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Comment and Opinion
Why we need to rewrite the playbook on suppliers’ commercial departments
It is astonishing that commercial teams are still so traditional in their make-up, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Stuart loses court appeal on worker rights
Leigh Day is now bringing legal claims on behalf of hundreds of Stuart riders
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Comment and Opinion
What the food sector needs to know about employing prison leavers
People with a prison background often make excellent employees, says Andrea Coady, policy manager at Nacro
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The Original Factory Shop offers Kickstart job placements for young people
The government’s £2bn Kickstart scheme aims to get 250,000 16 to 24-year-olds into work as the country emerges from the pandemic
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Asda recruiting 15,000 temporary Christmas staff
Some will be offered the chance to stay on into the new year, the supermarket said
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M&S to hire 12,000 seasonal workers for Christmas
The new roles will span food, clothing and home, with jobs available in stores across the UK
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Co-op to create more than 300 LGV apprenticeship roles
The convenience retailer will offer enrolees the opportunity to work towards a Class 1 licence
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McCain appoints former Nomad exec James Young as its new agriculture director
Young’s focus will be on deepening McCain’s work to “protect future of potato growing and embed sustainable agriculture practices”, he said
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AHDB pledges to look outward following ‘turbulent’ period
After votes to abolish two industry levies, the organisation had been through a “very tough” period, said CEO Tim Rycroft
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Morrisons to recruit 3,000 extra colleagues ahead of Christmas
The roles available range from warehouse and production operatives to packers, pickers and forklift truck drivers