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Hibernia plant to close
Receivers at Irish-based food manufacturer Hibernia Foods have shut its frozen food plant in Bridlington, Yorkshire, with the loss of 500 jobs, after talks faltered for the sale of the business.However, receivers KPMG said Hibernia’s frozen...
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Majestic sales flow
Majestic Wine said that it is continuing to attract new customers, with a 10.3% increase in purchases from customers on its mailing list. Total sales for the six months ended September 29 were up 21.8% to £69.1m. Pre-tax profit was £4.1m...
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Asda rings up record festive sales
Asda said it rang up 18 million transactions in the week before Christmas and that 38 customers-a-second went through its checkouts on December 23.The UK’s second largest grocer said a record 252 of its 265 stores broke the £1m sales barrier...
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Tesco challenge to Boots
Tesco is to launch a £70m price-cutting campaign to focus mainly on its health and beauty range. The UK’s leading grocer said it would lower the price of more than 600 health, beauty and baby products, such as toothpaste, medicines and baby...
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Crystal sold to management
Own label soft drinks supplier Crystal Drinks has been sold to a team comprising part of the existing management, according to Roger Marsh, joint administrator at receiver PricewaterhouseCoopersMarsh said the sale, which includes all of...
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Cash isn’t always king
Yes, there really is more to work than money, says Simon Howard… Believe it or not, it’s a culture thingGetting feedback to columns such as this is one of the most welcome parts of doing the job. But last weekend I was saddened to...
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Reap rewards with CSR
By implementing an effective programme of corporate social responsibility, employers will not only boost their profit margins, but will also attract and retain high-quality staff, says Duncan BrownDo you religiously sort your rubbish...
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Handle with sensitivity
The government recently announced its intention to carry out an alcohol blitz across the country this Christmas in an attempt to reduce alcohol-related crime and disorder. As many of us get down to the socialising of the work Christmas party, it is...
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Room for improvement
Sweeping legislation makes employers responsible for ensuring equality for staff and customers who are disabled. Christine Hayhurst helps you stay on the right side of the lawThis month legislation came into force protecting...
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A job lot of staff, please
How rich, I mused. Company X is now so reliant on the driver agency, that not only is it happy paying inflated wages for contract staff, it is even allowing its vehicles to become mobile hoardings, permitting the agency to encourage even more...
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Your passion is the key
Zeal can be a great motivator yet one third of employees say they have never worked for a boss who is inspirational. Christine Hayhurst gives guidance on how to create a buzzing workplaceThere’s been much attention in the media about...
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New resourcefulness
Human resource professionals are finding a new sense of purpose through the concept of business partnership whereby their roles are aligned closely with the business strategy. Duncan Brown reportsThe removal of the HR director at...
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Skills in place of strife
I woke up yesterday morning, shaved, dressed, argued with the kids and had a row with the wife. Maybe we are in need of a new dispute resolution procedure in our house.There were 115,000 applications to employment tribunals by disgruntled...
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Wooing the top talent
It is difficult to attract the best people to the food and grocery industry because of the common perception that it does not offer a serious career path. A recent IGD poll of young managers found that a shocking 68% had fallen into the industry by...
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Pode goes to M&S
Marks and Spencer has headhunted one of Sainsbury’s senior marketing people to become its head of marketing for its food division.Miranda Pode, who will join M&S in January, was head of strategy in Sainsbury’s marketing division and had also...
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Review of the year
Sir Ken Morrison passed the post with his £3bn bid for Safeway. Asda leapfrogged Sainsbury to No 2 spot.Anger turned to active protest as symbol groups united over paypoint margins. Tobacco ads were banned. The food...
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Sorsky in deal with Bingham
Hygiene product distributor Sorsky has bought WG Bingham, which distributes workforce clothing and personal protective equipment. Joint managing director of Sorsky, Jon Holt, said he was "delighted" to be taking on the Hull and...
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DTI to rule on Christmas Day trading
Large stores will not be allowed to open on Christmas Day, when the government amends the law in time for December 2005. Department of Trade and Industry secretary, Patricia Hewitt, said: "We can’t change the law in time for this Christmas...
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Henkel expands in the US
European detergent specialist Henkel is set to buy the California-based hair care group Advanced Research Laboratories. The deal, worth between $200m and $300m, comes just a week after Henkel said it would buy US consumer products group Dial...
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Morrisons to divest 140 smaller Safeway stores
Morrisons is set to bring in £250m by selling 140 of Safeway’s smaller convenience stores after acquiring the supermarket group last week.Weekend press reports suggest that the Big Food Group, Somerfield and German discounters Netto and Aldi...