All People articles – Page 18
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NewsSecond Chance Partnership to open Iceland stores in five more in UK prisons
The new ‘retail academies’ will be operated by the charity Second Chance Partnership, which was spun out of the supermarket’s internal prisoner recruitment scheme last year
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NewsBooker combines retail sales teams in leadership shake-up
The wholesale giant will combine its retail sales teams under a single structure, led by Martyn Parkinson as director of sales for retail
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Carys Barton, area lead, Warburtons
‘I think people hear ‘factory work’ and assume it is all manual labour and grunt work’
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers must address the high cost of low morale
Evidence shows engagement thrives when staff feel valued, supported and able to contribute
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NewsFinsbury Food Group appoints group product & innovation director
The role was created to signal Finsbury’s intent to invest further in its innovation capability
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NewsJamJar Investments promotes Grocer Golds judge to principal
The new hire leads on JamJar investments across food & beverage, health & wellness and petcare
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NewsAG Barr appoints first chief digital and technology officer
He joins from global healthcare specialist Haleon
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NewsABP Food Group appoints new UK CEO
The new hire is currently managing director of the business’ Ireland and Poland operations but will take on the UK CEO position from the beginning of April
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NewsFresh Produce Consortium CEO to stand down in early 2027
The decision has been taken jointly by Jenney and the board to ‘ensure long-term continuity, stability and strong succession planning’
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Comment & OpinionCo-op crisis about governance as much as strategy or execution
Hopes the situation would calm down, as issues with the plan were ironed out, do not seem to have materialised
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NewsThe Original Factory Shop administrators close to selling chunk of estate
The deal being discussed involves existing store staff being retained by the buyer
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Grocer 33Rob Slone on leading one of M&S’s oldest, busiest, most iconic stores
Rob Slone reflects on TV stardom, congregating kids and Only (and Nutrient Dense) fans
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Comment & OpinionApprenticeships are essential to retail and social mobility
We believe defunding leadership apprenticeships would be a clear step backwards, says James Goodman, chief people officer at Asda
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Analysis & FeaturesIs there a future for Healthy Start supermarket top-ups?
Retailers are ready and willing to top up Healthy Start vouchers for families. But low awareness and digital issues could derail it
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NewsAsda appoints new marketing boss from B&Q
The new hire will join Asda from B&Q in June, to replace former marketing chief Adam Zavalis, who left the supermarket last year.
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NewsM&S hires Ovo’s Alex Doorey as corporate affairs director
Doorey was energy supplier Ovo’s VP of corporate affairs, brand and marketing, and before that held senior roles in communications at Virgin Media O2, eBay and Sainsbury’s
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Comment & OpinionOur pension funds own businesses. We can be their stewards
Ownership isn’t just about profit – it’s about stewardship, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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ProfilesTrip CEO Olivia Ferdi on family, calm and the Oscars
‘Consumers are looking for more than just a drink; they’re looking for a mood’
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NewsCo-op denies ‘toxic’ culture claims, insisting colleague engagement remains high
Complaints were raised in a letter to board members, seen by the BBC, describing ‘fear and alienation’ among even senior staff
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NewsLabour provider ‘ruined’ after seasonal worker legal wrangle
MD Gareth Hughes said he had been forced to “completely restructure and refinance my business just to stay afloat”, following a protracted legal battle with the Home Office after it had suspended Ethero as a seaonal worker scheme operator in April 2024