All People articles – Page 262
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Comment & OpinionFailure can be useful if you learn from your mistakes
Let’s assume you’re technically competent in your job. What is the most common cause of failure in someone’s career? Executive coach Jennifer Baker offers some food for thought
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My Alternative CVMatt Hunt, Protein Ball Co, on Disneyland & Richard Branson
“I thought I would ace it but missed the fact that you had to speak perfect French!”
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NewsTributes paid as GroceryAid lynchpin Barrie Russell dies
Russell was known for wry humour and “repertoire of catchphrases”
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NewsTaskforce set up for Tesco Cardiff call centre closure
Welsh government took action after MPs slammed Tesco’s “completely unacceptable” handling of the announcement
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NewsBenny Higgins to step down as head of Tesco Bank
Higgins steered the bank through last year’s £2.5m cyber attack…
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NewsHelloFresh appoints Claire Davenport as UK CEO
Davenport replaces Ian Marsh, who left the role after one and a half years for personal reasons
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NewsSally Abbott made managing director of Weetabix UK & Ireland
Her previous position has been filled by Francesca Davies, now marketing director for UK & Ireland
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy are so few Brits prepared to pick fruit?
The UK fruit & veg sector is at risk because Brexit has made it harder to hire seasonal workers from Europe - and Brits don’t want to do the job. We explain why it’s so hard to hire British workers for seasonal jobs, and what to do about it.
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Comment & OpinionAs Amazon shows the might of corporations, what can SMEs do?
After a number of fruitless attempts by Amazon to eat into the fmcg market, it now has a way in, says Jonathan Fitchew of Pareto Law. Here’s what SMEs can learn from it
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NewsHannah Edwards appointed senior marketing manager at Freshpet
She joins from consumer electronics company Hoover Candy, where she spent over two years in a senior marketing role
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My Alternative CVJenny Costa, Rubies in the Rubble, on the FT and rabbits
”Working on the Drysdales burger van at the Ayr County Show was great fun”
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NewsMBO team at Thomas J Fudge's moves on following review
The management team behind a buyout at Thomas J Fudge’s Remarkable Bakery have sold their stakes and left the brand amid a shake-up by private equity backer Livingbridge, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsLiz Sutton appointed chair of Provision Trade Federation
Delamere Dairy founder replaces Rob Nugent as chair of PTF
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NewsTesco to axe 1,200 jobs at its head office
A quarter of staff at its Welwyn Garden City HQ are facing redundancy, a week after Tesco announced 1,100 jobs were to go at its Cardiff call centre
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NewsTrevor Bellis joins Grassroots as sales & marketing manager
Bellis joins Grassroots from his previous role as commercial manager at Janan Meat
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Comment & OpinionWhat Unilever’s AI hiring experiment tells us about the future of grocery recruitment
The fmcg giant is trying out a new way to hire for some entry-level positions, which is driven almost entirely by algorithms
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NewsJason Wouhra of East End Foods awarded OBE
Wouhra has been at the helm of the £200m-turnover Birmingham-based family business since 1998…
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NewsRichard Pike and Martyn Fletcher join Boparan board
Ex-British Sugar MD Pike also replaces Stephen Leadbeater as group CFO of 2 Sisters
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My Alternative CVPaul Turner, Alf Turner, on Dragons' Den and Steve Jobs
”Like my brothers, I became a Saturday boy at the family butchers shop”
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NewsUnite strike action threatens M&S deliveries at 100 sites
Twenty workers are due to strike for 12 days over claims of £8,000 pay discrepancy at delivery company Gist