All People articles – Page 386
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Profiles
Careers File: Cock-ups and errors make the best training
I would like to reinvent myself. I am starting a new role with a different company and I would like to start afresh leaving my cock-ups behind. How can I make sure this new approach is sustainable even during stressful and challenging times?
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Talent turns its back on food
Even lousy publicity for the finance sector hasn’t encouraged Britain’s best graduates to consider working in food and drink. The industry risks being starved of talent unless it sexes itself up for ‘Generation Y’, warns Nick Hughes
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Waverley axes depots and jobs in restructure
Loss-making Waverley TBS is to axe 220 jobs and 12 depots as part of restructuring plans shown to The Grocer this week.The drinks wholesaler broke the news to staff earlier this month. "Our cost to serve is too high, our business too...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Clare Roberts
What's it like to work for your company? It's fast-paced and demanding due to the nature of our product range and the response times our business demands. Everything is immediate, here and now.
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Daniel Neumann, Easy Do Products
Daniel Neumann, MD of Easy Do Products, talks Star Trek, beetroot phobia and deep-fried beetles
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NewsMagners maker C&C names Stewart as new chair
Cider maker C&C Group has named former Scottish & Newcastle boss Sir Brian Stewart as its next chairman.
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Careers File: Lack of humility means leadership and self-interest can become confused
I was going to focus my attention for this article on one of the topics of the moment and initiate a debate about the so-called 'art of leadership' and the various traits that establish someone as a great leader.
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The Human Angle: Nicola McLaughlin
What's it like to work for your company? Candidates attending interviews always tells us the company has a nice feel about it. For those of us working here it is a real close-knit atmosphere, everyone really cares about the company and its success.
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My Alternative CV: Gavin Milligan, Parripak
Gavin Milligan, the “always marvellous” sales director at Parripak, loves the taste of cactus in the morning
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CCE promotes Agates to drive energy drink sales
Coca-Cola Enterprises has appointed Stuart Agates to the role of head of energy, tasked with maintaining the soaring sales growth of Relentless.
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Tesco tells recruits: earn £50,000 at 23
In the week The Prince's Trust claimed that a third of 16 to 24-year olds cannot afford the financial outlay required to get a job, Tesco has announced a scheme for school leavers that it says offers an alternative to mainstream education.
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Staffing shake-up as Worldfresh rebrands
Richard Parke-Davies has been named chief operating officer at the newly rebranded Total Worldfresh.
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Kappler exits as Premier prepares to reduce costs
The departure of Premier Foods chairman David Kappler heralds a new round of cost-cutting as shareholders look for faster debt repayment, City figures have warned.
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Molson Coors lures marketing supremo from Müller Dairy
Müller Dairy UK is on the hunt for a marketing chief after Chris McDonough was this week named as the new marketing director of Molson Coors UK.
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Careers File: The website that organises your tea round and heralds a new management style
I have solved one of the age-old dilemmas of office politics: who should make the tea. Gone are the days of Mad Men's Don Draper sending the sole female team member - Peggy Olsen - off to make the refreshments. No, today we have equality in the form of social ...
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NewsA Birds Eye view: a Q&A with chief executive Martin Glenn
In a rare interview, Guest Editor Martin Glenn speaks frankly to Alex Beckett about the challenges facing the frozen food industry
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Denise Waite
Exciting and fast-paced. Having built a new business from the ground up, we have developed a strong sense of camaraderie and drive to succeed.
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My Alternative CV: Jeff Arnett, Jack Daniel's
Jeff Arnett, Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller, on being the luckiest guy in the world, Roger Staubach, and eating bugs
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NewsWill Kraft be able to stop the brain drain at Cadbury?
Can Kraft win the hearts and keep the brains of Cadbury’s best people? Perhaps, if Irene Rosenfeld respects the Cadbury culture, says Adam Leyland
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NewsCadbury top brass confirm exit as finance chief Bonfield walks
Todd Stitzer is stepping down as chief executive of Cadbury in the wake of yesterday’s vote by shareholders to accept Kraft Foods’ takeover bid.