All People articles – Page 387
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Ben Grace, Bulldog Natural Grooming
Ben Grace, marketing director at Bulldog Natural Grooming, on Durbar plate, Point Break and James Corden
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Kaye takes the helm of Plum Baby after private equity deal
Seasoned food industry professional Paul Kaye has been parachuted in to run growing babyfood maker Plum Baby following its acquisition this week by Darwin Private Equity.Kaye becomes chief executive, replacing Patrick Cairns who had...
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NewsSainsbury's World Cup working scheme means staff won't miss a kick
Sainsbury's is introducing 'World Cup Working Hours' for staff when the tournament kicks off on 11 June so they have the best chance possible of not missing key matches.
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NewsThe Co-op adds non-execs to food board
The Co-operative Group has appointed the first non-executive directors to its food advisory board.
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NewsTesco share scheme pays staff £105m
More than 216,000 Tesco staff will share in a bonus pot worth £105m as a result of the supermarket’s biggest-ever Shares In Success scheme.
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Morrisons expands training programme
Morrisons is to expand its Retail Skills training programme after the first 20,000 staff achieved QCF qualifications.The supermarket claims to have trained the largest ever number of employees on a vocational learning programme at any...
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Thorntons to seek boss with greater retail clout
Struggling chocolatier Thorntons is on the search for a supermarket-savvy replacement for CEO Mike Davies, who announced his retirement this week.The news about Davies' departure came as the upmarket chocolate company posted a profit...
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Two non-execs to retire from Tesco’s board
Charles Allen and Dr Harald Einsmann are both to retire as non-executive directors of Tesco from the end of this year's agm on Friday 2 July. The process of recruiting replacements is under way and the company expects to announce new...
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Coles appointed to expand The Co-op’s food store estate
The Co-operative Group has appointed Andrew Coles to the new post of national acquisitions manager for its food business.Coles had been working as a consultant to The Original Factory Shop prior to his appointment. He previously worked...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Sue Walton
What's it like to work for your company? Right from the start potential employees comment on the friendliness of those they come into contact with at interview stage. This permeates the whole company and we have a constant flow of applicants who want to join us.
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Jeremy Woods, managing director at Mrs Crimble’s
Jeremy Woods, managing director at Mrs Crimble’s, on missing out on Top of the Pops and being a bit like Bagpuss
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Careers File: Minimum alcohol pricing, no national insurance rise... it's all change in business
Sir Terry Leahy, The Grocer's retailer power player, is off the starting blocks before anyone else yet again. Just a day after the...
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NewsPower List 2010: Power outage
The balance of power has swung wildly in the past year, events catapulting newcomers to the top of the tree and tipping others off our Power List altogether.
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Bleeze to head store development at Spar
Spar has poached Jon Bleeze former head of sales at veg-box supplier Abel & Cole to be its store development controller.Bleeze started his career with M&S and worked his way up to become franchise manager for Simply Food before...
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Iceland Foods appoints Valtysson as chairman
Iceland Foods has appointed a new chairman after Jón Ásgeir Johannesson stepped down to defend himself against a lawsuit.He was replaced by another Icelander Baldvin Valtysson, head of the London office of Icelandic bank Landsbanki and...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Thomas van Mourik
It is very fast paced, but extremely rewarding at the same time. As one of the largest and most successful logistics providers to the food and drink industry, handling more than 10,000 pallets on behalf of 90 premium brand customers...
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Iolanda Hudson, Silver Spring
Iolanda Hudson, marketing manager for soft drink brand Silver Spring 1870, on white stilettos and outdoor swimming
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Profiles
Careers File: People adapt behaviour to fit expectations
'Shakespeare once wrote that 'all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.' Not bad for someone who never left...
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NewsPower List 2010: Power vacuum
The past year has seen an extraordinary shift in the balance of power. With the toughest market conditions since the early 90s, coalition politics, the euro on a precipice and markets in confusion, the new leaders are struggling to fill the void
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NewsRetail Salary Survey 2010: Banking on a bonus
While the bankers look back mournfully on the happy days of bombastic bonuses, supermarket managers are cleaning up. Performance-related payouts are the next big thing, reports Nick Hughes