All People articles – Page 415
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C&C names former S&N man Dunsmore as new boss
C&C Group, the drinks company behind Magners cider, has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle boss John Dunsmore as its new chief executive.
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Tony Page and Sainsbury's
Tony Page, Woolworths managing director of commercial, will not be joining Sainsbury's, as reported in The Grocer last week. Page was rumoured to be taking up the role of director of general merchandise. We now accept this was not...
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All work and no pay
Dire wages, poor working conditions and long hours are a fact of life for seasonal workers. Michael Barker joined a GLA investigation to find out just how tough conditions are under the gangmasters
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Ex-rebels aim for positions on Nisa board
Five former members of the Nisa Members Association, which derailed Nisa-Today's attempts to merge with Costcutter in 2006, are to stand for election to the board as non-executive members.Rowan Black and Krishan Joshi are seeking re-election...
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Young's Cane retires on 20% growth high note
Jim Cane, managing director of the £300m Young's Seafood business, is to retire early next year. When Young's Seafood's parent company, Foodvest, was bought by Lion Capital in July, it provided a "natural window to hand over the reins", Cane...
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Parripak's Parrish: 17 years is enough
James Parrish, who helped found Parripak Foods 17 years ago, has left the company to focus on farming.The former commercial director told The Grocer he had helped integrate the vegetable packing and processing business with Gretna-based...
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Other Movers 8/11/08
Kerrygold has appointed Andrew Parkes as national account manager working across both cheese packing and Kerrygold branded accounts. He has experience at United Biscuits and Imperial Tobacco. Hannah Murray has been appointed category development...
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Cavendish takes hold of tobacco control debate
Dr Will Cavendish, director of health and wellbeing at the Department of Health, is set to take over the Government's tobacco policy from Monday. Cavendish - whose remit already includes obesity and alcohol, nutrition and food labelling -...
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Leigh goes back to square one at Asda
David Leigh has been appointed development manager for beers, wines and spirits at Asda, in a return to the company he first worked for 12 years ago on a university placement.Leigh will work alongside Asda's BWS buying managers Karen Doran...
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Other Movers 1/11/08
Former Thresher chief executive Roger Whiteside has been named managing director of pub company Punch Taverns' leased estate, taking over from Deborah Kemp on Monday. Whiteside was most recently a non-executive director of baker Greggs and has...
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Core strength
As if battling UK economic strife weren’t enough, grocery’s Clark Kent is taking on the US, too. Alex Beckett reports
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Clydesdale replaced by Sheps at Carlsberg UK
Carlsberg confirmed this week that Doug Clydesdale’s unexpected departure from the UK arm of the business comes as the company tries to bring its UK sales into line with its European operations. Despite having turned Carlsberg into the...
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Careers File: Immigration law will starve food industry
New immigration controls could starve the industry of essential seasonal workers, says Sian Harrington
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Foodvest puts Rilatt in charge of boosting group sustainability
Foodvest, the owner of Young’s Seafood, has strengthened its green credentials with the appointment of Simon Rilatt as its first ever director of sustainability. “This senior appointment underlies the key importance of the sustainability agenda not...
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John Barn named new ANR chairman
John Barn has been named the Association of News Retailing’s new chairman. Barn, who replaces Russ Simper, is news agency manager at The Co-operative Group, responsible for managing all news and magazines across the Co-operative movement. He has...
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Other Movers 25/10/2008
Pilgrims Choice has promoted Ben Hutchins to business development manager. Hutchins, who will be responsible for key account management and developing the brand, moves up from the role of national account manager. l Waheed Hassan has joined...
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Taylor takes charge of Kellogg’s sales strategy
Kellogg’s UK has promoted speciality controller Mike Taylor to the position of sales director. He will become a board member and report to UK MD Greg Peterson as the company tries to elevate its snacks sales to the same levels enjoyed by its...
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Careers File: Prepare for the worst by investing in and developing your key members of staff
This month I was going to focus my attention on how to recruit, retain and develop the ‘future talent pool’. My friends and colleagues know a bugbear of mine is the ’I want it now’ quick-fix mentality of a lot of today’s business newcomers. They...
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Booker stands out as finance director
Andrew Booker is to replace Jez Maiden as Northern Foods’ group finance director next month. Booker joins Northern after a 19-year career with tobacco producer Gallaher Group, the company behind Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges, where his most recent...
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Is this a statement of the bleeding or the obvious?
The mood among the big cheeses at the IGD conference was a contradictory combination of courage and caution. Nick Hughes reports