All People articles – Page 424
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Profiles
Careers File: Let's all work hard to see off recession by exploiting every possible opportunity
Guy Moreton says we should all do our bit to stave off a long-term slump
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Buffin steps up within Groupe Aeroplan
Groupe Aeroplan, the company behind the Nectar reward scheme used by Sainsbury's, has appointed Tony Buffin to the new role of executive vice president and managing director. Buffin will be responsible for business units managed out of the group’s...
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DCS Manufacturing to employ 50 new staff
Specialist health and beauty products wholesaler DCS Europe is to create 50 jobs when it moves its manufacturing arm to a new factory three times bigger than its existing plant.DCS Manufacturing is due to have closed its site in...
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Other Movers 13/12/08
Woolworths has made 450 head office and support staff redundant in London and Rochdale. The job losses are the first since the high street giant slumped into administration two weeks ago. Diana Houghton has joined Thorntons' board of...
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New commercial director for on-course PZ Cussons
Imperial Leather maker PZ Cussons has named a new commercial director after announcing its first-half performance was in line with expectations.
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Your store needs you
Tesco is recruiting ex-military personnel to managerial positions in its stores. Chloe Smith takes a look at how the skills transfer
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Tesco invests in hiring and retaining its staff
Tesco is anticipating it will need to recruit 300 staff to its head office next year, and is planning for a further 400 staff switching jobs, according to a company employed by Tesco to supply software to improve recruitment and...
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DFB to slash staff and cut price paid for milk
Dairy Farmers of Britain plans to axe more than a quarter of its headcount in a major restructuring programme to return the business to profitability.The troubled dairy co-operative announced this week that its restructuring plan could...
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Gershon follows Lees as Tate & Lyle chairman
Sir Peter Gershon is to succeed Sir David Lees as chairman of Tate & Lyle by the end of 2009.Sir Peter joins the board in February as a non-executive director and chairman-elect ahead of his appointment as chairman. Sir Peter is currently...
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The candyman can
Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer is on a mission to mend margins and make the newly demerged global confectionery giant sing. He's well on his way, says Adam Leyland
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Curry king and Unilever board narrowly escape Taj terrorism
Curry king Sir Gulam Noon has spoken of the horror of being caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai that left nearly 200 dead, including leading industry figure Andreas Liveras. Sir Gulam had booked a table in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel's...
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Profiles
Careers File: Don't be wary of asking for help - the recipient is even more wary of saying 'no'
One interesting part of working with psychology students at Newcastle University is helping them overcome their fear of asking for help. As infants, the word 'no' is one of the first we learn to speak. Yet as we get older, it becomes...
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Other Movers 6/12/08
Dr Trefor Campbell has stepped down as non-executive chairman of poultry and food processor Moy Park. He was MD until January and became chairman to help bed in replacement Nigel Dunlop. His "inspired stewardship" over 30 years would be remembered...
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Tate & Lyle books in Lodge as new FD
Tate & Lyle has confirmed that interim finance director Tim Lodge is to keep the post on a permanent basis, as the sugar giant continues to revamp its senior management.
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Profiles
Careers File: You can't make someone listen to you - try changing the way you listen to them
Sue Mountstevens answes the questions on your workplace dilemmas
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News
Wilson leaves Kraft to oversee flagship Premier cake brands
Stuart Wilson has joined Premier Foods as director of ambient - sweet, overseeing several flagship brands, including Mr Kipling and Cadbury cakes.
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Liptrot joins Blakemore to fuel delivered growth
John Liptrot, the former MD of the now-defunct buying group Key Lekkerland, has joined AF Blakemore in the newly created position of sales director for the Spar distributor's wholesale division.Liptrot has worked in wholesale for more than...
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Former Nisa rebels lose bid to join board
Former Nisa-Today's rebels Ian Hunt and Mark Proudfoot - who derailed the buying group's plans to merge with Costcutter two years ago - have again failed to be elected to the organisation's board.At this week's AGM another former member of...
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All change at the top for the global grocery retail giants
Both Wal-Mart and Carrefour have new leaders as the global economic crisis bites ever harder. Chloe Smith and Julia Taylor ask what they will bring to the party
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Other Movers 29/11/08
Morrisons trading director Andrew Pleasance is to take up the new role of senior trading director for operations. Grant Eastwood moves from licensed trades to the new role of trading projects and change director, while Simon Harrison will become...