All People articles – Page 426
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Discovery picks Peck to spearhead its relaunch
Mexican food specialist Discovery Foods has promoted Andy Peck to managing director to oversee a relaunch of the brand and claw back market share.
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Wine group CAVIT appoints new chief
Italian wine producer CAVIT has appointed new boss Enrico Zannoni with a brief to develop the company’s international business.
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NewsSainsbury’s, M&S draw up senior succession plans
Sainsbury’s has named its shortlist of potential successors to chairman Sir Philip Hampton.
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Other Movers 20/6/09
Emma Knowler has been promoted to UK HR director at Birds Eye Iglo Group. Knowler joined the company a year ago and moves up from the role of senior HR business partner. She replaces Brian Murray, who has been promoted to European HR...
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The Grocer Gold Awards 2009
In front of a packed audience at London's glamorous Dorchester Hotel, Aldi was crowned The Grocer of the Year. And this year's awards proved, resoundingly, that big isn't always best, with new awards also recognising the diversity of the UK grocery...
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Morrisons' Toth wins store manager Gold award
Morrisons’ Mike Toth fought off fierce competition to be crowned the UK’s top store manager. Toth, from Morrisons’ Coventry store, became the inaugural winner of The Store Manager of the Year at The Grocer Gold Awards on Wednesday night.
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Sainsbury's Hams Hall drivers facing the axe
Nearly a quarter of all Sainsbury's delivery drivers at its distribution centre in Birmingham are at risk of losing their jobs as the retailer plans to reorganise its supply chain network. Around 70 of the 269 drivers at the 700,000 sq ft Hams Hall...
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Careers File: Workers must know significance of pension changes
The words 'pension' and 'dull' are often to be found in the same sentence - particularly when it comes to Generation Y, who have many more important things to think about than retirement.
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Ex-Unilever veteran Miller Smith named Premier non-exec
Private equity group Warburg Pincus has picked Charles Miller Smith to join the board of Premier Foods as a non-executive director.
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Tetley's Unsworth eyes NPD in shake-up at Tata
Global tea giant Tata Tea has appointed the UK chief executive of its Tetley tea business, Peter Unsworth, to a newly formed management team, following a strategic reorganisation of the $1bn beverage businesses.
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Other Movers 13/6/09
Former HBOS chief executive Andy Hornby is set to earn more that £1m a year as Alliance Boots chief executive. It is just three months since Hornby left HBOS after the near-collapse of the bank.
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Careers File: Expenses are not perks
As expected, the recent local and European elections have brought a huge adverse reaction from the general public to the quite unbelievable antics of our MPs at Westminster.
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Chantler promoted in Meadow revamp
Simon Chantler's role at dairy ingredients manufacturer Meadow Foods has been upgraded from chairman to executive chairman.
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Industry laments loss of Defra minister Kennedy
New Defra minister Jim Fitzpatrick will have big shoes to fill after the resignation of the popular Jane Kennedy last week.Kennedy, who had only been in the role since October and resigned from government in protest at Gordon Brown's style...
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Watkins takes up the impulse reins at Mars
Deri Watkins has been appointed Mars impulse sales director in the UK, replacing Shaid Shah, who has been promoted to general manager of the business in Ireland.
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NewsMastermind of brewer Brains to quit this year
SA Brain & Co chairman Christopher Brain is to retire later this year, the brewer has confirmed.
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Other Movers 6/6/09
Group financial controller Mark Bottomley has been promoted to group finance director of Cranswick. Bottomley has been group financial controller since January 2008 and has several years' experience in the food production sector. He replaces John...
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Halliwell named as new Bernard Matthews MD
Bernard Matthews Farms has named Jeff Halliwell as the company's new UK managing director. He joins from dairy co-operative First Milk, where he was managing director of First Milk Cheese Company, the UK's largest cheese manufacturing...
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Careers File: One negative trait can colour how your contacts see you
Networking. These days, it's a popular way to build up business contacts and establish relationships with potential...
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NewsAsda staff to share in £43m windfall
Asda staff are set to benefit from the retailer’s biggest rewards package since the company was taken over by Wal-Mart in 1999.