All People articles – Page 442
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Paul Martin, Water BRands
Paul Martin, MD of Water Brands, on sheep’s brains, moths and crawling under commercial ovens
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The Human Angle: Vicky Williams
Compass is a huge catering company - we serve 3,000,000 customers a day through hospitality, retail, support services and facilities management and the diversity of our sectors and the opportunities this brings to employees are amazing.
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Careers File: A fitter future will focus on capacity, not incapacity
Sick as a parrot of government interference in the workplace? Well next month a new system comes into force that employers will...
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The doyenne and the upstart: Waitrose’s very own odd couple
Waitrose executives “wined and dined” Delia Smith for over a year to persuade her to endorse the supermarket, commercial director Richard Hodgson has revealed.
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NewsCurry sees red
Sir Don Curry is the first to admit he’s taken on a complex task as head of the Better Regulation Executive. Not least because of a strange reluctance by industry to name the most costly and damaging red tape. Will he reveal his own targets? Adam Leyland reports
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Humphrey to retire from Smiths News
Newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News is hunting for a finance director following the news Alan Humphrey is to retire.Humphrey joined the wholesaler in 2002 and had made an "outstanding contribution during a period of...
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NewsWaitrose signs up Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal
Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal have been unveiled as the new faces of Waitrose.
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NewsSmiths News begins hunt for finance director
Smiths News is hunting for a new finance director following the news that Alan Humphrey is to retire.
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Profiles
Careers File: We all like to think we're better than the rest
Apparently, 94% of university professors believe they are better at their job than their colleagues. Most people think they are better...
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My Alternative CV: Mr Scruff, Make Us A Brew
Andy Carthy (Mr Scruff) of Make Us A Brew on Sellotape kebabs, The Chuckle Brothers and Sun Ra
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The Human Angle: Helen Webb
Sainsbury's is an exceptionally welcoming place to join and we pride ourselves on making people feel part of the team.
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WeightWatchers UK appoints former pub chain boss as head
Andrew Knight, former MD of the Spirit Group pub chain, has been named as the new boss of WeightWatchers UK.
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McCracken named Branston chairman
Guy McCracken, the former CEO of food retail at The Co-operative Group, has been named as the new chairman of potato supplier Branston, replacing outgoing chairman Chris Howard.McCracken spent seven years as chairman of Duchy Originals...
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Weak sterling and high costs hit QK Meats
Irish processor QK Meats has cut 90 jobs at its boning operations, blaming the recession's impact on its margins.The company, which supplies UK supermarkets, wholesalers and independents, said it was reducing the throughput of its boning...
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Kendall re-elected NFU president for third term
Peter Kendall has seen off a challenge from Somerset farmer Derek Mead to secure a third term as president of the National Farmers' Union.Kendall claimed over 75% of the vote at the union's agm this week, with deputy Meurig Raymond also...
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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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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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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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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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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?