All People articles – Page 464
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It's natural that Fenn will make things run smoothy
Cereal bar manufacturer Eat Natural has appointed George Fenn as operations manager. Fenn joins Eat Natural following 15 years in the food manufacturing industry where he has held logistics manager posts at Hotel Chocolat, Geest...
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Trio get sweating over Landmark Hot House
Landmark Wholesale has appointed three retail development managers to work on its retail development programme Hot House. In newly created roles for the company, the three new recruits are Ben Pheasant, Michelle Nelson and Karen...
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A guy with silver service
Gary Timmins has been a long-serving employee at Blakemore Cash and Carry, having worked for the company for a quarter of a century. He started as a part-time employee on the checkout when he was doing his A Levels in 1981. He...
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Healthiest attitudes of smooth operators
Suppliers are lavish in their praise of buyers who support innovation in juices and smoothies. Mary Carmichael reports. As a category cresting the wave of health, innovation really counts in juices and smoothies and suppliers flagged up...
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FWD gets Costco UK chief Ball in its court
Francis Ball, managing director of the UK arm of US cash and carry giant Costco, has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors. Ball has been managing director of Costco UK since December 2004....
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United Co-op bolsters top team
United Co-operative's Food Group has strengthened its senior management team in north-west England with the promotion of Karl Ward and David Brighouse to the positions of group managers. In new roles for the company, Ward will...
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Cunningham takes on senior role at Finsbury
Cake manufacturer Finsbury Food Group has appointed Archy Cunningham as managing director of its three Scottish subsidiaries United Central Bakeries, Campbells Cakes and the California Cake Company. Cunningham has been managing...
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Team Talk: Persil Gel
Meet the persil gel launch personnel. The team behind the launch of laundry product Persil Gel Tablets are not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. The team of six at Unilever UK worked for more than a year on...
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P&G: how to stay head & shoulders above the rest
Chris de Lapuente talks to James Durston about the building blocks of P&G's rapid growth: research, innovation and trust. Chris de Lapuente has done eight interviews already today and he looks tired. As president of Procter &...
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A Select appointment
Symbol group Select & Save has appointed Mark Crabtree as sales and operations director. Crabtree joins Select & Save from Uno Retail Solutions, a store design and shopfitting company, where he served as sales...
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Hans to become Heinz vice president of sales
Heinz UK & Ireland has appointed John Hans as vice president of sales. Hans takes up his new role today (April 1), replacing David Huse, who is leaving the role after nearly three years to become vice president of sales for...
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In Brief: Non-exec director; Carlisle joins E&J; Lewis for Carlsberg
Non-exec director Liz Doherty, Tesco's group international finance director, has been appointed a non-executive director for SABMiller. It said that Doherty's experience in international markets and consumer goods companies would enable her to make...
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FishWorks reshuffles top structure
Fishmonger and restaurant chain FishWorks has made a number of changes to its management team.
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Working Week: Huw pennell, MD of Maxxium UK
Huw Pennell is relishing his new role as managing director of Maxxium UK, the wines and spirits distributor. Pennell, who has been MD since January after acting as interim MD from last August,...
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Sir Leslie dies at 84
Former Tesco chairman Sir Leslie Porter died on Sunday, aged 84. The husband of Dame Shirley Porter, former Tory leader of Westminster Council and daughter of Tesco founder Sir Jack Cohen, he chaired the multiple from 1973 to 1985. During his...
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DeNunzio awarded in New Year Honours list
Asda boss Tony DeNunzio has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list. DeNunzio commented: “I believe this honour reflects Asda’s contribution to retail excellence as well as my work with Government on competitiveness – I feel proud and...