All People articles – Page 117

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    Thorley backs new Cheltenham venture

    2014-08-07T07:46:00Z

    Giles Thorley, the former chief executive of Punch Taverns, is one of the backers of a new restaurant and bar concept, which opened earlier this year in Cheltenham

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    SABMiller appoints chairman designate

    2014-08-06T12:25:00Z

    SABMiller, the global brewer, has announced the appointment of Rio Tinto chairman Jan du Plessis as an independent non-executive director before succeeding John Manser as chairman next July

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    Freedrinks names new marketing director

    2014-08-05T23:39:00Z

    Freedrinks, the producer of soft drinks brand Zeo, has appointed Ian Greengrass as its new marketing directorsu

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    Pizza Hut names new CFO

    2014-08-04T16:30:00Z

    Pizza Hut Restaurants has appointed Odeon Cinemas finance director Adrian Walker as its chief finance officer

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    Ping Pong appoints new head of operations

    2014-08-01T08:00:00Z

    Ping Pong has appointed Mike Pearson, formerly of Genting Casinos and InterContinental Hotels, as its new head of operations

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    Punch workshops attract more than 1,000 pubs

    2014-07-30T06:38:00Z

    Almost 1,500 Punch Taverns licensees and their staff have taken part in the relaunched workshops focused on giving them key business skills for operating in the pub sector

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    Deeming joins Peyton & Byrne

    2014-07-29T08:05:00Z

    Paul Deeming, co-founder of the Ignite Group, has joined Peyton & Byrne, taking over from Matthew Britton as the group’s chief financial officer

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    Fort to oversee F&B at St Pancras International

    2014-07-29T07:51:07.673Z

    Matthew Fort, the British food writer, critic and judge on BBC2’s Great British Menu, has been appointed to a new role to oversee the food and drink offer at St Pancras International station in London

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    Ex-Molson Coors UK CEO to head brewer's global business

    2014-07-29T06:48:00Z

    Mark Hunter, the former chief executive of Molson Coors UK and past chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association, is to succeed Peter Swinburn has chief executive and president of the global Molson Coors Brewing Company business

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    Joffes step down from Giraffe

    2014-07-28T10:46:00Z

    Juliette and Russel Joffe, co-founders of Giraffe, today announced their resignation from the restaurant group they founded in 1998 and sold to Tesco last March for £48.6m

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    ​Graydon to take up Table Table ops role

    2014-07-25T16:17:07.333Z

    Spencer Graydon, the former operations director of Peach Pub Company, will assume a similar role overseeing Whitbread’s Table Table brand

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    ​Inventive Bar Co names first head of sales

    2014-07-25T09:44:00Z

    Inventive Bar Company, the Revolution and Revolución de Cuba operator, has named its first head of sales responsible for growing pre-booked sales across the group

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    ​D&D appoints new CFO

    2014-07-24T07:58:00Z

    D&D London has appointed Toby Harris, formerly finance director of Hilton’s London hotels division, as its new chief financial officer

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    YO! appoints new ops director

    2014-07-23T07:54:00Z

    New YO! Sushi chief executive Vanessa Hall has made her first key appointment after hiring Paul Reynolds as the group’s new operations director

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    Cirrus Inns appoints new ops director

    2014-07-23T07:52:00Z

    Cirrus Inns has appointed Paul Boyce, formerly food and beverage director at De Vere Hotels and Village Urban Resorts, as its new operations director

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    Whitbread makes gender equality pledge

    2014-07-23T07:35:37.483Z

    Whitbread is the latest company in the leisure and hospitality sector to sign a Government commitment to gender equality in the workplace

  • SSP City Bar and Grill
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    SSP names new North America CEO

    2014-07-22T09:45:00Z

    SSP, the travel concessions operator, has announced the appointment of Michael Svagdis of Compass Group to the role of chief executive of its North American division

  • Brasserie Bar Co (Raymond Blanc and Mark Derry)
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    ​Brasserie Bar Co begins pubs expansion

    2014-07-22T08:00:00Z

    The White Brasserie Company has secured three more sites for openings before the end of the year and appointed a new operations director to aid its expansion drive

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    Esquires co-founder to head UK arm

    2014-07-22T07:56:00Z

    Doug Williamson, co-founder of international franchise coffee shop operator Esquires, has returned to head the UK arm of the business as it looks to accelerate expansion over the coming years, M&C Report has learnt

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    Tesco names new CEO; trading 'challenging'

    2014-07-21T07:36:00Z

    Tesco, the supermarket giant that has been making further inroads into the eating-out sector, has announced the appointment of former Unilever chairman Dave Lewis as chief executive to replace Philip Clarke from 1 October