All People articles – Page 131
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NewsH+H seeks new FD
Harris + Hoole is in the process of recruiting a new finance director, after the promotion of Eleni Savva to the role of programme director for casual dining at Tesco Family Dining
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McDonald’s ramps up digital credentials
McDonald’s has ramped up its digital expertise by hiring former Facebook client partner Lex Bradshaw-Zanger as its first European digital chief
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NewsBenner leaves CAMRA for SIBA
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has named Mike Benner, currently chief executive at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), as its new managing director
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OpinionChanging of the guard
If the average tenure for a chief executive these days in a quoted business is under five years, and for those in private businesses slightly more, then Simon Kossoff, Russel Joffe, Robin Rowland, Clive Schlee, Harvey Smyth and Andrew Page, with a combined tenure of more than 60 years (an average of 10 years each), are all due for replacement at some point soon. When it happens, who from the next generation will take over?
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Paul Goodale, co-founder of PizzaLuxe, the gourmet pizza concept and former director of restaurants at Harrods, about his best investment, his best business decision, and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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Heathrow hospitality firms pledge 1,066 new jobs
Hospitality and restaurant businesses from the Heathrow area have together pledged 1,066 new job opportunities for young people by 2015
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NewsM&B wins training award for university link-up
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has won a hospitality training award for its partnership with University College Birmingham
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NewsBill’s strengthens team in the North
Bill’s Restaurants before a concerted push into the region, with the appointment of Chris Maycock, former operational head chef at Individual Restaurant Company
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NewsMcDonald’s expands Easterbrook’s responsibilities
McDonald’s has announced it has expanded the role of global brand officer and former UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook to include corporate strategy, CSR and operational responsibility for its c.35,000 restaurants worldwide
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NewsGiraffe appoints new head of recruitment
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned chain, has appointed Charlotte McCarter, formerly of Addison Fowle, as its new head of recruitment
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Palmers signs up first apprentice to take pub
Palmers, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has signed up its first apprentice as a pub tenant, tenanted trade director Jayson Perfect has told M&C Report
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Dunstall steps down from Rosinter
Ian Dunstall has followed Kevin Todd in stepping down from Russia’s largest casual restaurant chain, where he had been senior vice president marketing
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NewsWhitbread chairman Habgood named new BoE chair
Anthony Habgood, the chairman of Whitbread, has become the new chairman of the Bank of England, as part of a wider reshuffle at the institution
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Page nets £3.7m from share sale
Andrew Page, the outgoing chief executive of The Restaurant Group (TRG), has cashed in options and shares worth £3.7m ahead of his retirement later this year
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NewsVAT Club names 24 September as Tax Equality Day
VAT Club Jacques Borel is to stage a Tax Equality Day on Wednesday 24 September
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Scottish Beer & Pub Association CEO leaves
Scottish Beer & Pub Association chief executive Patrick Browne has left the organisation after changes in the management and structure of the association were agreed at its AGM last week. There will be no new CEO appointment
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Mick Horan, former operations director for Ha Ha Bar & Grill and the Living Room and owner of the new Study Room concept, about his best investment, his best business decision, and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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Industry set for next Big Conversation on jobs
The British Hospitality Association, Springboard and Business in the Community will again come together next week to urge the hospitality and tourism industry in and around Heathrow to invest in local young people as part of the latest ‘Big Hospitality Conversation’
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Davy's names first head of sales and marketing
London-based wine bar operator Davy’s has appointed Simon Gaske, who has previously helped with marketing for a number of high-profile leisure groups, to the new position of head of sales and marketing
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OpinionHill start at Las Iguanas
Steve Hill, the new chief executive at Las Iguanas, talks to Mark Wingett about how a meeting over a curry got him the only job he “would return to the sector for” and describes the challenge he faces in not “mucking up” an exceptional business