FirstGroup’s Carr moves over to Ahold September 14, 2011 DUTCH supermarket group Ahold yesterday appointed Jeff Carr as its new chief financial officer, picking an executive with experience at Unilever, Associated British Foods and easyJet. Carr, 49, is currently a board member at transport company FirstGroup and personal care products group McBride. Both firms said that he will be standing down, and FirstGroup said [...]
FirstGroup’s Carr moves over to Ahold September 14, 2011 DUTCH supermarket group Ahold yesterday appointed Jeff Carr as its new chief financial officer, picking an executive with experience at Unilever, Associated British Foods and easyJet. Carr, 49, is currently a board member at transport company FirstGroup and personal care products group McBride. Both firms said that he will be standing down, and FirstGroup said [...]
McBride hit by rising costs February 8, 2011 A second wave of commodity price increases and a deteriorating British grocery market will hit profits at cleaning products maker McBride, it said yesterday. McBride, Europe’s biggest maker of own-brand household cleaning products for retailers, said a surge in the price of plastics and vegetable oils in recent weeks could add around £7m to its [...]
McBride warns of tough year January 6, 2011 OWN brand producer of shampoo McBride saw its shares dive yesterday after the company warned its full-year performance may be at the lower end of expectations due to a tough retail outlook, especially in the UK. In a trading update for the six months to 31 December, McBride said revenues had risen two per cent, [...]
McBride warns of costs after 38pc rise in profit September 2, 2010 EUROPE’S biggest maker of own-brand household and personal care goods McBride said it faced rising raw material costs and weak retail markets as it met forecasts with a 38 per cent rise in annual profit. The group said yesterday it was better placed to cope with challenging conditions than in the past, and that recent [...]
McBride profit up despite raw materials price hike September 2, 2010 McBride, Europe’s biggest maker of retailer own-brand household and personal care goods, said it faced rising raw material costs and weak retail markets as it met forecasts with a 38 per cent rise in annual profit. However the British-based group, which warned about a tough outlook in June, said it was better placed to cope [...]
McBride profit up despite raw materials price hike September 2, 2010 McBride, Europe’s biggest maker of retailer own-brand household and personal care goods, said it faced rising raw material costs and weak retail markets as it met forecasts with a 38 per cent rise in annual profit. However the British-based group, which warned about a tough outlook in June, said it was better placed to cope [...]
McBride hit by raw price surge June 24, 2010 OWN-BRAND personal care products supplier McBride yesterday warned that its raw material costs are set to soar next year and that there would be an inevitable delay before the increase can be passed on to its customers. McBride, which counts supermarket groups Asda and Tesco among its UK clients, went some way towards soothing investors [...]
Cipriani is a Rebels rebel after missing team meet. October 5, 2010 DANNY CIPRIANI has angered his new Melbourne Rebels bosses already by failing to turn up for their pre-season team conference. The former Wasps and England fly-half has told the club he is having problems obtaining a visa, but Rebels coach Rod Macqueen says he is disappointed by his absence. The Rebels squad assembled in Melbourne [...]
McBride shares rocket on uplift October 26, 2009 McBride, Europe’s biggest maker of retailer own-brand household products, yesterday said it was trading ahead of internal expectations, boosted by foreign exchange gains and consumers switching to own-brand products. The group said it expects to increase its forecast for pre-tax profit in the year to end-June 2010 by about £6m to about £42m. The group’s [...]