Lidl set to open 38-acre warehouse in Leeds September 17, 2018 Budget supermarket Lidl has announced it will open a new, 38-acre warehouse site in Gildersome, Leeds, as part of its plans for long-term expansion. The new location will operate as a regional distribution centre for the company, and is expected to create around 500 jobs. Lidl is currently undertaking a £1.45bn expansion, with 16 distribution [...]
Lidl set to open 38-acre warehouse in Leeds September 17, 2018 Budget supermarket Lidl has announced it will open a new, 38-acre warehouse site in Gildersome, Leeds, as part of its plans for long-term expansion. The new location will operate as a regional distribution centre for the company, and is expected to create around 500 jobs. Lidl is currently undertaking a £1.45bn expansion, with 16 distribution [...]
Deutsche Bank bags Tesco’s Thomas Nielsen as its new chief digital officer for global transaction banking September 5, 2017 Deutsche Bank has hired Tesco’s chief digital officer, Thomas Nielsen. The German firm said today that Nielsen, as chief digital officer for global transaction banking, will drive its “digitalisation strategy”. At Tesco, Nielsen was responsible for a portfolio of digital platforms, websites and apps, including loyalty programme Clubcard. He previously spent more than 20 years [...]
Mixed bag for Britain’s grocers as market cools despite record Christmas spending forecasts December 11, 2018 Shoppers have been taking fewer trips to the supermarket in recent weeks after a bumper summer of demand, according to new data that suggests Britain's grocery sector has slowed to its lowest rate of growth in more than a year. Despite projections that spending this Christmas will break UK records, the supermarket sector grew at two [...]
SFO scales back probe into Rolls-Royce January 7, 2019 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigation into a number of individuals associated with British engineering giant Rolls-Royce. Sky News originally reported that a number of people who were suspects in the SFO's investigation have been informed that they are no longer under investigation. Rolls-Royce entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the SFO [...]
Horrible bosses: How retailers can clean up their image March 7, 2019 It seems like a case of “another day, another scandal” in the retail industry at the moment. This time it’s Ted Baker founder and CEO, Ray Kelvin, who has been accused of “forced hugging”. While I can’t comment on the innocence (or otherwise) of the shamed chief, he joins a growing list of alleged wrong [...]
City Moves for 21 January – who’s switching jobs at Superunion, Opengamma and Aviva? January 21, 2019 Who’s changing jobs today? Superunion WPP global brand agency Superunion announced the appointment of Holly Maguire as UK managing director to drive the growth of its UK business. Holly will be responsible for managing key client relationships with the likes of Coca-Cola, IAG, Nestle, Tesco and Vodafone, and building the success of Superunion since its launch [...]
Which consumer survey reveals UK’s worst mobile network providers April 23, 2019 Vodafone has been ranked the UK’s worst mobile operator as big-name providers continue to lag behind their smaller rivals. Vodafone was rated the worst network, while O2 and EE completed the bottom three, according to the latest survey from consumer group Which. Read more: Vodafone broadband advert banned by watchdog for misleading consumers Virtual network [...]
Consultants ‘braver’ about challenging clients who treat women inappropriately, says PwC January 17, 2019 Advisers are “getting braver about…calling out our clients” who act inappropriately towards female consultants, a partner at PwC told a tech industry event in east London today. The partnership at PwC gets “incensed” when client chief executives shout at female partners, said Mads Thomson, who leads the the professional services firm’s technology consulting business in [...]
Hammond tells business chiefs no deal could be ‘taken off the table’ on leaked conference call January 17, 2019 Chancellor Philip Hammond has told business chiefs a no deal Brexit could be “taken off the table” and Article 50 rescinded, according to a leaked conference call transcript. In a conversation with 11 business leaders after Theresa May’s deal was defeated in parliament on Tuesday night, Hammond said the result led to two issues. Firstly, [...]