Kraft axes 200 jobs at Cadbury December 6, 2011 UP TO 200 jobs will go at US food group Kraft’s Cadbury plants over the next year, as part of a reorganisation that will see the company split into two. The firm admitted yesterday that redeployments and voluntary redundancies would hit sites in Bournville, Chirk and Marlbrook from next March – but said it would also [...]
BBC iPlayer topples Marks & Spencer as digital brands dominate UK’s top three July 10, 2012 The latest YouGov BrandIndex bi-annual league table reveals that Amazon, Google and BBC iPlayer have managed to beat 850-plus brands to become the most highly-rated brands in the UK. The 2012 bi-annual league table, compiled using the Index score (a composite of six key image attributes – general impression, value, quality, satisfaction, recommendation and corporate [...]
With a glass and a half full of pride, Cadbury is looking to raise its game December 6, 2011 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 233 DAYS TO GO One of the nation’s favourite brands has new owners but it is still the official treat provider for 2012 Q. What was your brand’s primary reason for being involved with the Games? A. I was brought in after the decision had been taken, but [...]
With a glass and a half full of pride, Cadbury is looking to raise its game December 6, 2011 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 233 DAYS TO GO One of the nation’s favourite brands has new owners but it is still the official treat provider for 2012 Q. What was your brand’s primary reason for being involved with the Games? A. I was brought in after the decision had been taken, but [...]
Omnicom acquires ad agency behind John Lewis campaign May 24, 2012 ADAM & Eve, the communications agency behind the much-loved John Lewis adverts, was yesterday bought by DDB, a subsidiary of Omnicom. The £60m deal will see the company’s four founding partners – Jon Forsyth, Ben Priest, James Murphy and David Golding – assume senior roles at Adam & Eve / DDB. The five year old firm has risen [...]
WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 26, 2012 Mayer Brown Andrew Block has been appointed as a partner in the pensions group of the law firm. He was previously a partner at Travers Smith, and started his legal career at Linklaters. Block acts in occupational pension scheme matters. He will be based in Mayer Brown’s London office. Manches The law firm has announced [...]
PROFILE: NELSON PELTZ May 31, 2012 THE mere mention of Nelson Peltz’s name is enough to send a shiver down a boardroom’s collective spine. The hard-hitting hedgie can claim responsibility for the break-up of Cadbury Schweppes, a big restructuring at Legg Mason and for shaking out the waste within State Street. Once he builds a stake in a firm big enough [...]
PROFILE: NELSON PELTZ May 31, 2012 THE mere mention of Nelson Peltz’s name is enough to send a shiver down a boardroom’s collective spine. The hard-hitting hedgie can claim responsibility for the break-up of Cadbury Schweppes, a big restructuring at Legg Mason and for shaking out the waste within State Street. Once he builds a stake in a firm big enough [...]
Chinese in £1bn talks to gobble up Weetabix April 22, 2012 THE OWNER of Weetabix, one of Britain’s biggest breakfast cereal producers, is in talks with a Chinese company about a possible sale of the business. Bright Foods, Shanghai’s government-owned food-maker, is in discussions with Weetabix-owner Lion Capital about a bid believed to be in the region of £1bn. Such a price-tag would be a 70 [...]
Trade bodies slam Indian tax law April 1, 2012 The CBI and other industry bodies have written to Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, “to express deep concerns” about the tax provisions proposed in the Finance Bill 2012. The new laws would introduce a retrospective tax on overseas deals in India over the last 50 years and reverse the judgment of several cases, [...]