On International Paralympic Day Sainsbury’s is relishing the Games September 7, 2011 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON PARALYMPIC GAMES 2012 356 DAYS TO GO Gwyn Burr explains the business case for leading the way as the first Paralympics-only corporate sponsor Q.What was your brand’s primary reason for being involved with the Games? A.I think that the Paralympics movement and Sainsbury’s have a very similar brand ethos. The idea [...]
The only way is Essex for hidden gems September 1, 2011 ROLLING countryside, boutique shops and country pubs – but most importantly not a vajazzle in sight. Essex has a whole lot more to offer than the controversial The Only Way is Essex TV series would like to portray. The area has all the charms and convenience of the most-desired Home Counties of Surrey and Kent. [...]
No frills and certainly no thrills August 23, 2011 THE name Bipper Tepee promises a fun, nifty little car, something with quirky styling and even quirkier personalisation options on the inside, perhaps. And, while it’s no Nissan Cube on the styling front, it’s fair to say that Peugeot’s Bipper Tepee is a reasonably fun-looking car. That said, it does bear more than a passing [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS August 11, 2011 More Than The insurance group has hired Janet Connor as its new managing director. Connor most recently worked at over-50s insurance provider RIAS, where she has served as managing director since 2006. Connor has also worked at Legal & General, J Sainsbury and Abbey National, where she was a director in charge of the Abbey [...]
Interserve posts a climb in earnings and predicts growth in outsourcing August 10, 2011 SHARES in Interserve, the support services and construction group, rose 10.5 per cent yesterday after the group posted higher first-half profits, saying it was confident about its medium-term outlook as demand for outsourcing gathered pace. The company, whose clients include the BBC, the NHS and retailers including Sainsbury’s, said pre-tax profits rose 10.3 per cent [...]
Tesco hits out after £10m fine for fixing cheese price August 10, 2011 TESCO has threatened legal action and called for the Office of Fair Trading to be dismantled after being hit with a £10m fine for fixing cheese prices between 2002 and 2003. A seven-year investigation by the watchdog ended with Arla, Asda, Dairy Crest, McLelland, Safeway, Sainsbury’s, The Cheese Company, Wiseman and Tesco being fined £50m [...]
Sainsbury’s new marketing man August 10, 2011 Sainsbury’s has appointed Mark Horgan, currently the managing director of MasterCard’s Access Pre-paid Worldwide subsidiary, as its new marketing director. In his role at Sainsbury’s, Horgan will lead customer insights and loyalty, brand communications and non-food marketing. It is expected that Horgan will start in his new position within the next six months. Marketing strategy [...]
Tesco hits back after £9.6m price fixing fine August 10, 2011 Tesco has hit back at a record fine imposed by the competition regulator today for its role in a ring of supermarkets and dairy companies that fixed price of milk and cheese for more than a year. The Office of Fair Trading has fined UK’s biggest supermarkets and dairy companies have been fined £49.5m for [...]
Tesco hits back after £9.6m price fixing fine August 10, 2011 Tesco has hit back at a record fine imposed by the competition regulator today for its role in a ring of supermarkets and dairy companies that fixed price of milk and cheese for more than a year. The Office of Fair Trading has fined UK’s biggest supermarkets and dairy companies have been fined £49.5m for [...]
LONDON: CLOSED FOR BUSINESS August 9, 2011 SCORES of shops across London were closed for business yesterday as the threat of rioting and looting remained high, and home secretary Theresa May met with industry leaders in an attempt to reassure them that extra efforts were being made to protect retailers. May met with business chiefs yesterday afternoon – including the British Retail [...]