All UK People News

• eBay Names Stefanie Jay Chief Business & Strategy Officer 07 May 2021
• Sainsbury's Appoints Paula Nickolds As Commercial Director 07 May 2021
• Congratulations To John W. Herbert On His 80th Birthday 21 April 2021
• Asda Confirms NEW CFO Appointment 16 April 2021
• Norcros Issues Further Trading Update; Non-Executive Director Steps Down 15 April 2021
• Nish Kankiwala Joins John Lewis Partnership 01 April 2021
• OnBuy Appoints Former eBay Director As Chief Commercial Officer 30 March 2021
• IKEA Appoints Chief Creative Officer 25 March 2021
• Wickes Supports Staff With Peppy Fertility And Menopause 23 March 2021
• Asda CEO To Step Down 18 March 2021
• Sainsbury's To Make 500 Office Roles Redundant 05 March 2021
• Véronique Laury & John Olie Join Inter IKEA Group Supervisory Board 17 February 2021
• Homebase: Q&A With Nina Findley, Director Of Trading For Home 08 February 2021
• Jeff Bezos Steps Down As CEO Of Amazon 02 February 2021
• Dunelm Appoints Arja Taaveniku As A Non-Executive Director 14 January 2021
• DIY Industry Pays Tribute To Stuart Turner, The Founder Of Plasplugs 08 January 2021
• Travis Perkins Chair Succession Announcement 06 January 2021
• John Lewis Partnership Announces Next Deputy Chairman 17 December 2020
• Homebase: Meet The CEO 16 December 2020
• eBay Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer 10 December 2020
• AkzoNobel Launches £50,000 Fund To Support Colleagues Doing Good For Their Communities 07 December 2020
• Topps Tiles Announces Non-Executive Board Changes 26 November 2020
• Very Hires Former BBC Tech Director As CIO 19 November 2020
• New Board Appointments At CMOStores.com 11 November 2020
• Travis Perkins Appoints New Chief Information & Technology Officer 11 November 2020
• Sanctuary Bathrooms Targets Double-Digit Growth With Digital Marketing Hire 10 November 2020
• Howden Joinery CFO Steps Down 16 October 2020
• Kingfisher Announces Independent Director Board Changes 08 October 2020
• Hornby To Re-Join Very As Digital Customer Experience Director 05 October 2020
• Travis Perkins Non-Executive Chairman To Step Down 01 October 2020
• Connection Flooring Appoints New CFO 24 September 2020
• LFI Expands Sales Team 15 September 2020
• Topps Tiles Appoints new CFO 04 September 2020
• Dulux Select Decorator Wins On The Tools Hi-Viz Hero Award 25 August 2020
• Ania Smith Named Chief Executive Officer At TaskRabbit 12 August 2020
• John Lewis Partnership Appoints People Executive Director 28 July 2020
• Kingfisher strengthens Customer & Digital Team With Two New Appointments 28 July 2020
• MKM Appoints Kate Tinsley As CEO 27 July 2020
• LFI Reveals New Directors 15 July 2020
• Wilko Appoints New Group Chief Financial Officer 14 July 2020
• GIMA Elects Simon McArdle Of Westland Horticulture As President 13 July 2020
• Alex Russo To Join B&M This Autumn 10 July 2020
• LFI - Climbing the Ladder of Success for 4 Generations 03 July 2020
• Former Travis Perkins COO Joins Kingfisher Board 30 June 2020
• Selco Makes Significant Investment In Staff Development 16 June 2020
• 5,500 Jobs at Risk as Poundstretcher Prepares for CVA 12 June 2020
• Homebase Restructures SSO and Closes Wallington Office 12 June 2020
• Lotta Lyrå To Leave Clas Ohlson 08 June 2020
• Travis Perkins Appoints New HR Director 03 June 2020
• Mike Powell To Step Down As Ferguson Chief Financial Officer 01 June 2020
• Konrad Grüss becomes new Managing Director of Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 28 May 2020
• Laura Ashley Administrator Makes 148 Further Redundancies 26 May 2020
• John Lewis Partnership Announces Changes To Executive Team 29 April 2020
• SIG Appoints New CEO 24 April 2020
• Homebase to Furlough Staff as Board Takes Wage Cut 01 April 2020
• Breaking News - B&Q to Furlough Staff Across Their Business 31 March 2020
• Amazon Appoints New UK Finance Chief 17 March 2020
• Norcros Appoints New Non-Executive Director And Board Chair 11 March 2020
• Jon Goddard-Watts, Former Screwfix MD, Passes Away 10 March 2020
• Wilko Loses Finance Director To B&M 05 March 2020
• Kingfisher Appoints Group E-Commerce Director 02 March 2020
• Homebase Returns to Profitability 27 February 2020
• Laura Ashley Announces Double-Digit Sales Decline; New CEO In Place 20 February 2020
• Kingfisher Appoints Chief People Officer; Finalises Executive Team 10 February 2020
• Wilko Appoints Jerome Saint-Marc As CEO 05 February 2020
• John Lewis Partnership Appoints Executive Director, Strategy & Commercial Development 05 February 2020
• Flymo Announces Lee Connelly, AKA Skinny Jean Gardener, As Its 2020 Ambassador 05 February 2020
• B&Q Announces 123 New Graduates In First Wave Of Apprenticeship Scheme 04 February 2020
• Tesco CEO To Extend Tenure Until End Of September 03 February 2020
• Mike Burks To Take Over As GCA Chairman For 2020/21 24 January 2020
• IronmongeryDirect Issue Statement Regarding Hexavalent Chromium 24 January 2020
• Mike Coupe To Retire As Sainsbury's CEO 22 January 2020
• Dulux London Revolution 2020 - secure your place now 21 January 2020
• MKM Makes Two New Appointments To Support Growth 16 January 2020
• Wickes appoint Chairman Designate 15 January 2020
• ASDA Makes New Executive Board Appointments 10 January 2020
• Kingfisher appoints new Chief Customer & Digital Officer 06 January 2020
• Wolseley UK Appoints Interim CEO 02 January 2020
• Grafton Group Announces Board Change 23 December 2019
• Notcutts Appoints New Chair and Non-Executive Director 10 December 2019
• Kingfisher Non-Executive Director Steps Down 28 November 2019
• Wilko Creates New Head Of Design Role 27 November 2019
• Wilko Appoints New Non-Executive Director 19 November 2019
• Grafton Group Appoints New Non-Executive Director 18 November 2019
• Notcutts' Chairman Steps Down 06 November 2019
• Howdens Appoints New Non-Executive Director 01 November 2019
• Travis Perkins Makes Directorate Changes 01 November 2019
• Laura Ashley CFO Steps Down 15 October 2019
• Tesco: Dave Lewis to Step Down as CEO 02 October 2019
• Sainsbury's Argos CEO to Step Down 01 October 2019
• John Colley Leaves Kingfisher for Majestic Wine 19 August 2019
• Nick Roberts Formally Starts CEO Role at Travis Perkins 18 August 2019
• Homebase Appoints Ian Penney as Director of Bathstore 14 August 2019
• Homebase close to securing deal to buy Bathstore 19 July 2019
• Shurtape UK Announces Charity Partner 19 July 2019
• New CEO for Wickes 10 July 2019
• Kingfisher Appoints New CEO 27 June 2019
• BHETA Appoints New Marketing Manager 12 June 2019
• Kingfisher Understood to Have Narrowed Down Choices for New CEO 10 June 2019
• John Lewis Partnership Appoints Sharon White as Chairman 07 June 2019
• "End of an Era" as 60 Years of Hard Work Comes to End for Hardware Shop Worker 17 May 2019
• IKEA Appoints Peter Jelkeby As UK and Ireland Country Retail Manager 03 May 2019
• The Home Depot Announces Retirement of Carol Tomé, CFO 01 May 2019
• B&Q Appoints New Customer Director 30 April 2019
• Let's Talk Homebase 22 April 2019
• Angela Rushforth Appointed Managing Director for BSS 05 April 2019
• Travis Perkins Announces New CEO 29 March 2019
• Travis Perkins Appoints COO For Trade Merchant Business 25 March 2019
• Kingfisher Announces Retirement of Steve Willett - Chief Transformation Officer 21 March 2019
• Jane Lawler Joins GCA’s Team of Inspectors 08 March 2019
• Häfele UK Appoints New Head of Marketing 07 March 2019
• B&M Announces Non-Executive Director Board Changes 08 February 2019
• Travis Perkins Builders’ Merchant Appoints New Managing Director 06 February 2019
• Carpetright Trading 'In Line With Expectations'; CFO to Retire 05 February 2019
• Steve Caunce Steps Down as CEO of AO World 31 January 2019
• Dino Rocos Retires From John Lewis Board 18 January 2019
• Two Board Members Depart Following Wilko Reshuffle 15 January 2019
• Wyevale Garden Centres Announces Management Changes 14 January 2019
• Carpetright Appoints Jemima Bird as Non-Executive Director 21 December 2018
• Dunelm's New CFO Joins The Board 29 November 2018
• Wilko Appoints Andrew Moore As Chief Commercial Officer 28 November 2018
• Poundland Appoints New Trading and Finance Directors 22 November 2018
• Building Supplies Online Appoints Mark Wolfe as Head of Buying 21 November 2018
• Garden Centre Association Begins Search for New Inspector 19 November 2018
• Kingfisher Announces New Non-Executive Director 15 November 2018
• John Lewis Chairman to Step Down in 2020 07 November 2018
• Karen Witts to Leave Kingfisher in March 2019 02 November 2018
• Kingfisher CFO to Leave Business 14 October 2018
• B&Q to Move Replenishment Activity From Night to Day 05 October 2018
• John Lewis & Partners Appoints Sean Allam as Director of Services 27 September 2018
• Kingfisher Announces Change in Offer and Supply Chain Leadership 19 September 2018
• Crystal appoints Kevin Morgan as Commercial Director 14 September 2018
• Crystal Group appoints Tim Allen as Non-Exec' Chairman 13 September 2018
• Graham Bell appointed CEO B&Q UK & Ireland 07 September 2018
• Wilko appoints new Customer Insight & Data Director 06 September 2018
• Dunelm non-executive director resigns to join Debenhams 29 August 2018
• Homebase appoints two former B&Q directors to help with turnaround 16 August 2018
• Homebase owner to close up to 60 stores in CVA 09 August 2018
• Homebase horticulture staff leave the business 06 August 2018
• Dobbies Appoints New CEO 28 July 2018
• Fight to Save Poundworld Fails as all Stores to Close 23 July 2018
• Yale Appoints New Retail Sales Director for DIY Channel 19 July 2018
• Wilko Hires New Retail Director 16 July 2018
• Andy Martin to join the John Lewis Partnership Board 13 July 2018
• Homebase exploring CVA options 01 July 2018
• 300 Jobs go at Homebase Head Office 28 June 2018
• Wickes to Take on 900 New K&B Consultants & Installers 28 June 2018
• Business as Usual for Wyevale During Sale Process 11 June 2018
• An Open Letter Regarding Homebase to the Board of Hilco Capital Limited 04 June 2018
• Poundworld to shut 117 stores 24 May 2018
• Fate of Homebase Likely To Be Known Within Days 23 May 2018
• Ian Herrett Appointed CEO Of Bathstore 22 May 2018
• One Third Of Wickes Head Office Staff To Be Made Redundant 15 May 2018
• Macmillan Cancer Support unites the industry 24 April 2018
• New MD for Akzo Decorative Paints UK & Ireland 19 April 2018
• Wolseley UK appoints new Managing Director 02 March 2018
• Kingfisher axes over 400 jobs in France 14 February 2018
• B&Q to axe 200 roles, including 130 at SSO 30 January 2018
• Craig Castelino to leave Bunnings UK&I 23 January 2018
• Bathroom Takeaway appoints new supply chain head 22 January 2018
• Howard Luft starts at Selco 21 January 2018
• Wyevale to cut head office staff 17 January 2018
• British Ceramic Tile appoints new Commercial Director 16 January 2018
• John Colley returns to Kingfisher as Group Trading Director 15 January 2018
• Howdens confirms start date for new CEO Andrew Livingston 13 January 2018
• PJ to step down from Bunnings for three months 20 December 2017
• Screwfix rated one of best places to work for second year 20 December 2017
• Glass & Glazing Federation appoints new Commercial MD 05 December 2017
• Bunnings UK&I Head of IT quits after 18 months 10 November 2017
• Wilko to cut 1,000 jobs following consultation period 28 October 2017
• John Colley leaves Hobbycraft after only two months 12 September 2017
• Dunelm CEO steps down in shock exit 30 August 2017
• Wilko puts 3,900 store staff under consultation 11 August 2017
• Steve Warrington leaves B&Q for digital agency 10 August 2017
• Akzo CEO Tom Buechner resigns with immediate effect 21 July 2017
• Livingston leaves Screwfix for Howden Joinery Group 07 July 2017
• Travis Perkins appoints new Chairman 27 June 2017
• Another board director leaves the Kingfisher business 21 June 2017
• Ridgeons Group appoints Ian Northern as CEO 17 June 2017
• Damian McGloughlin poached by Bunnings 14 June 2017
• Schneider named as new global head of Bunnings 29 May 2017
• Christian Mazauric named as new B&Q boss 24 May 2017
• Bunnings appoints David Haydon as new Homebase boss 17 May 2017
• Bunnings begins recruitment drive for new Folkestone store 12 May 2017
• Michael Loeve swaps B&Q for Netto 18 April 2017
• B&Q colleagues take centre stage in brand new campaign 06 April 2017
• Daniel Bernard steps down as Kingfisher Chairman 22 March 2017
• New store leadership roles created to drive reshaped Homebase 15 March 2017
• Nicolas Marshall takes over at Dobbies 07 March 2017
• Industry leader gets behind Rainy Day Trust CEO challenge 28 February 2017
• Sainsbury's Argos appoints new marketing director 28 February 2017
• AO CEO to step down 23 February 2017
• Screwfix appoints Graham Smith as Marketing Director 15 February 2017
• Wesfarmers announces new MD 14 February 2017
• Bunnings UK appoints first Head of Legal 13 February 2017
• John Lewis Partnership appoints Clayton Hirst to Group Head of Corporate Affairs 31 January 2017
• Wesfarmers to name Rob Scott as future MD 30 January 2017
• Totally DIY & Tools speaker line-up confirmed 20 January 2017
• Gillam steps down from Bunnings UK & Ireland board 15 January 2017
• Screwfix loses retail director to Pets at Home 06 January 2017
• Michael Chadwick retires as Grafton Group Chairman 03 January 2017
• Lotta Lyrå appointed new CEO of Clas Ohlson 20 December 2016
• John Walden and Clive Humby join L1 Retail Advisory Board 20 December 2016

Thank you for the excellent presentation that you gave at Woodbury Park on Thursday morning. It was very interesting and thought-provoking for our Retail members. The feedback has been excellent.

Martin Elliott. Chief Executive - Home Hardware.