All UK People News

• 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

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