Man of the cloth
The five-lawyer team at Next have had their hands full with the level of success enjoyed by the retail company. Fiona Callister asks whether a predicted downturn in consumer spending will pile on the pressure
Unilever
Over the past year, ice cream has been the bane of Unilever’s life. The Anglo-Dutch consumer products group is being investigated by the Competition Commission over its alleged monopoly of the UK’s £600m impulse buy ice cream market. In July last year, the Competition Commission opened a debate on Unilever’s UK subsidiary Birds Eye Wall’s […]
J Sainsbury
Sainsbury’s has built its reputation on being a wholesome family-run company. But this year will be the first that a family member is not head of the company, following chairman Lord Sainsbury of Turville’s handover to non-executive chairman Sir George Bull. Sainsbury’s year so far has been characterised by change. Hundreds of its staff face […]
One tea, no sugar
Jack Straw is a man with teeth. But he’s more likely to bare them than reveal them in a grin, Fiona Callister discovers. Somewhere along the way, Jack Straw must have missed out on a New Labour training session. For this is a Government that likes to show off its collective dental work: Blair can […]