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Vitax area sales manager retires after 37 years
Vitax has announced one of its longest serving area sales managers will retire from his role in July. Julian Goodhand, who has been with the company for 37 years, will officially retire from the firm on 31 July.Mr Goodhand's early career started at ...
20 June 2019
Wyevale nurseries staff hike and cycle in aid of charity
Twenty members of staff from Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford are this month physically challenging themselves in aid of charity. On June 22, members of the team will either be hiking 18 miles from Talybont-on-Usk to Llangattock, taking part in an ...
19 June 2019
Tong appoints new head of people and culture
An HR professional has relocated from Melbourne to Saltaire to take up a new role at Tong Garden Centre. Neil Barwise joins the team at multi award-winning Tong Garden Centre in the newly created position of head of people and culture. He joins the ...
18 June 2019
Travis perkins sends representative to Malawi for humanitarian project
Travis Perkins Group, the UK’s largest supplier of building materials, is supporting key customer Miller Homes with their commitment to Habitat for Humanity Great Britain by sending representative, Gemma Black, who is Inventory Manager for BSS, to ...
17 June 2019
XL Joinery staff raise over £1,000 for children's charity
Employees from XL Joinery, the market leading supplier of doors and associated products, put their best foot forward as they took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge, raising a total of £1,025 for children’s charity, Buttercup Children’s Trust....
14 June 2019
Former Travis Perkins digital and marketing manager takes up BHETA role
The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has announced the appointment of former Travis Perkins senior digital and trade marketing manager, Stephen Richardson as its new marketing manager.In the new role, which has been created as part ...
7 June 2019
John Lewis Partnership names Ofcom chief exec as new chairman
The retailer has today announced the appointment of Sharon White as its sixth chairman, replacing Sir Charlie Mayfield when he steps down from the role in early 2020. The retailer acknowledges she may not be “not the conventional retail choice the ...
6 June 2019
Beth Chatto OBE to be Awarded Iconic Horticultural Hero Award
Gardening pioneer, Beth Chatto OBE VMH, is to be posthumously named 2019’s Iconic Horticultural Hero at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival next month.Ms Chatto, who sadly passed away in 2018, aged 94, was the founder of the Beth Chatto ...
6 June 2019
Wyevale Nurseries appoints new amenity sales executive
Alan Young from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire has re-located to take up the role this month at Wyevale Nurseries, which is based in Hereford. He will work on tenders and quotes for existing customers, as well as developing new business.Mr Young said:...
24 May 2019
Hardware shop owner closes its doors at 84
A shopkeeper who has worked in the same hardware shop for more than six decades is hanging up her apron for the last time to enjoy retirement as the shop closes its doors after almost a century of service.Great grandmother Joan Muter, (84) from East ...
20 May 2019
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