Christine Wetzler is the owner of Pietryla PR & Marketing, and therefore a communications consultant specialising in communications strategy, crisis communications and issues management within the manufacturing, packaging, plastics and chemical, heavy equipment, sustainability, and professional services industries. Christine has assisted clients with significant M&A and funding announcements, product launches, and strategic thought leadership programs […]
It’s been impossible to miss the barrage of headlines heralding the death of the high street as a seemingly endless stream of household retail names announce financial woes. From Toys R Us to House of Fraser, Maplin to Debenhams, everywhere you look, there are profit warnings, redundancies, stores closing, and administrators swooping. Many believe that […]
Dr. Emad Bukhamseen’s career began at an early age, immediately after earning his Bachelor’s degree to develop his experience by working with his father—Mr. Jawad Ahmed Bukhamseen, the Founder of the Bukhamseen conglomerate—to eventually merge his academic knowledge and work experience to expand the business. Today, he is the Vice Chairman and CEO of the […]
Aron Ain is the CEO of Kronos Incorporated, a leading global provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Kronos was founded in 1977 as the first company to digitise the mechanical time clock, and today they have grown into a $1.4 billion global organisation by developing a variety of workforce applications that […]
In recent years, a number of high-profile fraud cases have made the headlines. Every business is susceptible to fraud in some shape or form and the outcome of these frauds can have varying levels of impact, including financial loss, reputational damage and in the worst cases can even threaten the survival of the organisation. Questions […]
The retirement of Keith Weed, Unilever’s Chief Marketing Officer, is interesting. A textbook all-rounder, Weed always understood the importance of brand purpose, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion. Crucially, he also knew these priorities had to run through the heart of Unilever, not just act as headlines for its marketing efforts. The difference between the best […]
1.4 million people left the big six utilities between June 2017 and June 2018. For the most part, they left for smaller challenger firms. The reason? Switching to better tariffs certainly, but not solely. For many people, it’s the customer experience – in fact in the January 2018 Which? customer satisfaction survey, the Big Six […]
Musgrave have 10 food brands across the island of Ireland and Spain, leading the way in both retail and wholesale markets. Six of those brands are consistent market leaders – SuperValu, Centra, Daybreak, Musgrave MarketPlace, Frank and Honest coffee and La Rousse Foods. Musgrave recently reported a third consecutive year of profit growth, with profit […]
Nick Lazaridis is the President for EMEA at HP Inc., managing operations, growth, and their financial performance across the region. Before that, he led HP’s Asia-Pacific and Japan region. HP Inc. reinvented its business in November 2015 and, today, it is a Fortune Global 100 company operating in more than 170 countries with about 50,000 […]
Scottish Grocers’ Federation is the national trade association for the independent convenience store industry in Scotland. There are almost 5,300 convenience stores in Scotland—these stores provide 41,000 jobs and contribute some £530 million to Scotland’s economy each year in Gross Value Added. Fundamentally, they are here to represent their members’ interests and ensure a profitable […]
On Thursday, the Bank of England voted unanimously to raise the interest rate to 0.75%, the highest it has been since the financial crash nearly 10 years ago. As consumers, businesses and institutions ran through the potential ramifications, it generated plenty of chatter on social media - so, this week’s Tweet of the Week comes […]
By Louisa Rochford In 2017, a new billionaire was reported every 2 days and the total number of billionaires in the world rose to 2,754. 67% of that figure are self-made, including none other than Jeff Bezos, who has amassed a staggering $150 billion net worth—hardly something to underestimate. He has become a global […]
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