H&C News meets with suppliers regularly to keep up to date with the latest product and service innovations, aiming to get the inside track on what companies offer to the market and how it is delivered. This week, we met with John Hartley, UK Country Director at Fry’s Family Foods UK to gain a better understanding of the business. Fry’s Family Foods produces vegan based … [Read more...]
Disabled people ‘walk away’ from poor service – and UK businesses lose £1.8bn a month
A report released today by the Extra Costs Commission led by disability charity Scope finds that 75 per cent of disabled people and their families have walked away from a UK business due to poor service. Drawing upon research conducted by Business Disability Forum (BDF) in 2006 on the value of the 'Walk Away Pound', or the income lost by businesses that fail to make goods … [Read more...]
AlixPartners completes acquisition of Zolfo Cooper Europe
Further to the announcement of 16 February 2015, AlixPartners LLP, the global business-advisory firm, has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Zolfo Cooper Europe. This acquisition significantly expands AlixPartners’ UK and continental European practice. Zolfo Cooper Europe brings to AlixPartners its full operation of approximately 200 senior … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola adopts ‘one brand’ strategy
Coca‑Cola Great Britain (CCGB) has announced that it will be unifying the Coca‑Cola portfolio of products – including Coca‑Cola, Diet Coke, Coca‑Cola Zero and Coca‑Cola Life – under a new “one brand” strategy to promote the full choice of Coca‑Cola variants. Over the years, as consumer taste, preference and lifestyles have changed, Coca‑Cola has innovated to launch and … [Read more...]
TripAdvisor: 15 years of change and impact – what next?
TripAdvisor celebrates 15 this year and here a selection of senior TripAdvisor executives give for their views on how travel has changed in those years, what impact the website has had on the way we plan a trip, and what the future of travel might look like fifteen years from now. How has the way we travel changed in the last 15 years? Martin Vernon-Roe, VP Ad Sales, … [Read more...]