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One of the country’s leading independent snack firms is matching its bold flavours with a clear ambition to add a winning business ingredient.
Devon-based Burts Snacks has grown from a small family business to a nationally recognised, award-winning brand employing more than 300 people.
Innovation comes naturally to Burts Snacks, a business well-known for producing an array of appetising flavours, so when it came to the crunch of how to best develop its team’s leadership skills it was no surprise that the company found a dynamic solution.
To help his employees through the turbulent time of Covid-19, Burts Snacks site director Paul Bavin turned to executive leadership coach and former combat leader Neil Jurd OBE for his services.
ONE of the country’s leading independent snack firms is using the services of a former combat leader in Cumbria to push for further success in the food business. Devon-based Burts Snacks has grown from a small family business to a nationally recognised, award-winning brand employing more than 300 people. Innovation comes naturally to Burts Snacks, a business well-known for producing an array of appetising flavours, so when it came to the crunch of how to best develop its team’s leadership skills it was no surprise that the company found a dynamic solution. To help his employees through the turbulent time of Covid-19, Burts Snacks site director Paul Bavin turned to executive leadership coach and former combat leader Neil Jurd for his services.
Updated: February 9 2021, 11.36am
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