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Recruiting retailers is a competitive game. And one that generally plays out best in a face-to-face environment.
But coronavirus put an end to all that. No longer could the big symbol and franchise groups rely on trade shows, store visits and face-to-face meetings to tempt new members. Suddenly, operators had to adapt their recruitment plans to an online world.
Replacing the power of annual trade shows, which typically attract thousands of visitors, was no mean feat. Yet nine of the leading 14 fascias managed to hold onto or expand their numbers last year.
The most impressive figures came in from Booker’s Premier and Parfetts Go Local – both of which grew store numbers by 150 – while Londis was also up by more than 100 stores. Meanwhile, Nisa signed up 73 more stores in 2020 than it did the previous year despite the challenges created by the pandemic.
by Bajan Reporter / January 14th, 2021
Oakwell Sports Advisory (“ Colin Graves, CBE, has joined its Advisory Board with immediate effect.
The appointment reflects Oakwell’s sustained growth in 2020, its continued recruitment across the business – including
Andrew Croker as Advisory Board Chairman in July 2020 – and its global ambitions.
Colin is one of UK sport’s most recognisable and respected administrators and in August 2020 completed a five-year tenure as Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, which was preceded by a two-year period (2013-2015) as Deputy Chairman. Colin’s achievements as Chairman were significant including significant governance reforms and paving the way for The Hundred. Colin was also a Board Director of the International Cricket Council from 2015-2020.
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David Leslie founded his own corporate finance business after leading accountancy giant PwC’s deal-making team in Scotland Picture: Colin Mearns MERGERS and acquisitions activity will slow in Scotland in 2021 as uncertainty about the outlook for the economy amid the coronavirus crisis and Brexit weighs on sentiment, one of the country’s best known corporate financiers has said. However, David Leslie said Scottish companies have shown their resilience in recent years and predicted that deals will still happen with potential buyers focused on sectors such as pharmaceuticals, technology and financial services. “Overall mergers and acquisitions activity will be down on recent years but there still will be a flow driven by potential upcoming tax changes, some key sectors still consolidating, and restructuring deals,” said Mr Leslie.
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UK – Menzies Distribution has announced the acquisition of logistics and supply chain services business Bibby Distribution from the 213-year old, family owned Bibby Line Group. The deal sees the addition of 38 new operating sites and a large, young fleet to the Menzies portfolio.
Over 35 years, Bibby Distribution has built an end-to-end supply chain platform that provides solutions for its customers across a number of sectors including paper and packaging and consumer products. Bibby Distribution’s customers also includes an array of grocery retailers and blue-chip organisations across a range of resilient sectors.