- Written by lmason
We’re incredibly proud to have won a Gold Award for the second year running at this year’s GroceryAid Awards, underscoring our ongoing commitment to supporting colleagues and welfare initiatives across the grocery industry. The GroceryAid Awards are an annual programme run by GroceryAid, the UK grocery industry’s central charity, which has provided financial, emotional and...
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International food and drink group Princes today announces that Italian based Newlat Food S.p.A (‘Newlat’) intends to acquire the entire Princes Group (‘Group’) from Mitsubishi Corporation, encompassing all current operations and brands in an agreement valued at £700m. Chief Executive Officer Simon Harrison said: “This is an exciting prospect for Princes, and we are delighted...
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Princes is proud to be going further than the UK requirement when the new Carers’ Leave Act comes into force on April 6. The Act entitles employees to one week of unpaid leave every 12 months, typically the equivalent of five days. This can be taken as individual or half days across the year. We...
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We are delighted to publish our latest Business Report which encompasses business information on our approach, our people, brands, sites and our sustainability. Every year we publish our Business Report to keep our customers informed of what we have achieved in the previous financial year. This year’s report looks at Operational Excellence, People Excellence and...
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Princes have today published the third edition of its ‘Our Princes – Our People’ Annual Colleague Update. The update celebrates several important steps that have been taken to continue evolving the business’s People Excellence strategy and the ‘Our Princes – Our People’ employer brand that underpins it. The six pillars that comprise the strategy are:...
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Here we put the spotlight on Andrew Hargraves who joined Princes in 2004 as Corporate Development Manager responsible for managing investment assignments from acquisitions to significant capital projects. In 2017, he spent a year in Italy as interim Managing Director to Princes’ Italian subsidiary. In September 2019, he became Group Commercial Director. Andrew says: “On...
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Applications are now open for our award-winning Commercial Graduate Scheme for 2024. Next year we have three graduate places available and we’re looking for leaders of the future to join us. We are passionate about our award-winning Graduate Scheme, which offers successful candidates the chance to experience three key areas of the Commercial function. Over...
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I am delighted to share our new set of Values. Our five new values are intended to define what good looks like or, in other words, the “Princes Way”, and we believe they provide the framework for all colleagues to achieve the best for themselves and for Princes. The five Values are: Where our...
- Written by developerAndrew
A Financial Controller for Princes has been selected to play football for England. Laurie Sephton, who is based in Princes’ head office in the Royal Liver Buildings in Liverpool, is part of the England Walking Football Squad. The national governing body, the Walking Football Association (WFA), was launched in December 2016 and helps people with...
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Joe Dent, Chief People Officer and a Board member at Princes Group, has been shortlisted in this year’s HR Excellence Awards. The prestigious awards are run annually by HR Magazine and this year’s winners will be announced on Tuesday, 6 December at The Brewery, London. The judging panel is made up of top HR directors...