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Heinz has announced that it plans to move the production of HP Sauce from Birmingham to the Netherlands as part of a strategy aimed at using spare capacity.
Mobile phone operator 3 customers bought more than 1 million songs and music videos last month, making it the second biggest source of digital downloads after Apple’s iTunes.
Chupa Chups, the lollipop manufacturer, is understood to be considering a sale.
BSkyB, Virgin and Ladbrokes are among those understood to have expressed an interest in bidding against Camelot to run the National Lottery from 2009. This week Camelot reported ticket sales of more than &£5bn for the year to March 31, its highest figure since 2000.
…O2 chief executive Peter Erskine has admitted the launch of third-generation (3G) mobile phone services has been a ‘complete disaster’ for the telecoms industry. Just 400,000 of O2’s 16.3 million UK customers have 3G phones, he says.
O2 is planning an assault on its former parent company BT by launching a high-speed internet access service before the end of the year. The launch of such a service could see the mobile operator acquire a broadband provider such as Bulldog or Tiscali.
Red Bee Media has appointed Linda Summers to the new role of head of strategic development from O2, where she was vice president of group strategy and performance management.
Manchester Airports Group has appointed Kate Harrison as group marketing director. She joins from Sainsbury’s Bank where she was director of personal lending and direct marketing.
Pearson has promoted its chief financial officer Rona Fairhead to chief executive of the Financial Times Group. She will be replaced by deputy financial officer Robin Freestone.
Prudential UK and Europe marketing director Roger Ramsden is leaving the financial services company after four and half years. His departure follows a restructure of the management team. It is not known whether Ramsden has a job to go to.
Masterfoods has appointed Andy Weston-Webb, the president of Masterfoods in Australia and New Zealand, as European snackfood category president. He replaces Juan Jose Perez Cuesta, who joined the company less than six months ago (MW September 29).
Virgin Mobile founder and chief executive Tom Alexander is leaving the company following its &£962m sale to NTL. Alan Gow, currently chief financial officer, will become Virgin Mobile’s managing director when it becomes part of NTL on July 4.
Household goods company Georgia Pacific is thought to have appointed former Co-Op head of branding Christine Clarke as its new UK marketing director.
Lobby groups from across Europe and the US have teamed up for the first time to call for an immediate ban on advertising to children. The groups have spoken out at the Good Practices: Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health conference held in Brussels this week. The groups, which include the European Heart Network, […]