National wholesaler JJ Food Service has increased the number of females working in the warehouse from zero to 13% in just six months, following its ‘Women in the Warehouse’ recruitment campaign. JJ Food Service COO, Mushtaque Ahmed, said, “Minor workplace adjustments have taken the physicality out...
The Women in Wholesale (WiW) conference took place this week with the mission to support the development and progress of females working in UK grocery wholesale. Almost 200 wholesalers, cash and carries and FMCG brands gathered at the British Library in London for the event, more...
Flexible working agency Timewise has partnered with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to run an exclusive pilot into defining what flexible working looks like in wholesale. They need one more wholesale volunteer for the research - it would involve an interview or two and a branch...
Fancy joining UK's top wholesale talent to celebrate achievement AND meet the Minister for Women over a glass of bubbles at the Houses of Parliament? Well keep on reading...
A WiW Guest Blog by Janet Standing The idea that ‘people buy people’ is fundamental to the success of any kind of business, be it in a B2B or a B2C context. Wholesalers support small- to medium-sized retailers, on-trade customers and foodservice vendors who are the anchors...
It was another excellent LEAD (Leading Executives Advancing Diversity) meeting last Tuesday. Thanks to Marsh for their excellent hospitality not least the amazing view of the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and surrounding buildings. Here's a summary of the day! Helen Cooke's presentation on disability and diversity...
Blakemore Group HR Director Ian Diment will reveal the wholesaler’s new Equality and Diversity strategy at the Women in Wholesale conference on October 19th. The event has been organised to support the development and progression of women in the sector. Last year, Blakemore launched a ‘Women...
Power-networker Jill Livesey (pictured left), Managing Director of HIM, will reveal her Seven Essential Habits of Effective Networking at the Women in Wholesale conference taking place on October 19th at the British Library. Jill joined the research consultancy six years ago when she networked her way to becoming...
Marketing Director of Costco, Sue Knowles, has received the Costco Award for being an ‘Inspiring Woman’ at the wholesaler’s annual conference in Seattle last month. The Award (pictured below) was given to Sue for the work she has put in to developing the wholesaler’s internal networking...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has set a target to employ at least 20% female warehouse staff by 2018 to help promote careers within the business to a greater diversity of talent. JJ Food Service HQ Branch Manager Sedat Kaan Hendekli, said, “At the start of...