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Morrison's Richard Pennycook

Analysis

Pennycook returns to frontline

Ex-Morrisons FD brings valuable turnaround experience to crisis-hit Co-op Group

19 Jun 2013

Morrison's Richard Pennycook

News

Ex-Morrisons' Pennycook joins Co-op as FD

Richard Pennycook joins crisis-hit retail and banking giant Co-operative Group as finance director

05 Jun 2013

News

French Connection announce FD’s surprise departure

Roy Naismith unexpectedly leaves French Connection following difficult trading year

29 Apr 2013

Feature

Horsemeat scandal: The meat of the matter

The horsemeat scandal scandal has exposed the risks of relying on intricate supply chains, writes Gavin Hinks

27 Mar 2013

News

Burberry CFO Cartwright to leave

Stacey Cartwright to step down as Burberry CFO after nine years in the role

07 Feb 2013

Feature

Retail FDs facing online and overseas challenge

Retailers constantly hear of rivals making huge profits in emerging markets, but for many FDs it is less clear how to take advantage

30 Jan 2013

Opinion

The music's over at HMV

The failure of HMV and Blockbuster to adapt to changing buying habits offers a salutary lesson for finance directors

22 Jan 2013

News

HMV latest retailer to face the music

HMV calls in Deloitte administrators as latest retailer to enter insolvency

16 Jan 2013

News

HMV issues going concern warning over covenants risk

Disappointing sales figures sees HMV likely to breach covenants in January

13 Dec 2012

News

Morrison promotes Trevor Strain as group FD

Trevor Strain takes over from outgoing Morrisons group Richard Pennycook in June 2013

13 Dec 2012

News

Mothercare appoints FD as losses narrow

Argos finance director Matt Smith named as Mothercare CFO

26 Nov 2012

Opinion

Editor's letter: Not all high-street blues

A virtual pick-and-mix of content covered in the latest issues of FD - but mostly with a retail and leisure slant

25 Oct 2012

Interview

Interview: Former Tesco CFO and non exec Andrew Higginson

Missing out on the top job at Tesco may have been a blessing for its one-time finance director, Andrew Higginson

25 Oct 2012

News

Travis Perkins FD leaves to develop portfolio career

Paul Hampden Smith is to leave Travis Perkins next year having worked for the Wickes owner for two decades

12 Oct 2012

News

WH Smith FD takes COO role as chief executive departs

WH Smith FD is to take on COO role next summer as chief executive announces departure

11 Oct 2012

News

Former FD takes top job at Halfords

Halfords brings in former FD and Pets At Home boss as new chief executive

04 Oct 2012

Interview

FD Interview: Rachel Osborne

Rachel Osborne tells Financial Director how John Lewis is tapping into multi-format shopping

26 Apr 2012

News

Mothercare FD resigns

Neil Harrington leaves the struggling retailer days before the arrival of its new chief executive

26 Apr 2012

News

Maths blunder sparks profit warning at SuperGroup

Outgoing FD discovered that a plus rather than a minus was used in the company accounts

22 Apr 2012

Analysis

HMV’s demise offers finance directors a salutary lesson

Retailer’s collapse could have been avoided if its business model kept pace with changing consumer habits, writes Richard Crump

23 Feb 2012

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Pennycook returns to frontline

Ex-Morrisons FD brings valuable turnaround experience to crisis-hit Co-op Group

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