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Swiss food group finds Laurent Freixe breached code of conduct as it names Philipp Navratil as his replacementNestlé has dismissed its chief executive, Laurent Freixe, after an investigation into an “undisclosed romantic relationship” with a subordinate that was found to have breached its code of business conduct.The Swiss-headquartered multinational named Philipp Navratil as his replacement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/01/nestle-fires-ceo-after-investigation-into-undisclosed-romantic-relationship Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-09-01 18:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey are back, talking through all of the challenges the government faces as MPs return to Westminster. Plus, they discuss the prime minister’s shake-up of his Downing Street team Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/sep/01/starmer-back-to-school-headaches-podcast Author : Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Frankie Tobi, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Zoe Hitch. Publish date : 2025-09-01 15:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Firm returns to profit a year after parent IDS agreed to acquisition by Daniel Křetínský’s EP GroupBusiness live – latest updatesRoyal Mail has said its moves to slash second-class deliveries will take “many months” to roll out, as it reported its first annual profit for three years in its maiden results since its £3.6bn takeover by the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.Its parent group, International Distribution Services (IDS), is transforming the postal service after the sector regulator, Ofcom, gave permission in July to end second-class post on Saturdays and reduce the service to alternating weekdays from Monday to Friday. Continue reading...

Proposals for financial or language requirements will either split families or force them into dangerous journeys, says Refugee CouncilAnd while we are talking about Blair-era Labour aides, Peter Hyman, who wrote speeches for Tony Blair and later worked for Keir Starmer in the run-up to the general election, has launched a new Substack blog. It is called Changing the Story, which tells you quite a lot about what he thinks is going wrong with No 10. Here is an extract from his first post.Starmer is an ‘opportunity’ prime minister forced to become a ‘security’ one. And that’s why the government’s