si .vis ^ 'im A 'i „3i AWARDS ISSUE P10/11 'iBSl»:- r*^1 *\,« V C^ *^^- -jb U it o ^i ,y '! • i^pilv,,- K^/AWNCI?^ > •JEST ^: :ici % .^ \ii! ^^G-y ^T^^ .^S^ >^ of SEavic|§j fAmrsi Pfopji. 13* SsF"*- ^i *TS '•^^ <t^. oP (ysf CREATIVE EFFECTIVE \iil\t OFADVFRTI&INfc ^^^ JSJOURNAL FRONTLINE FIRST HALF PROFITS up The real glittering prize as we went to press. So, appro­ is published by 23 per cent. The company's amongst a sparkling array is priately, the Christmas Journal for employees of interim results were announced the Marplan Marketing Week will contain further celeb­ J Sainsbury pic as the Journal went to press awards in which JS came top, ration. Stamford House and ears are still ringing with as it has indeed for each of the In the meantime, this issue Stamford Street cries of admiration from the three years of the awards. It'? a contains an early gift for London SEI 9LL City of Fleet Street. As The hat trick which represents an readers — a full colour pull- Telephone: 01-921 6660 Times said: 'There seems to be incredible achievement when out guide to the company's no stopping Sainsbury's.' you consider the competition most senior management. Editor The results show we can put includes every big fry company More than an adornment to Yvonne Burke our money where other in Britain. any office or notice board, the Assistant editor people's mouths are, because As many awards as we pull-out puts a face to the Dominic Long this has been a month of crammed into this Journal we names of the people at the top. Editorial assistant awards and commendations. were still hearing about more Paula Kiernan Designer NEWS Chris Bivand Typesetting and Printing David Green Printers Ltd JS agrees Depots will end to switch packing operations Contents JS HAS AGREED with Mid­ THE COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED the decision to News 2-4 land Bank to accept the new run down production operations at Basingstoke and Switch debit card, which is Buntingford depots by Spring 1990. Audit all before? issued by the Midland, A fresh look at National Westminster and the In September the depot managers, Bernard Clancy and internal audit 5 Royal Bank of Scotland, at all Ray Hasler, met with staff in the cheese, grocery packing 25 Club welcomes scanning stores and petrol and bacon departments to break the news and provide an new members 6 stations. explanation of the background to the decision. At the The Switch card is already Openings — accepted at all JS petrol same time the director advised the trade union officials. Croydon Homebase 7 stations and at Farnborough In a statement the company departments were established Luton Homebase 8 and Maidenhead where EFT- said: 'We have tried in the last 20 years or more ago this was Grimsby 9 PoS (Electronic Funds Transfer three years to make the depart­ not the case. Now it is becom­ Marketing award at Point of Sale) has been on ments more efficient. Over £2 ing increasingly uneconomic to — and more 10/11 trial for the past-six months. million has been invested. We continue our own packing By May 1989 all scanning have achieved a number of operation. Pull-out guide to stores will have this facility. improved efficiencies. In the The statement said: 'The JS top Says financial controller, meantime, however, changes space released will enable us to management 12-17 Dereic Henson: 'Customers like among the food manufacturers expand the distribution Health education the convenience of EFTPoS. have been great.' activity, and will create some programme — Debit cards avoid the need to These days, it seems, it is the extra work for the warehous­ smoking 18 write cheques; they do away norm for manufacturers to ing and transport departments. with the limitation of the £50 provide food like bacon, cheese 'We are entering into New Homebase cheque guarantee card and and grocery, ready packed. immediate discussions with depot opens at there is no need to carry cash.' When the Basingstoke packing staff representatives to clarify Westgate 19 how we can protect the inter­ 20/21 ests of affected staff. We have New lines indicated a long timescale so Behind the lines — that the situation can be man­ stories from aged constructively. We shall around the ^THE INDEPENDENT be offering severance, rede­ company 22-25 ployment, retraining, and all New Civil Engineer necessary counselling and People 26 support as we cope with this Archives 26/27 change.' Writelines 27 JS people go pontinental — a weekend at Camber Sands 28 New award for a Cover story A proud month for JS. A new building cornucopia of awards is BRENTFORD HOMEBASE being celebrated. See has been highly commended in pages 10/11. the British Construction Industry Awards 1988, spon­ fU^^s^ sored by The Independent and BRITISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY New Civil Engineer magazine. The building was modelled on a 1929 Italian biplane by architect, Nick Grimshaw. It AWARDS has a central spine, which runs the length of the store, and seven pairs of 'wings' which make up the roof. This con­ 1•9-8- 8 struction gives 38,710 sq ft of indoor column-frefe sales area. The principal contractor was Myton. Martin Sargeant Andrew Molle Andrew Mitcham Steve Williams New structure for Homebase buying MARTIN SARGEANT, who appointed head of marketing, The structure of the appointed head of buying for recently transferred to responsible for providing mer­ Homebase buying and home improvement. Homebase as head of the chandising, advertising, marketing area has been STEVE WILLIAMS is timber and building buying Homebase brand development reviewed. There will now be appointed head of buying for group, has been appointed to and administration services to three trading groups: home horticultural and seasonal. the Homebase board as buying the buying departments. improvement, decorative and Martin Sargeant will oversee director. Both will report to Anthony horticultural/seasonal. decorative until a new ANDREW MOLLE is Rees, marketing director. ANDREW MITCHAM is appointment is made. DON HAYWARD, man­ ager of Kingsway, Derby, has been promoted to district man­ ager. Northern area, to succeed Terry Wigley, who was recently appointed as Northern area director. EDWARD BONNER, pre­ viously manager, accounting systems and computer services at Streatham, has been appointed manager, branch financial control to succeed Brian Landers who has left the company. PAUL COOTES, formerly senior personnel manager, trading, has been appointed head of non foods ii in the Don Hayward Edward Bonner Paul Cootes grocery division. Take note of TV dates OLIVE WATSON, conducter competition. of the Mosgrove Choir, The competition can be seen Glengormley, encourages Lor­ in a series of programmes on raine Cardwell to hit the high BBC2 on Thursdays. notes in the Belfast heat of the The final will be broadcast Sainsbury's Choir of the Year on December 15. A JS STORE has been named ment system; low energy, high as the most energy efficient frequency lighting; heat recov­ large building in the South ery and computer control of East. refrigeration. The Beta Award Scheme, The company was able to sponsored by the Electricity show an annual energy saving Council, was created to worth £42,000 on the one encourage energy efficiency store. and improved internal environ­ The Beta award was pre­ ments in commercial buildings. sented to Bryan Wright, Burpham was submitted as it is building services engineering typical of a modern JS store. design manager (left), at an Its winning features include a awards ceremony by Tim computerised energy manage­ Rathbone, MP for Lewes. NEWS When you're looking for good company JS HAS BEEN involved in an exhibition to promote careers in the company to 45,000 students. Enterprise 88 was held in London at Olympia II and in Oxford at a specially con­ structed exhibition hall in Trinity College. The event followed the great success of Enterprise 87, a similar event which was held in Oxford only. Many of the top British companies gathered to encourage more of the country's high calibre grad­ uates to pursue an industrial career. This year, as last, board directors, departmental direc­ tors and senior managers attended the JS stand at various times to talk to students attending the exhi­ Paul Cootes, then personnel manager, trading departments, bition. talks with undergraduate visitors. hm^^mi-OMSm^ Depot drivers put safety first THREE DRIVERS from Hockey; drivers, Sid Purkiss Charlton depot were recently and John Plackett; George presented with awards from Gibson (in the cab) next to the Royal Society for Preven­ Bernard Young, and Sam tion of Accidents (RoSPA) for Lampard. Sid, John and Sam 20 years of safe driving. They already hold RoSPA awards are George Gibson, Bernard and have 90 years driving Young and Ron Priest. experience between them. Photographed left to right Ron Priest was not available are: traffic manager, Glyn for the photograph. RETAILING Sainsbury's was an exhibitor at the recent Enterprise and the Inner Cities Conference and Exhibition held at the Barbican to promote opportunities for Urban Renewal. Pictured is Robin Anderson the development division's depart­ mental director for JS supermarkets (right), showing David Trippier MP, Under Secretary of State for the Environment, a model of the Wolverhampton JS. To coincide with the exhibition a new brochure "Retailing & Renewal' has been produced to illustrate how many JS, Homebase and Savacentre stores have revitalised eyesore sites. The brochure is full of fascinating facts and beautiful photo­ graphs. Call 921-6441 for a copy. AUDIT THROWS OFF AN OLD IMAGE HE DESCENT UPON a department of the auditor is often regarded as an event to be 6r dreaded and feared — a disruption and a distrac­ ^ tion which can bring no good to anyone.