'JS Journal', November 1986

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6-7
  Branch opening — Badger Farm
  Page 8-9
  25 Club dinner — tribute to Mr RJ on his 80th birthday
  Page 10-11
  In their opinion — the marketing world's top executives place JS high on their lists
  Page...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  PROOF YET again that JS is in
  the top ranks of the companies
  league, comes with the publication
  of a survey carried out by
  Marketing Week magazine.
  Turn to our colourful centre
  spread to tot up the marks.
  And...

• New Appointments
  02

  New Appointments
  number of senior management appointments and changes have been announced
  recently which affect a number of departments.
  Meat and
  poultry
  IAN MERTON has assumed
  responsibility for beef, veal,
  home produced...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  Barnwood business park JS HAS applied for planning
  permission of a site at Barnwood
  on the northern edge of Gloucester.
  The proposal is for a supermarket
  with a sales area of
  25,800 sq ft and surface car
  parking...

• Hungarian minister visits store
  04

  Hungarian minister visits store
  NINE ELMS store has played
  host to Dr Zoltan Juhar,
  Hungarian Minister of Internal
  Trade and President of the
  Hungarian National Council of
  Tourism.
  Dr Juhar wished to see a
  supermarket in...

• Making way for disabled
  04

  Making way for disabled
  NEWPORT STORE has won a
  top award for having the best
  facilities for disabled people in
  Wales.
  In the 1986 Building Awards
  Scheme, Newport gained first
  place in the Shops/Shopping
  C e n t r e s , S...

• Training project
  04

  Training project
  THE TRAINING department is
  hoping to learn a thing or two
  from a project, the first of its
  type, which involves the secondment
  of Dr Paul Johnson, a
  member of Her Majesty's
  Inspectorate of Schools, to...

• Back up for cancer patients
  05

  Back up for cancer patients
  THE 'BRITISH Association of
  Cancer United Patients and their
  Families and Friends' (BACUP)
  has published a new booklet
  with the support of JS.
  BACUP was founded two
  years ago to pool and...

• Digging up statistics on gardening
  05

  Digging up statistics on gardening
  THE BRITISH spent more than
  £580 million on gardening last
  year.
  As Homebase garden centres
  continue to bloom some of the
  reasons are clearly shown in
  new book entitled 'The
  Armchair...

• Homebase wins beauty contest
  05

  Homebase wins beauty contest
  CATFORD AND Walthamstow
  Homebases have recently
  r e c e i v e d Certificates of
  Excellence from the London in
  Bloom competition.
  Sponsored by the London
  Visitor and Convention Bureau,
  the...

• James Prior draws crowd
  05

  James Prior draws crowd
  THE NEW SEASON of the Executive Club got off to a flying start
  with a record attendance for guest speaker, The Rt Hon James
  Prior MP.
  As well as being a JS non executive director, James Prior...

• Save our school
  05

  Save our school
  A CHEQUE to the value of
  £1000 was presented to Macclesfield
  Silk Heritage Centre
  recently by JS.
  The money will be used to
  further restore Macclesfield's
  historic Sunday School which as
  well as being a...

• Branch opening—Badger Farm
  06

  BADGER FARM
  Opening date: 14 October 1986
  Address: Badger Farm Road,
  Badger Farm, Winchester
  Opened by: Assistant managing director,
  retail, Joe Barnes
  Manager: Ian Elkins
  Staff: 278 (252 new jobs)
  Sales area: 26,868 sq...

• Club says happy birthday Mr RJ
  08

  The 25 Club dinner
  was a night to conjure
  with figures!
  The 16th annual dinner
  took place on October 6
  and membership was at a
  record high of 1202.
  New members totalled 128
  and with 930 members present
  the dinner enjoyed...

• MASTERS of MARKETING
  10

  JS IS THE UK's best company in the art of
  ^m marketing according to a survey published in
  %M October.
  Marketing Week magazine quizzed 650 senior marketing
  executives in six industrial sectors. Their views formed a poll
  which...

• Managing a Homebase store
  12

  SHE BUILT HER OWN CAREER, NOW EVE RYTHING IN THE GARDEN IS LOVELY — 'WE'RE THE PROFESSIONALS' says
  Bernadettc Giiler.
  'I know some people think we spend our
  day wandering round the greenhouse pruning
  roses but being manager...

• CHRISTMAS CRACKING
  14

  CHRISTMAS CRACKING
  GO GATHERING NUTS from
  JS this Christmas.
  Instead of having a traditional
  fireside munch, why not make
  gifts of these nutty new lines
  In a smart gold foil pack is a
  Speciality Nut Selection...

• LOOK COOKS!
  14

  LOOK COOKS!
  THE NEW JS cookbooks will
  make ideal gifts or provide novel
  ideas for a Christmas dinner.
  'Microwave Companion'
  (Sally Majors £1.99), is a
  complete reference book for the
  microwave user. It contains hints, tips...

• PREMIUM PIE
  14

  PREMIUM PIE
  SPEARHEADING JS's pie
  range is the new Top Crust
  Steak and Kidney Pie.
  This is a top of the range
  product of high quality with a
  high level of fill. It consists of
  prime lean beef and kidney with
  a puff pastry...

• SOFTEN YOUR SKIN WITH SWISS CARE
  14

  SOFTEN YOUR SKIN WITH SWISS CARE
  GIVE SKIN a treat in time for
  the party season with the Swiss
  Beauty Care range, new from JS.
  Swiss skin care products are
  renowned for outstanding quality,"
  advanced scientific...

• Golden goals
  15

  Golden goals
  ARGENTINA HAS Maradonna;
  Homebase has Ingram!
  Last season the Homebase
  head office football team owed
  much of its success in the second
  division of the SSA football
  league to the prolific scoring
  powers of...

• Great golf balls
  15

  Great golf balls
  THE SUN SHONE down on
  the autumn meeting of the
  Uxbridge area Golf Society
  (UAGS) on October 8.
  Amid the slender palms, tranquil
  ponds and lush greens of
  Aldenham Golf and Country
  Club near Radlett in...

• It's clean, it's fresh, it's YTS
  15

  It's clean, it's fresh, it's YTS
  IT WAS NOT the battle of the
  flowers, but the battle of the
  veggies in Coventry recently.
  Six YTS trainees from the
  Cannon Park group entered the
  Coventry Carnival as 'A Basket
  of Fresh...

• Sparks fly at Dulwich
  15

  Sparks fly at Dulwich
  THE GRIFFIN SPORTS
  ground has been the scene of
  many great sporting moments
  and the latest was a struggle
  between two sporting giants.
  Homebase head office was
  recently on the crease against a
  very...

• Students are into rock
  15

  SAY 'AMMONITES' to three
  Fareham YTS trainees and they
  will reply 'fossils'!
  On August 28, Linda West, Malcolm Atkinson and Michelle
  Stewart, accompanied by tutor,
  Christine Tudor, explored the
  beautiful coastline of the...

• Taking the walk for a dog
  15

  Taking the walk for a dog
  THE BOURNEMOUTH YTS
  group finished their year of
  training on a high note — they
  mted £200 to the Guide
  i for the Blind Association.
  aire Gibbins is one of the
  ees and introduced her
  agues to...

• Macmillan fundraising update and a letter from the appeal's president
  16

  Cancer Relief
  Macmillan fund
  Letter from
  The President
  Macmillan Nurses
  ^ ^ ^ ^ Appeal.
  The company campaign to raise financial support
  for this organisation has now reached its half way
  point and I am delighted to report...

• Appointments
  18

  Appointments
  Robert Simpson, formerly manager
  at Solihull, has been
  a p p o i n t e d m a n a g e r of
  Northfield.
  Ian Wilson, formerly manager
  at Northfield, has been
  appointed manager of Solihull.

• Homebase appointments
  18

  Homebase
  appointments
  Richard Olliffe, formerly manager
  at Penge, has been
  appointed manager of Crayford
  for the opening.
  Philip Myers, formerly manager
  at Bradford, has been
  appointed manager of Wakefield
  for the...

• Miss JS 1987 is underway
  18

  Miss JS 1987 is underway
  MISS JS FEVER has started
  once again.
  The first challenger for the
  crown of Miss JS Personality
  Girl 1987, is Emma Sinclair of
  Buntingford depot.
  On October 4, Emma lined up
  with the other girls to...

• Retirements
  18

  Retirements
  Jack Dowley, area meat
  specialist, has retired after 38
  years with the company.
  He joined JS as a trainee
  butcher at Victoria and then
  worked at Balham and Stock-
  •well. Jack was made meat manager
  at...

• Feedback
  19

  FEEDBACK
  Reviewing
  pensions
  From: H M Collins, veteran.
  Those of us who currently enjoy
  the benefits of the company's
  Pension Scheme are surely
  reminded each pay day of the
  debt we owe to those who had
  the wisdom and...

• Long service
  19

  Ron Harman, district engineering
  manager, South Eastern
  area, has completed 40 years
  with JS.
  He began his career with the
  company as a trainee electrician
  and became electrician in 1954.
  After 13 years, Ron was...

• Obituary
  19

  Reginald Drake, administration
  clerk in the development division
  at Blackfriars, died after a
  long illness on August 31, aged
  61.
  He had been with the company
  for 18 years.
  Fred Guy, assistant manager
  at Colchester, died...

• A place in local history
  20

  ARCHIVES
  A place in local history
  THIS MONTH THE Archives looks at the locations of the three new branches at Winchester, Uxbridge and
  Pinner. Winchester opened this month, Pinner opens on November 25 and Uxbridge on December...