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He has previously worked at [[Whitbread]] PLC, [[Allied Domecq]] PLC, [[Rank Group]] plc and [[Marston, Thompson & Evershed]] PLC.<ref name="EI"> Enterprise Inns [http://www.enterpriseinns.com/investors/Pages/our-directors.aspx Our directors], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref> | He has previously worked at [[Whitbread]] PLC, [[Allied Domecq]] PLC, [[Rank Group]] plc and [[Marston, Thompson & Evershed]] PLC.<ref name="EI"> Enterprise Inns [http://www.enterpriseinns.com/investors/Pages/our-directors.aspx Our directors], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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On 1 April 2015 Townsend was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref> | On 1 April 2015 Townsend was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 7 April 2015
Simon Townsend is the CEO of Enterprise Inns.
Career
Townsend joined pub company Enterprise Inns in 1999, was appointed to the board in 2000 and appointed CEO in 2014.
He has previously worked at Whitbread PLC, Allied Domecq PLC, Rank Group plc and Marston, Thompson & Evershed PLC.[1]
Letter to the Telegraph
On 1 April 2015 Townsend was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[2]
Affiliations
- British Beer and Pub Association, vice chairman[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Enterprise Inns Our directors, accessed 7 April 2015.
- ↑ Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 7 April 2015.
