Nestlé Jettisons Rowntree Name (from York Press)
A MAJOR link with York’s past has been severed with news that Nestlé is all but abandoning the Rowntree name.
Almost 20 years after it acquired Rowntree, the company has revealed its Nestlé Rowntree confectionery division will now trade under the name Nestlé Confectionery (UK).
This huge international company may leave the name off their letterheads and factory signs, but it will take a bigger operator than Nestlé to remove the legacy of Rowntrees from York. The work that this family did contributed significantly to modern social science. Today the Joseph Rowntree Foundation still funds significant research into social issues.
As far as I am concerned the Kit Kat will always be a Rowntree snack. It’s still the world’s most popular chocolate bar and I eat far too many of them!
I have been a customer of Zen Internet ever since I first installed a broadband connection in my home in 2001. They have just moved into a new HQ building in Rochdale. It’s worth watching the short movie they’ve made – the setup is about as US West Coast as you could get in Rochdale. Join Richard Tang, the MD, as he invites you on A Tour of our New Headquarters
I can honestly say that their service is brilliant – I recommend them to anyone who asks my advice about choosing an ISP and to many who don’t!
BBC – North Yorkshire – Entertainment – The Best Bedtime Book
Last year, BBC Radio York ran a Bedtime Stories Writing Competition. The standard of the entries was so high, we’ve created a book out of the top eight, which we’re selling to raise money for Children in Need. Here’s how you can get hold of one.
My old radio station has been nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award for their Bedtime Stories in the Multiplatform section.
Congratulations to the team, and all the best on the awards nights in the glittering setting of the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
I think the highlight of my BBC career was standing on the stage there to receive the Sony Gold Award in the Community section for our service during the Floods of 2000.
