Countrywide loses new COO before he even starts
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Countrywide hires Tesco exec Marsh as COO
Bruce Marsh joins the embattled estate agency group after overseeing the supermarket giant's recent turnaround...
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Countrywide Chairman quits Royal Mail to focus on property business
Peter Long has stepped down as Royal Mail's Chairman, eight months after stepping in to Alison Platt's shoes to run Countrywide Plc
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Countrywide enlists headhunters to ‘hunt for a new boss’
Sky News has reported that Countrywide Plc is searching for a new Chief Executive to replace Paul Creffield, and that Chairman Peter Long will also "step back" at some point.
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