Hello, jcs2000-ga
This was an interesting and somewhat difficult search. It was a
challenge to restrict my search to sites in the UK, and also often
hard to distinguish between Gillette and Gillette UK. Since the
companies are related, searches often came up for Gillette on UK
sites.
I hope this information is helpful. I was unable to find anything
that dealt specifically with the CEO's of Gillette UK on any UK sites.
I did find references to the CEO of US based Gillette, but I knew you
were not interested in that information.
Financial Sites:
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Hoovers Online UK
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http://www.hoovers.com/uk/
"Hoover's Online is the most comprehensive and user-friendly source of
company information available. Hoover's offers financial and executive
details plus a description of activities, competitors, and more on
public, private, and even government-run enterprises around the world.
See search results for Gillette:
http://search.hoovers.com/cgi-bin/uk_search?siteid=HUK&which=company&query_string=gillette&dir_top_id=7
See search results for Gillette UK:
http://search.hoovers.com/cgi-bin/uk_search?siteid=HUK&which=company&query_string=gillette+UK&dir_top_id=7
Reports and major corporate information is by subscription only.
The Motley Fool UK
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http://www.fool.co.uk/index.htm
See article about Warren Buffett and Gillette at
http://www.fool.co.uk/news/foolseyeview/2002/fev020403c.htm
See further search results under Gillette"
http://www.fool.co.uk/search/query.htm?go=1&selectpage=full&go=1&qt=gillette&button=Go
(You will need a password, but it is free)
Yahoo Finance UK & Ireland
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://www.google.com/search?q=+gillette+AND+UK+AND+reputation&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N
From the home page, you can click on "News and Commentary."
To see results of a Yahoo news search on Gillette:
http://uk.search.news.yahoo.com/search/fin_ukie?p=gillette+&l=uk&z=date&n=10
(Of course, you will have to bypass the first few references due to
the name Gillette)
IMIWeb
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http://www.imiweb.co.uk/index.jhtml?from=FINDCOUK
"IMIWeb provides you with all the information that you need to trade
in London, New York, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam and Brussels."
"We provide you with around 1,000 stories from the USA every day, 400
stories from the UK and 400 from each of Europe’s principle markets.
Our European information is supplied by AFX, one of the world's
leading information providers, whilst the US stories come from PR
Newswire and Business Wire, via AFX."
UKCityMedia
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http://www.ukcitymedia.co.uk/
Also has a Bulletin Board:
http://www.ukcitymedia.co.uk/register.htm
Analyst Insite
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http://www.analystinsite.co.uk/index1.asp
Full Institutional research reports from top city and regional brokers
including KBC Peel Hunt, Seymour Pierce, Equity Growth and Hargreaves
Lansdown
Reports vary in length from 2 to 20 pages
Daily "Morning Meeting Notes" direct from the trading rooms containing
the latest information and "hot" stocks
Buy, Sell and Hold recommendations
Reports on individual companies and sectors
Wide stock coverage including Blue Chips, Smaller Companies and
Technology Companies
Multex Investor UK
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http://partner7.multexinvestor.co.uk/home/
A search under Gillette brought me to this page:
http://multexinvestor.reuters.co.uk/quotesHome.jhtml?dd=cs&btn=comp&ticker=G.N
Includes broker research and company news.
Another article about Warren Buffett and his affinity for Gillette:
://www.google.com/search?q=+gillette+AND+UK+AND+reputation&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N
excerpt follows:
"There are only a few businesses worth buying."
The best businesses are like toll bridges, which their customers have
to pay to cross if they want to reach their destination. This enables
them to piggyback on the growth of other, less fortunately placed
businesses.
Gillette as an example:
"Most companies have to advertise to make their customers aware of
their products and services, which means advertising companies cream
off a steady percentage of their sales growth in the form of fees.Most
men have to shave their faces daily, and most women shave their legs.
*** As the world's leading producer of razors, Gillette has a lock on
a market that will never disappear, and is expanding in line with the
world's population.***
Finance BB
The Finance Forum
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http://www.financebb.com/get_topics.asp
"Forum discussing UK and US stocks. Formatted for fast access and
easy reading. Free to use but all registrations manually checked to
ensure quality of contributors."
I did not see any postings concerning Gillette, but you must become a
member to access any of the posts, or to do a search.
Addicted2Shares
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http://www.addicted2shares.co.uk/
"Addicted2Shares was opened on 01 July 2001 by a small group of
UK-based private investors who came from a wide range of backgrounds.
The aims of this site are to provide content and a forum for debate,
thus helping the individual make an informed investment decision. The
intention is to continually add to our offerings. We hope that you
will enjoy your visits to our site."
This site is very small, and there is not much on it. Nothing about
Gillette, either. but a likely source for discussion or investors in
the future.
T2W
Trade to Win
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http://www.trade2win.co.uk/
"Community web site for the active investor. Boards and chat room."
(The board was undergoing an update when I looked at it, so I was
unable to investigate any further)
Investors Chronicle
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http://investorschronicle.ft.com/IC/home
Discussion board:
http://www.ic-community.co.uk/
A search for Gillette on the discussion board brought up one result
http://www.ic-community.co.uk/cgi-bin/IC_UBB/search.cgi
A search for Gillette UK brought up nothing.
Shares MoneyAM
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http://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/
"23 January 2003 sees the launch of MoneyAM, a bright new financial
website for the smart investor. Our aim is quite simple: we aim to
become the UK's leading web-based supplier of shares related content
and data."
"Streaming real time share prices, up to the minute portfolio updates,
live city news, email alerts, bulletin boards, company fundamentals -
plus expert analysis supplied by the same award-winning team of
journalists, analysts and researchers that produce Shares magazine
every week. These are just some of the great features that MoneyAM
provides free to anyone who registers on the site."
Gillette UK Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social Funds.com
http://www.socialfunds.com/
"The Largest Personal Finance Site Devoted to Socially Responsible
Investing."
A search produced an article highlighting the results of a German
research firm," titled
"Oekom Measures Food Industry's Appetite for Corporate Social
Responsibility." (2/2002) at
http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/490.html
"Oekom Research AG, a corporate social research firm based in Munich,
Germany, recently analyzed the social and environmental performance of
some of the major multinational producers.
"The highest overall score in the survey was a C+, a grade that three
companies received. Ranked one, two and three respectively, the
companies were U.K.-based Allied Domecq, Procter & Gamble, and
Gillette."
Ethical Investment
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UK Socially Responsible Investment
http://www.uksif.org/about_sri/welcome/frameset.shtml
Though there is no specific information on companies here, it
provides a huge list of "member links" to organizations and advisors
on ethical investments.
http://www.uksif.org/members/welcome/frameset.shtml
Gillette UK and animal testing
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The Coop and Animal Testing Website
http://www.co-op.co.uk/ext_1/Development.nsf/504ca249c786e20f85256284006da7ab/095722e7d6071c01002567280056d671?OpenDocument
GILLETTE UK LIMITED
BRAND NAMES: Sensor, Sensor Excel, Sensor Excel for Women, Blue II,
Series, Right Guard, Natrel Plus, Oral-B
"In November 1996 the Gillette Company publicly announced that no
laboratory animals had been used to test personal care or other
consumer products or ingredients during the 1996 reporting period, and
that for the third consecutive year, no laboratory animals had been
used for research and safety testing or cosmetic products or
ingredients.
None of our Gillette blade and razor products, including Gillette
Sensor, Coutour and Blue II, nor the Gillette Series grooming range,
have been tested on animals. No animal testing has been carried out
for at least the past five years on any other products which are sold
under the Gillette trademark in Europe, including Right Guard and
Natrel Plus.
Based on this information, PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of
Animals) has informed us that it has chosen to end its campaign
against Gillette. The Company remains committed to the achievement of
our corporate objective to eliminate as soon as possible the need for
laboratory animal tests in all our products".
http://www.co-op.co.uk/ext_1/Development.nsf/504ca249c786e20f85256284006da7ab/e3690c4f140a79cf0025672e002ef6af?OpenDocument
(The above website was updated 6/18/2001)
PETA Europe
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http://www.petaeurope.org
"Gillette announced a moratorium on animal tests after PETA's 10-year
campaign. PETA now lists more than 550 cosmetics companies that do not
test products on animals."
http://www.petaeurope.org/about/hist.html
Consumer Product Reviews
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CIAO!co.uk
http://www.ciao.co.uk/members/5244400.html
See Gillette Product Reviews:
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Gillette_Mach_3_Razor__70835
Additional Information
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The following article focuses on US investment in the UK, and
certainly portrays Gillette in a good light:
Read "U.K. welcomes U.S. trade,investment and tourism." A Special
International Report Prepared by The Washington Times Advertising
Department - Published on September 27, 2000
http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/europe/00/englandireland/
Excerpt:
"Two-thirds of American headquarters are U.K.-based. The United
Kingdom is the business capital of Europe," said Andrew Fraser, former
chief executive of the Invest in Britain Bureau (IBB). As of July 5,
the IBB became Invest-UK. Because some American brands are so
familiar, many British citizens think these companies are British.
Ford has been in the United Kingdom since 1923. Dupont established
itself in Northern Ireland more than four decades ago. Kellogg’s,
Gillette, Ford and Vauxhall (GM) are deeply embedded in British
culture, Fraser explained.
"The Messy Reality of Socially Responsible Business," by Jon Entine at
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:M5fPDN6hr8EC:articles.animalconcerns.org/ar-voices/archive/business_ethics.html++Gillette+UK++corporate++ethics&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
has some interesting points to make concerning environmental
responsibility.
Excerpt:
"Are retail firms led by outspoken, charismatic visionaries such as
Ben Cohen or Anita Roddick more responsible than grayer companies such
as Cummins Engine or Gillette, which quietly but conscientiously
involve themselves in their communities, open their corporate
practices to outside scrutiny, and develop intensely loyal
workforces?"
Who Are the "Good Guys"?
"Gillette, which has spent tens of millions of dollars to develop
alternatives to animal tests and publishes the details and scientific
rationale of every test that it performs; or The Body Shop, which has
helped spark an international debate on the necessity of animal
testing yet has spent nothing to finance alternative research, been
condemned (and even sued) by animals rights activists for demagoguing
the issue, and uses tested-on-animals ingredients in many of its
beauty products?"
If I can clarify any information, or if some of the links do not
work, please be sure to let me know. I will be happy to help.
Cheers!
umiat-ga
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