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Booker’s Stuart Hyslop promoted to chief operations officer

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Booker has promoted its former Catering & Small Businesses managing director Stuart Hyslop to the role of chief operations officer. With Hyslop at the helm, the Catering & Small Businesses division achieved 25.2% growth to £2.11bn in the 2022/2023 financial year, while in 23/24 catering…

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