Patrick Coveney

Patrick Coveney’s SSP subject to short bets on share price

Bolivia has huge reserves of lithium, an area of interest for the John Teeling-founded Irish company

Sun Jun 30 2024 - 06:00

Coveney shows faith in SSP Group shares

FTSE-listed food group’s share price has been dropping of late despite the CEO’s purchase of 40,000 shares

Thu May 30 2024 - 06:00

Greencore still mired in ‘lost decade’ even as first-half results drive stock up 20%

Post-Covid management team trying to turn business around, addressing loss-making facilities and need for investment

Sat May 25 2024 - 05:00

DAA chief Dalton Philips to leave State airports company for Greencore

Philips to replace Patrick Coveney as chief executive of convenience foods producer

Fri May 13 2022 - 12:26

Revenues jump at Greencore as shareholder rebellion fails to halt bonus plan

Company says duration and impact of Covid makes it difficult to predict full-year results

Thu Jan 27 2022 - 19:51

Aidan Greene to succeed Alan Cox as Core chief executive

Deputy CEO takes top job in marketing group as Cox leaves to set up software company

Tue Jan 25 2022 - 16:22

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The most memorable utterances of the year on bitcoin, climate action and more

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 05:53

Greencore returned to profit as Covid-19 restrictions unwound

Revenue growth for Irish-based, London-listed firm driven by food-to-go categories

Tue Nov 30 2021 - 07:50

European markets gain ground despite Covid fears

Ryanair benefits from European Commission travel pledge

Thu Nov 25 2021 - 19:39

Patrick Coveney to depart as Greencore boss

Executive will take up CEO role at airport caterer SSP

Thu Nov 25 2021 - 17:57

Trading at Greencore improves but group cites UK supply issues

Group led by chief executive Patrick Coveney is a manufacturer of convenience foods

Fri Oct 01 2021 - 19:19

Will Greencore’s rebound tempt investors – or private equity – to take a bite?

Investors have found the shares about as palatable as a leftover sandwich during Covid

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 15:55

Greencore eyes inflation spike as sales rebound

Patrick Coveney-led sandwich maker benefitted as supermarkets gained food-to-go market share

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 10:37

Why Covid-19 saw a rise in Iseq CEOs’ average pay

Median CEO compensation package falls almost 36 per cent to €1.2 million however

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 05:01

Greencore expects to resume dividend payments as UK economy reopens

Revenue down 19% due to Covid restrictions, as food company went into ‘survival mode’

Tue May 25 2021 - 07:42

Greencore pledges to make all packaging recyclable by 2025

Convenience food company outlines new sustainability pledge

Wed Feb 24 2021 - 09:01

Greencore sees revenue fall 15% as lockdown impact felt

Covid-19 pandemic meant it was ‘another challenging period’, said Patrick Coveney

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 07:20

Covidius horribilis: Business winners and losers of 2020

Coronavirus meant the end for many firms, while others adapted and prospered

Mon Dec 28 2020 - 05:43

Vodafone’s Anne O’Leary among new Greencore board appointees

Former head of corporate broking at Goodbody and ex-professional basketball player also join

Wed Dec 09 2020 - 21:29

A tale of two pandemics for Smurfit Kappa and Greencore

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Fri Nov 27 2020 - 19:17

Is Coveney the right man to lead Greencore out of Covid-19 crisis?

CEO insists he has right formula to bring convenience food company forward again

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 07:48

Greencore business ‘absolutely smashed’ by Covid-19, says CEO

Patrick Coveney warns sandwich firm will not recover until 2022 as it raises additional £90m

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 16:45

Greencore completes £90m share placing as profits plunge 81%

Irish food group – and UK’s biggest sandwich maker – hit by fall-off in demand due to Covid

Mon Nov 23 2020 - 18:47

Full-year revenues to fall by 14% at Greencore

Irish-headquartered food group points to improving demand for its products in the UK

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 07:46

Greencore revenues fall 34% amid Covid-19 crisis

Company sees ‘encouraging’ improvement in demand as lockdowns lift

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 15:56

No Greencore dividend amid 70% sales hit due to Covid-19

Largest UK maker of pre-packed sandwiches obliged to furlough more than 4,000 UK staff

Tue May 19 2020 - 07:42

Greencore appoints Emma Hynes as new chief financial officer

Outgoing CFO Eoin Tonge to join M&S in May, while Hynes rejoins from Press Up

Tue Mar 24 2020 - 07:56

Greencore says business holding up well as coronavirus crisis hits

Company says it is too early to predict final impact on 2020 results

Wed Mar 18 2020 - 17:17

Kingspan and Greencore executives sell €11m in shares

Kingspan stock hit all-time high on Friday while Greencore shares rose 19% in past year

Tue Feb 25 2020 - 06:33

Greencore CFO Eoin Tonge to join UK retailer Marks & Spencer in June

Tonge will succeed Humphrey Singer who stepped down in September as chief financial officer

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 08:09

Ever attention-seeking Farage takes his leave from EU Parliament

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Sat Feb 01 2020 - 06:45

Greencore to hire more UK nationals after Brexit

A third of shareholders at the Irish food group voted against its remuneration policy

Tue Jan 28 2020 - 07:55

Greencore to prove update on business after US exit

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Sun Jan 26 2020 - 17:45

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Fri Jan 17 2020 - 15:00