John Lewis and Waitrose owner appoints first group chief executive

Nish Kankiwala to lead staff-owned partnership as it struggles to turn around business amid rising costsFive reasons why John Lewis and Waitrose are having a tough yearBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of John Lewis and Waitrose has appointed its first group chief executive as it struggles to turn around the business amid rising costs.Nish Kankiwala, a former Hovis and Burger King executive who is currently a non-executive director of the John Lewis Partnership, will take up his new