Chocolate for lunch?

Cocoa beans were reputedly brought to Europe for the first time by Christopher Columbus from his fourth visit to the New World between 1502 and 1504. Amazingly the beans did not generate much interest and it was left to Spanish Conquistador Don Hernan Cortes to re-introduce cocoa beans back into Spain in 1528. The custom of drinking chocolate spread across Europe reaching England in the 1650s. The rest is history.

Cadbury is a name synonymous with chocolate and for many of us working there would be our dream job … the tax department may not be quite what I had in mind but on the other hand …

Changes afoot

Much is happening at Cadbury Schweppes. For a start the Schweppes part of the business is in the process of being sold leaving the confectionary side. But simply in the company's tax...