Jason Tarry was starting his first day as chairman of the John Lewis Partnership on Monday with a full in-tray, after his predecessor Sharon White signed over control on Friday.
The former Tesco executive will be hoping to accelerate a nascent turnaround at the business, which owns the Waitrose supermarket chain and 34 department stores, sufficient to announce the first annual staff bonus in three years in March next year.
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