This industry is sometimes a bit like a merry-go-round. Once people are on they either stay on the ride for life, or they get off for a bit and then get back on again. Some people get on, feel a bit sick, and then step off forever.

The merry-go-round analogy sprang to mind while catching up on news from the past couple of weeks, and reading about the return of Roy Kingston to Wyndeham Group as chief operating officer.

I realise my colleague Matt Whipp has already blogged on this, but I simply must have my 10p worth too. When Kingston rocks up, it generally means there's a very specific job to be done: efficiencies are to be made, factories are to be closed, jobs cut, or terms and conditions amended. In his St Ives days working under Miles Emley and Brian Edwards, he was the chap sent in to close plants and cut slack.

He's a formidable individual, and there's a reason his nickname is Darth Vader. I recall a St Ives contact of the era telling me that when Kingston's car pulled up in the car park there was an immediate frisson in the factory. People stood up straighter and started looking busy.

That he's back at Wyndeham tells me that some very specific tasks requiring his particular brand of expertise have been identified. I don't imagine it will be long before we find out what that will involve, and for some people the merry-go-round is going to stop.