Magners maker boss resigns as botched software change costs £22m

C&C said that it had ‘encountered significant challenges’ introducing a new system at one of its subsidiaries.

Chief executive David Forde has stepped aside with immediate effect (C&C Group/PA) (PA Media)

The boss of beer and cider maker C&C Group has stepped down as the company revealed that the botched implementation of new software at one of its subsidiaries was going to cost it millions of pounds.

The company, which makes Bulmers, Magners and Tennent’s among other brands, said that it had “encountered significant challenges” implementing the new system at Matthew Clark and Bibendum, a British subsidiary.

“C&C Group plc … announces that it has encountered significant challenges, in terms of time, cost and customer service, in the implementation of a complex enterprise resource planning system upgrade in the Matthew Clark and Bibendum businesses in Great Britain,” the business said.