Speciality Bites with

Paul Hargreaves

Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre

  • Retail Evolution

    11 March 2019 Speciality Bites
    I remember writing a blog post a few years ago after spending three days at the NEC on a stand that was on the border of the Convenience Show and the Farm Shop & Deli Show

  • Greenwash

    04 March 2019 Speciality Bites
    As we approach the third decade of the 21st century, many companies know they need to sharpen up their act on both how they treat their people, the people in their supply chains and the people of the world through...

  • Being B Corp

    25 February 2019 Speciality Bites
    It seems that in the fourth year since its launch in the UK, people are talking about B Corp more than ever in this B Corp month of February. Waitrose.com launched their on-line B Corp shop this month and grouped...

  • Buyer-supplier relationships

    18 February 2019 Speciality Bites
    One of the leading articles in ‘The Grocer’ this week was an article on buyer-supplier relationships, which told us “that a new study from the University of East Anglia claims to have unearthed new lessons about the buyer-supplier relationship. Dr...

  • Leadership is…

    04 February 2019 Speciality Bites
    This week I thought I would return to a subject I have look at previously: leadership, and, more to the point, good leadership

  • Some trends for 2019

    28 January 2019 Speciality Bites
    So, early in 2019 what are the trends coming through for 2019?

  • 2019: A year of change

    21 January 2019 Speciality Bites
    We are living in a time where our sociological, political, environmental and business environment are changing faster than ever before

  • Why I wrote a book

    14 January 2019 Speciality Bites
    That's a question I asked myself when after many busy weeks running my company, Cotswold Fayre, I spent most weekends in the garden during summer 2018 furiously typing away on my laptop

  • Time to reflect

    03 January 2019 Speciality Bites
    Many people love the build-up to Christmas, and so do I. The build-up to the big day, the buying and wrapping of presents and going to a candlelit carol service are all part of an annual rhythm that resonates with...

  • Taking Time Out

    03 December 2018 Speciality Bites
    In a week’s time I shall be walking along the banks of a river in India on a week’s retreat with some other UK business leaders. I know very little about the trip except that a friend has highly recommended it...
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