Speciality Bites with
Paul Hargreaves
Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre
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Find your Way to Flourish
11 January 2021 Speciality BitesThis week we launch the name and brand of our new Foodhall & Kitchen, Flourish. -
What have we learned in 2020?
14 December 2020 Speciality BitesIt’s been quite a year, tragic for those who have lost loved ones to Covid, some unavoidably and some unnecessarily due to the UK not locking down quickly enough. Not discounting the loss of life though, I do think that we... -
Are you ready for Brexit?
07 December 2020 Speciality BitesI hope I am wrong, but it would appear that many speciality food producers are not prepared for Brexit. -
Developing Countries
30 November 2020 Speciality BitesTriggered by the chancellor’s announcement this week that the aid budget is to be cut from 0.7% of GDP to 0.5%, I am writing this week about our attitude to developing countries. -
Egotistical Leadership
23 November 2020 Speciality BitesThis week seems a good week to talk about the ego – and leadership. -
Is love in the air?
16 November 2020 Speciality BitesI love that within a business setting the word love can be used these days. -
Empathy
09 November 2020 Speciality Bites“The people have chosen empathy” were the words on the huge stage screens at the Biden Harris victory event over the weekend. -
Lockdown 2.0
02 November 2020 Speciality BitesSo here we are again. Does anyone else have a strong sense of déjà vu? -
Business and Politics
26 October 2020 Speciality BitesIt has been said that business shouldn’t get involved in politics. Leave business to business people and politics to politicians -
A Positive and Negative Trend
19 October 2020 Speciality BitesAs the pandemic rolls on, certainly until next Spring if not beyond, I see one very positive trend for speciality food retailers and one not so positive