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  • The Interview: Stephen Twining

    11 February 2016 News
    Stephen Twining, global ambassador for the iconic tea brand, tells of his past, present and future

  • Mary Quicke Welcomed to La Guilde

    02 February 2016 News
    Mary Quicke, cheesemaker and managing director at Quicke's Traditional, was unexpectedly inaugurated into La Guilde Internationale des Fromagers at the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco

  • In Memoriam: John Beckett, Belton Cheese

    29 January 2016 News
    John Beckett, director and former chairman of family-run business Belton Cheese, has passed away following a long career in the agricultural industry

  • “Telling the Story”

    29 January 2016 Opinion
    It has never been more fashionable for the media to feature artisan and small cheesemakers than it is right now. A fairly steady stream of journalists tour the UK looking to capture that interest story for magazines, trade journals, internet and the jewel in the crown,…

  • “Young vs Old”

    29 January 2016 Cheese Talk
    When I started Jeroboams in the late 80s, working in a cheese shop didn’t have the cache it has now – I remember advertising in the Evening Standard and getting just one reply!

  • “Keeping It Fresh”

    29 January 2016 Town Crier
    When we have a winning formula, we can be resistant to changing it. There’s an often quoted two year time period during which new businesses will succeed – or fail

  • “Back to Basics”

    29 January 2016 Fine Food
    February is a particularly sullen month. Wallets are still smarting from Christmas, credit cards sulk and anyone running a restaurant is hanging on for St Val’s day in the hope that a dose of spurious romance will kick start the dining year

  • “Christmas Trading 2015”

    29 January 2016 Expert Eye
    'Tis the season to be analysing the Christmas trading figures... So how was it for Partridges in 2015?

  • Consolidation

    25 January 2016 Speciality Bites
    It seems that the larger speciality food retailers are waking up to the fact that consolidation of supply is the only way forward in the sector

  • What do people need?

    11 January 2016 Speciality Bites
    By the time you read this, someone will be £60 Million richer as the winner of the largest jackpot ever in the National Lottery

  • “Looking forward to 2016”

    21 December 2015 Opinion
    The year usually starts slowly with a cocktail of issues that can affect whether the trading start is strong

  • “Bag and box your old ideas”

    21 December 2015 Cheese Talk
    Whether you have had a good, very good or spectacular Christmas, January is not just a time to sit back and draw breath
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