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

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

Pass me my white coat and my cheese iron: let’s go cheese judging!

Towards the end of December, the editors of large newspapers start to fret about what stories they should be running in their New Year editions

The time for new year's resolutions is upon us again. Having discussed the subject already with a random selection of suppliers, customers and market traders, it is very good to note that there is a general air of optimism in circulation

“Nearly there!” we all cry. Just over another week to go before we can all put our feet up and relax for a couple of days, or a couple of weeks in some cases

I sometimes wonder about the different motivations behind people who start their own businesses

Are you ready for Christmas this year? If you opened sometime in 2015 then you have an excuse. The rest of you should know better

I’ve a pension that matures next year – I know I don’t look that old, but my byline mugshot was flatteringly lit and goes back a year or two, just like the one I used on the dating site where I met...

A perennial activity in the life of someone in the speciality food world is visiting food shows in all their shapes and sizes