Speciality Bites with

Paul Hargreaves

Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre

  • Carbon Footprints

    02 November 2015 Speciality Bites
    Many large businesses across the UK now have clearly-defined targets on reducing their carbon footprints, and have just become one of the first B Corporations in the UK, this is something very much on our agenda

  • Great British Bake Off

    12 October 2015 Speciality Bites
    I’ve got a confession to make. Up until the last 30 minutes of this year’s final I had never watched the Great British Bake Off

  • Change is Coming – B Corporations

    06 October 2015 Speciality Bites
    I am proud to say that at the launch of B Corporations in the UK last week, Cotswold Fayre was one of 60 founder companies to be accredited in the UK. We were joined “in the club” by one supplier...

  • Returning from Speciality & Fine Food Fair

    16 September 2015 Speciality Bites
    As always when returning from Speciality & Fine Food Fair it is good to reflect. This show, being the largest in the sector, is always a good barometer of the industry as a whole, so what have we learned this year?

  • Summertime Musings

    17 August 2015 Speciality Bites
    By the time you read this, I will hopefully be enjoying some Italian sunshine and food, washed down with a large glass of cool Pinot Grigio!

  • The Living Wage

    04 August 2015 Speciality Bites
    Every time I have picked up a trade magazine since the budget a few weeks’ ago, I have had to read articles written by business leaders moaning about the new government’s plans to introduce the “Living Wage” rather than the current...

  • Funny - people, aren’t they?

    21 July 2015 Speciality Bites
    Maybe I am getting old, or maybe I am just becoming a “grumpy old man”, but the longer I live this life, the more peculiar people seem to become! Or perhaps I am a keener observer of people and can see...

  • Christmas is Coming…

    29 June 2015 Speciality Bites
    Well, Christmas is in full swing now at retailers and wholesalers throughout the UK. Well, not quite, but we have received around 50% of our Christmas orders and there will be a flurry of orders between now and when...

  • Selling Strategy

    05 June 2015 Speciality Bites
    A couple of comments this week from different quarters have caused me to think, and as I was with some retailers at the Association of Independent Stores Food Gift Show this week, generated some conversations there too

  • Work-life balance

    20 May 2015 Speciality Bites
    I was on holiday recently which transitioned into a period of sickness, as coincidentally, I went down with malaria during the holiday, which must be connected to a previous trip to the children’s centre in Kenya earlier this year or even...
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