Speciality Bites with

Paul Hargreaves

Chief executive of Cotswold Fayre

  • Summer’s Nearly Done

    19 August 2013 Speciality Bites
    What a great summer! I hope we have a while to go yet, but it’s time for me to go away and re-charge my batteries before the onslaught of the autumn, which brings more trade shows and Christmas deliveries going...

  • Cotswold Collaborates

    31 July 2013 Speciality Bites
    Thursday saw the semi-final of the Cotswold Collaborates Competition

  • Eat Cake!

    31 July 2013 Speciality Bites
    Last week I had the privilege of going to the inaugural Cake Awards – a new award for the food sector

  • Supplier Conference

    17 July 2013 Speciality Bites
    Our biennial supplier conference took place last week midst IT mayhem at Cotswold Fayre in what became one of the most stressful weeks of running the business

  • Out of Control?

    26 June 2013 Speciality Bites
    I am writing this on a plane over the Atlantic on the way to the New York Fancy Food Show via the Dominican Republic

  • Communication

    10 June 2013 Speciality Bites
    I have had a rather frustrating week with several examples of bad or no communication, which has led to misunderstandings and simply a less efficient way of doing business.

  • Show to Show

    20 May 2013 Speciality Bites
    It was comforting to find out this morning that garden gnomes have been allowed back into the Chelsea Garden Show for the first time in 100 years

  • Summer Merchandising

    15 May 2013 Speciality Bites
    Well, we have already had a glimpse of summer as I write this, but unfortunately it was a little too short-lived

  • Out of Africa

    07 May 2013 Speciality Bites
    I am now back from Kenya having had, thanks to many of you, a very fruitful time during the last week at the orphanage near Lake Victoria

  • Bala, Kenya

    29 April 2013 Speciality Bites
    Writing this blog as I am in the Kenyan Bush in pitch dark at 7:30pm certainly wins the “keeping in touch” award!
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