I have always been fascinated by how a neighbourhood can define who you are and what you do with your life. A real generalisation I know, which probably therefore, means nothing. I have not done the research on...

Monday was International Women’s Day – one of the most important days of the year for celebrating inspiring women and reflecting on how to advance gender equality. Since Monday, however, there have not been many...

In recent years, the playing field in travel has evolved considerably. Ten years ago, success in hotels was largely based on a business’ ability to roll out identical models and ensure consistency for broadly...

Not many sixteen-year-olds spend their free time interviewing business leaders. But Andrew Fisher, today a plural NED and one of the UK’s most innovative digital minds, was one such sixteen-year-old. “I’ve...

There are some brands which effortlessly capture your attention and seep into your consciousness without you even knowing. Jellycat, the soft toys and gifts business co-founded by brothers Thomas and William Gatacre, is...

Every year in December I make my annual trip ‘home’ to Cape Town. It is something that I have done for the past 30 years, and this year was no different. But, no sooner had I arrived than the country went into...

If there were a league table of the holders of the most stressful jobs in retail in 2020, then Helen Dickinson, as CEO of the British Retail Consortium, would be near the top. Representing 170 major retailers, who...

When I first moved to London in the late ‘80s, I lived in a one-roomed apartment on Chalcot Square, Primrose Hill - a stone’s throw away from our office, which, sadly, I have not worked in since the 17th...

This has been a dark and depressing week for much of the world – especially for many retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England who have been forced to close their doors at a time of year that would usually...