SOMETIMES work just doesn’t seem like work. I’m currently writing a blog about wine for a client and met up with Adam Ketteringham of Corney & Barrow, the 230-year-old wine merchant which holds Royal Warrants as wine supplier to the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Adam, who used to be a restaurateur and has […]
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A COUPLE of years ago my old chairman from TheBusinessDesk.com, Chris Jones, introduced me to a talented filmmaker called Nick Ryle who was seeking funding for his next project. On the back of producing the critically acclaimed film ‘Being AP’, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about legendary jump jockey Sir Tony McCoy, Nick and his colleagues from
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WHEN you put on the biggest agricultural show in Britain every summer, it must be difficult to find things to do in between times. But the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, whose Great Yorkshire Show is a three-day annual extravaganza every July, has created its smaller sibling in Countryside Live. The event takes place at the same
GLANCING at Insider magazine’s recently published Yorkshire Rich List I wasn’t surprised to see that there is no change at the summit for the umpteenth year. Brothers Malcolm and Eddie Healey once again top the table, with a combined fortune of £1.65bn. Malcolm Healey’s York-based West Retail Group includes Wren Kitchens and the electronics retailer
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IT’S been a funny old week. That was one of my Dad’s regular expressions and given he died on Sunday, I think he’d agree. Some people choose sports people as their heroes, some choose leaders of nations, for me it was my father. He inspired me to go into journalism and certainly has to take
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REGULAR readers will know of my frequent visits to Hull and my enthusiasm for this historic and welcoming East Yorkshire city. It has seen me invited to take part in an annual pageant celebrating the culture and rich history of Hull. It involves a group of Hull businessmen, led by Shaun Watts of Chameleon Business
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WHEN I wrote about a recent experience at the Ivy restaurant in Harrogate last week I have to say I didn’t expect it to get the reaction it did. The blog has been read by more than 5,100 people so far and attracted 73 comments and over 250 likes on Linkedin. That is in addition
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ESCAPE rooms are an increasingly popular activity for groups of work colleague and friends. But I’ve got an alternative for you. Try getting into one of the many Ivy Brasserie restaurants that seem to have sprung up like knotweed around the UK over the past 12 months. If you do manage to get through the
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WHEN four burly blokes surround you and ask you to do a job for them it is difficult to decline. Fortunately they are a quartet of top men who are aiming to break the world record for rowing across the Atlantic and they want some help with a charity dinner then the decision to say
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DONALD Trump might be threatening to take a sledgehammer to many of the United States’ foreign trade agreements but that shouldn’t mask the huge opportunity that British firms have to do business with America. With Brexit looming, there is a renewed enthusiasm on both sides of the Atlantic to build new trading relationships. One such
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