I was lucky enough to meet, and be cooked for by, two great local chefs in Bath, on Saturday night. Richard Bertinet @bertinetkitchen, who bakes the best bread on the planet, don’t get me started on his almond croissants, and Charlie Digney @kingwilliampub, who runs the best ‘foodie’ pubs in Bath and…
Category Archives: Thought pieces
Disrupting, influence.
When did you last rip-up how you’ve always approached something and start again? And I don’t mean just a tinker or polish or rearrangement; really challenge the status quo, the safe, the secure. It is quite a hard thing to do. Successful, historical activity becomes normal because lessons have been learned,…
Retailing vs High Street in 2013
2013 has so far seen Jessops close, with HMV and Blockbuster soon to follow Woolies, Borders, Habitat and Comet through the retail trap door. There’s plenty written about the demise of the High Street with the Internet, plus technology products like camera phones, the main drivers behind changing consumer…
Consumer Spending for 2013
ICM has recently commissioned a Poll looking to see if people are going to spend the same amount or more/less in 2013 in comparison to 2012
1% – Intend to spend a lot more than last year
5% – Intend to spend a bit more than 2012
36% – Intend to spend about the same
29% – Intend to spend a bit less…
Ewan’s guide to lunch
My personal view is that lunch is the best meal of the day and I wanted to share my thoughts with you beautiful people on the best and worst places locally to get your lunch on.
Working on Great George Street, just off Park Street, we had a veritable smorgasbord of choice for lunch so when the news of the move…
The end is nigh for identikit advertising
I recently came across these very wise words from Ajaz Ahmed (founder and chairman of creative agency AKQA) that are relevant to us all.
One of the biggest challenges facing all organisations today is the ability to consistently co-ordinate and amplify a single brand voice across all media. At the same time,…
Step forward, big brands – and get local
Recently, I had the pleasure of blogging for the Guardian’s Social Enterprise Network. An opportunity to write down what’s constantly on my mind.
We know that we’re experiencing significant change – grassroots community activism has gained momentum and yet the conversation hasn’t turned to the help that big…
Sounds like a good idea…
Type in a beginning and end to a 20km journey (anywhere in the world – I expect most would choose a local journey they would recognise) and an animated version of the “drive” using Google Street Scene will be stitched together viewed from the inside of the Peugeot RCZ.
I would imagine this was…
Convenience stores need to position themselves as ‘local champions’
I just read this very interesting article in Marketing Magazine quoting some latest findings from TNS Research that show how poor loyalty to convenience stores such as Nisa, Londis, Spar and Budgens is leaving them at high risk of losing customers to the large grocers who are increasingly taking over the local…