When the recession started battering Neil Battye’s building business, he decided the time had come to start battering fish instead – particularly as his wife Jo and their respective families had past experience in running fish and chip shops and catering...
We don’t know what Derren Richardson puts on his passport as his profession. Chippie, or chippy owner? He used to work in a fish and chip shop, then became a joiner, and now he’s returned to the business he swore he’d left for good. But this time it’s his own...
When you’re a well-established events catering company, you have to keep your standards high. If you’re based in London amidst the stiffest competition around, you have to be better than the rest. And if you have a client portfolio that includes the BBC, Cath Kidston,...
There’s a problem with creatives in the ad agency world. They spend so much time generally being creative and excelling in their art, they can easily forget they have a business to run. They concentrate so much on keeping their clients happy and successful that they...
Yes, the secret’s out. Were going soft in our old age. We’re sinking in softness. We have a distinct soft spot for childrens’ needs, and we’re a bit soft in the head when it comes to software. But no one can accuse us of being a soft touch when it comes to getting the...
We were taken to the cleaners recently. Mr Vanish Patel wanted to show us all the potential that he had identified with his business, so he took us to his premises on Tower Bridge Road in South London for us to gain an insight into his dry cleaning facilities. But, we...
It sounds delightful, doesn’t it? The Belgian Arms. A ‘great Britsh pub’ situated in the pretty village of Holyport, Maidenhead, set back from the green, overlooking the pond. And they offer really tasty British food that’s beautifully cooked, a great selection of...
The ironic thing about periods of recession is that they can very often throw up opportunities that can take over from problems that people are experiencing. We came across this recently with a lady in Colchester who wanted to diversify her beauty and hair salon...
With commercial mortgages still very difficult to successfully obtain, Johnson Reed is establishing its reputation in the market for providing invaluable assistance to small and medium businesses that are struggling through this seemingly never ending recession....
Steve and Litsa Kyriacou have shown that, even after taking a few years out, the knowhow for running a successful fish and chip shop business never disappears. They proved this when they identified a chippy called Deep Blue at Bradley Stoke in Bristol that wasn’t...