The food and beverage (F&B) industry has experienced profound shifts since early 2023. While geopolitical tensions persist, effective monetary policies and improved supply chain...

Heading into the fifth year (!) since Lockdown, in a flat-demand market (everywhere), those companies still standing have survived by managing to grow at...

The past four years since the first Lockdown have seen fundamental changes and unprecedented trends develop that materially affect supplier and retailer businesses everywhere. Whilst...

Given that a key casualty of Lockdown fallout was the consumer’s loss of trust in almost everything, their loss of faith in brands should...

Decades of low-interest borrowing and debt-fuelled spending have resulted in ‘artificial’ growth in demand, causing a surplus of capacity at all levels, including consumer...

This month, one of the political parties suggested that the UK Government should treat the cost-of-living crisis with a “wartime mentality” and thus sparked...

We have all evolved a personal reaction to lockdown, and those that have survived may benefit from considering ways of managing their business post-lockdown. One...

We live in unprecedented times where uncertainty adds pressure to all stakeholder decision-making, and can ultimately have a negative effect on the business. This is...

Over the past 12 years, following the global financial crisis, people have lost faith in politicians (see voters everywhere…) and bankers (see 1% interest...

Recent developments in Cyprus, especially the imposition of capital export restrictions and the use of depositors’ savings as sources of bailout funds, have become...