The past few months seem to have been a never-ending tale of economic doom and gloom and analysts are forecasting that the worst is yet to come. As I have mentioned before in my comment column, I have been feeling the pinch, just like everyone else, and I am worried about what the future holds. But…

As the credit crunch deepens, the trend of recent years for people to eat out more often is definitely in high-speed reverse as consumers tighten their purse strings and switch to the more affordable option of staying in and entertaining [...]

You might reasonably be forgiven for assuming that a company whose sole raison d’etre is the production of a wonderfully indulgent range of cakes and buns would be beginning to feel the pinch around now, given the current downturn in our economic fortunes. Yet for Graham’s Bakery in Dromore…

Stephen Ellis, Senior Consultant with Parity Solutions Ltd and Programme Manager for the PLUS+ Food and Drink programme, is this month’s guest in the hot seat. Briefly outline your career to date. After graduating with a degree in history I went to work for Stewarts Supermarkets as…

For the first of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen visited Clare Johnston of Costcutter Tobermore, who is enjoying a considerable uplift in business following the recent extension and refurbishment of the store. There has been a shop of some description on the site of Clare Johnston’s Costcutter in…