The health of Northern Ireland’s licensed/hospitality trade these days seems to mirror that of our...
Talking Trade
“We need to be much clearer”
Dr Pamela Byrne is no stranger to the food regulatory environment. An expert in risk assessment and...
“The Best Time I ever had at work…”
“I was head-hunted,” he tells me as we sit in the comfort of his spacious Ranelagh house with a...
Bicentennial woman
Deirdre Devitt describes her first six months since becoming the LVA’s first female Chairperson...
Jean Christophe Coutures on innovation
Jean Christophe Coutures, Chairman and Chief Executive of IDL/Pernod Ricard, a man with a...
Drinks – helping sweat the restaurant asset
Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, leaves me in little...
Fiona Buckley – connecting with the tourist
Much has been made of the role of the Irish pub in the tourism drive. As Head of Insights, Futures...
Pat Crotty & the Big Picture
New VFI President Pat Crotty can bake. He spent 20 years baking bread before following it with...
“We employ a serious amount of people”
Deirdre Devitt, the LVA’s new Chairperson – the first woman to hold the title in its 200...
“Young people are just not buying into pubs as a concept”
So far, economist Jim Power remains confident that his barometer indicates economic momentum...