Steven Hesketh

I always say hospitality is a team sport, but this weekend reminded me that small business is basically an extreme sport involving customer service, van hire, stock runs, and someone’s mum bringing emergency bacon. On Saturday, my son and our Head Chef Dilwyn from The Chester Townhouse took their food truck to Chester Regatta. For context, the two of them run a food truck business together, doing festivals, events and weddings. This weekend they weren’t just one of the food vendors at the...

We’ve just invested in CHANCE Clean Cider, and if I’m honest, this didn’t come from a strategy meeting or a plan to go looking for a drinks brand… it just kind of happened naturally. I’ve known John Logue for a few years now. He’s always been around what we’re doing, backing events, supporting awards, getting involved where he can. One of those people you see consistently showing up, which in this industry actually means a lot. At the same time, I’ve always been a cider drinker… just not...

A group of Liverpool & Wrexham business leaders, trade networks and the public sector have spent this last week showcasing Liverpool and Wrexham to their counterparts from Malta – more than sightseeing, it was more about “what can we actually do together? Can we help one another?” And how do we align similar cities/regions with hurdles of 21st Century Funding and bigger fish to fry mindsets. And honestly, it’s truly the kind of thing we need more of. Because on the surface, Malta and...