Merry Christmas!
Season’s greetings, happy festivities, happy Christmas or merry holidays....whichever greeting you prefer, have a good one with family and friends.
The popular business profiles will continue in the New year, but first on the list in January is our Chilterns Tourism Networking, kindly hosted by the River and Rowing museum in Henley. Join us to find out how you could become a Chilterns Treasure. We will also be discussing and hopefully setting out a plan for a new local campaign - bring your ideas as our region sorely needs some TLC. If you haven’t already added your name to the list, please get in touch in the usual way.
Some festive reading
Many of you are involved in the A - Z of the Chilterns and there’s plenty of holiday inspiration for you and your clients currently covering A - K. with L - Z in 2025.
This issue is going to impact our food security isn’t it?
From Grass to Glass
In this the sixth interview in my local entrepreneur series, meet dairy farmer and retailer Will Lacey, working on the Lacey Family Farm. Located on the fringes of the busy commuter town of High Wycombe, a more rural landscape you could not find as their prized Guernsey herd can look up from their pasture and gaze over the Hambleden Valley with its haml…
Taking a further look in our local food and drink sector challenges and opportunities.
My kingdom for a Time Machine
English wine has long been the butt of jokes, but in 2023 the national yield doubled from 12 million to 22 million bottles. Consumers are buying. Oaken Grove Vineyard is a busy part of this growing market, producing typically 15,000 bottles, with a huge amount of effort and skill going into each and every bottle. The stakes are high, so are the skills a…
Meet a local entrepreneur who has done such a lot to link up food producers and create memorable experiences for her curious clients.
Pipsticks Walks with Philippa Sanders
This is the second in my new series of interviews with business owners who are innovating and making a real difference to the local visitor economy and their customers. They inspire me and I hope they will you.