As English Wine Week approaches, we asked WineGB CEO Nicola Bates to identify three things she’s learned in the industry. She shares her insights…
As English Wine Week approaches, we asked WineGB CEO Nicola Bates to identify three things she’s learned in the industry. She shares her insights…
Alice Parmiter quit her corporate job at ASOS in 2021 to become a co-founder of Pimentae tequila alongside friend Wynter Karo. Here, she talks about the loneliness and burnout that can come with starting a brand. I founded Pimentae with Wynter after spending some time in Mexico and realising that the UK had a disconnect about tequila. We came back into…
Thanuja Simmons, operations controller at Brewgooder, shares her life-changing experience of being made redundant and finding a new path in the same industry. I have been in the world of drinks since the 2000s, and in that time I worked for one company in various roles, from customer operations, forecast and demand planning to project and process management. I was a generalist rather…
In the second instalment of this new series, Rebecca Oliver-Mooney, head of drinks at Co-op and founder of the Raising the Glass network, shares her experience of joining the drinks industry and building confidence I was thrilled to take the role of Co-op’s head of drinks in 2023 after more than 20 years in FMCG, which meant becoming part of this vibrant industry…
