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Student’s Unions; then and now, take 2 – with a twist!

May 20, 2013 Marketing|Students' Unions

When Nina first asked me to write a blog on my Student Trend Report findings, I didn’t really know where to begin. I think the most interesting fact about this blog is who is writing it, a student. But

5:2 Intermittent Fasting Gets the Nina & Co. Seal of Approval.

April 12, 2013 Food|Leisure Hospitality

Diets are nothing new. They’ve been around since Roman times, although it seems the Victorians are to blame for our obsession with the faddy ones. Slimming advice in those times included sprinkling your body with hot sand and eating

Food allergies – fact or fiction?

April 2, 2013 Food

You don’t have to go far today to bump into people with food allergies. I know three people with Coeliacs disease and another four who are wheat intolerant, and these are just the tip of the iceberg.

Free range – Freedom Foods – Fiddlesticks!

March 21, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable|Strategy

I’m an animal lover, as you might know. The idea of eating horse appals me, and Captain is certainly ‘Top Dog’ at Nina & Co HQ. So when it comes to putting meat on my table, I want to

Martha Payne is finally enjoying seconds!

March 1, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable|Marketing

When Martha Payne’s blog NeverSeconds was catapulted into the limelight last year, I’m sure she never imagined how it would have changed her life, or improved the lives of countless other children across the world. Less than a year on,

Wartime food – a celebration of true British grit.

February 20, 2013 Food, Sustainable & Local, Uncategorized

When we think of the war years, we think of rationing, the blitz, camaraderie, and a nation of patriots digging up their lawns in the name of victory. Even more than seventy years later, the war years still have a

Advice to fat cats – engage brain before opening mouth!

February 13, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable|Leisure Hospitality

I am incandescent! Reading about Sir Terry Leahy’s glib comments on Dessert Island Discs took me from rant to full-blown rage in less than 60 seconds.

Why Tesco backed the wrong horse.

January 25, 2013 Food>Ethical, local and sustainable|Marketing

Are food processors backing the wrong horse? If you haven’t heard all the furore about horsemeat found in burgers, I don’t know where you’ve been hiding for the past couple of weeks.