Recent magazine features
Not your average Italian…
Phil Ascough discovers a few surprises on the menu of Piccolo – a restaurant that brings the charm to Hull’s Chanterlands Avenue Might as well get the confession out of the way first. The visit to Piccolo pre-dated the review of Wild Sage in the last edition of BusinessWorks. The logic was simple – get a couple of restaurants in the bag in case everywhere has to close again. Thankfully things...
All hands on deck
Kate Nicholson and Steve Hogarth have had an eventful three years at the helm of Cave Castle. First came Covid, and now the hospitality staffing crisis – but they’re relishing the challenge. By Sam Hawcroft Cave Castle has a long and rich history that befits its grand name. While the present building dates back to 1825, an ancient fortification on the site was mentioned in the Domesday book, and...
‘He’s got the business skills – but he’s also got a big heart’
Ask any entrepreneur why they think people find them inspiring and, unless they were Richard Branson or Elon Musk, you’d generally expect them to bat the question away modestly. Still, I asked Neil Hudgell anyway. And he did just that. But he answered it in a roundabout way after suggesting I rephrase the question a bit. “What do I see in myself that are good traits and characteristics? I...
Crabba-dabba-doo!
Phil Ascough satisfies his craving for crustaceans at Wild Sage in Beverley… It was a year to the day since our unfulfilled quest for crab in Hornsea. The staff in a newsagents told Jayne we might be able to buy a live crab if we went down to the landing, which just made me pleased that we weren’t asking for a bit of pork, beef or lamb! In desperation, I asked a butcher if there were any...
Good2Learn, a class act
Hull has its fair share of home-grown entrepreneurs, but a clear indication of the city’s burgeoning business culture is the number of those who have come in from elsewhere and made it their adoptive home. Paul Mandalia is one of them. His work as an educational consultant took him all around the country, but in 2012 he arrived in Hull, and soon began his “love affair” with the city. The tech...