The Sunday Interview: Simon Pratt
Having seen Avoca’s expansion from a solitary woollen mill, managing director Simon Pratt talks about the unique challenges of running a family business
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Having seen Avoca’s expansion from a solitary woollen mill, managing director Simon Pratt talks about the unique challenges of running a family business
With Musgrave’s SuperValu now having toppled Tesco from the top of the grocery market, its managing director Chris Martin talks about what it took to get there and his plans for the future.
He ran for office in Ireland, missed out, moved to the US where he couldn’t vote for 16 years – but hospitality heavyweight Billy Lawless is still a political operator, with a foot planted firmly on both sides of the Atlantic
Karen and Tracey Moran have worked tirelessly to keep the Moran Hotels show on the road since their father Tom suddenly fell ill last year
Though chef Robin Gill has a fine reputation in London, he’s less well known in his homeland. The new season of Celebrity Masterchef should change all that
Martin McGeough, the founder of Sligo orthotics company Firefly, is calmly navigating his way through choppy Brexit waters and enjoying the slow life in Yeats country
NUIG Galway is emerging from the glare of publicity surrounding its recent loss at the Equality Tribunal. Its president, Jim Browne, talks about future funding, unions and affirmative action
After spending €2.4 million on a roller coaster for Tayto Park, Ray Coyle believes if you build it, they will come.
Cormac Pettitt can see Wexford town turning the corner
Slane Castle owners Henry and Alex Conyngham are carving out a new legacy with a €44 million whiskey distillery
In his youth, Seamus Walsh bopped the night away at the disco in Waterford’s Ard Rí. Now he’s on a mission to restore the fabled old hotel to its former glories
The founder of the Market Lane restaurant group had many people to thank for the success of his business after celebrating ten years in operation, not least his bank manager
Ornua may be an unfamiliar name to most, but chances are that you have at least one of its products in your fridge – and that’s music to the ears of its chief executive Kevin Lane
Having just unveiled its living wage plan, the German retailer is plotting further growth
l Kildare brand boss is paying the supermodel a reported €200,000-plus for her services