As investors in consumer brands, it can be dispiriting to read the papers, bombarded with tales of woeful mismanagement and a gloomy malaise, a self-fulfilling prophecy fast becoming a hardened reality. It can be just as depressing walking the streets and seeing prime Central London vacancies adorned with the red banners of closing down sales,

Last month, we invited some of the most exciting and innovative food and drink brands to our sixth SeedMeet at Piper – a round-table forum for entrepreneurs to hear from three key industry experts and discuss the issues and opportunities they are currently facing. In this session, our three inspirational speakers were: James Bailey, Trading

You will read about many a trendy hospitality concept in TimeOut, a hype layered on top of a hype, niche concepts loved (fleetingly) by young London urbanites. At Piper, we love the unsung heroes of the industry. Loungers, Hickory’s Smokehouse and Turtle Bay are relatively unknown to Londoners and yet captivate customers all around the

A series of in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and managers As brand experts, we are naturally fascinated by the stories behind fast-growing brands that consumers love. Our inquisitiveness always leads us back to the inspirational entrepreneurs behind the brands. This video is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some

A series of in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and managers As brand experts, we are naturally fascinated by the stories behind fast-growing brands that consumers love. Our inquisitiveness always leads us back to the inspirational entrepreneurs behind the brands. This video is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some

A series of in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and managers As brand experts, we are naturally fascinated by the stories behind fast-growing brands that consumers love. Our inquisitiveness always leads us back to the inspirational entrepreneurs behind the brands. This video is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some

As both entrepreneurs and expert investors in the consumer space, Piper continue to be fascinated by the stories behind growing successful branded businesses This video, on the common challenges that entrepreneurs can expect to come across, is the second in a series of in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and managers about

As a Millennial on the fringes of digital nativism, arrogantly I never thought that I would feel the alienation of technological progress like my parents must have felt with iPods and Facebook (although to my abhorrence they’ve recently jumped on the bandwagon). I am happy to say that our work experience student Archie fervently disavowed