by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | Street Food, Street Food Theory, The Business of Catering
For the last few weeks I have been working through applications to join our collective, Scoff. One of he questions we ask in the application form is “Why did you get into street food?”. There isn’t a right answer, but we were curious to see what...
by Flic Luxmoore | Monday, December 23, 2013 | The Business of Catering
Two weeks ago I wrote a letter to Chris White, MP for Leamington Spa and Warwick, asking if there were any plans in the works for helping the street food industry deal with the current VAT rate of 20%. He answered. His response follows below. We will try and get a...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 | Food Van Driving, Street Food, The Business of Catering
First, let me begin with a giant thank you. To everyone who bought a toastie, encouraged, helped and guided us through the year. We have two more events left, but this will be the last blog of 2013, as the next two Wednesdays are a little inconveniently sited. I hope...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 | Street Food, The Business of Catering
This is a situation in which we cannot possibly be alone. If no one ever brings it up, nothing will change, so if you are in a similar position, and you would welcome a change, please forward, adapt or copy this to your local MP, if the mood takes you. — Dear Mr...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 | The Business of Catering
Today marks my 142nd day of being self employed. While not an especially significant number, it feels like I’ve now spent long enough away from the throws of real work, to really appreciate how good tasty, tasty freedom actually is. This morning I spent a few...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | Street Food, The Business of Catering
Over the summer, while we were trading at Strawberry Fields, a man took a few minutes out if his busy festival schedule to come over and inform us that the cheddar and ham toastie was not gourmet, in his opinion, because it contained no basil. I was in the van on my...