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Author: Christian Koch

Christian Koch

Christian Koch

Alongside his work for Director, Christian has written features for the Evening Standard, The Guardian, Sunday Times Style, The Independent, Q, Cosmopolitan, Stylist, ShortList and Glamour in an eclectic career which has seen him interview everybody from Mariah Carey to Michael Douglas through to Richard Branson with newspaper assignments including reporting on the Japanese tsunami and living with an Italian cult.

  • Man reclines in Norwegian Air premium seat
    Flight reviews

    Norwegian Air flight review: Oakland to Gatwick premium class

    What can the budget airline offer business travellers on a red-eye trip?

    Christian Koch
    24 April, 2017
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  • Chalet Chouqui Verbier exterior
    Adventure, activity & ski

    Adventure and luxury in Verbier

    A chalet business owned by a British explorer proves to be the dream getaway

    Christian Koch
    27 March, 2017
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  • Kasha Shillington illustration
    Health & Social Care

    Where does CEO Kasha Shillington get her inspiration?

    The Australian CEO of Resense Spas muses on learning to think differently

    Christian Koch
    24 February, 2017
    0
  • Doing business in Amsterdam, pictured
    International

    Doing business in Amsterdam

    The Dutch capital’s fertile start-up scene makes it an attractive option for UK firms

    Christian Koch
    23 February, 2017
    0
  • colourful pills in the sky in front of sunshine illustrating vitamin D
    Wellbeing

    Vitamin D: do you need the sunshine supplement?

    New government advice urges everyone to take vitamin D supplements this winter

    Christian Koch
    9 December, 2016
    0
  • Phil Wild and Mark Cropper of James Cropper paper manufacturers
    Manufacturing & Engineering

    Family pride and corporate clout at Cumbrian paper manufacturer James Cropper

    The 170-year-old firm is thriving under chairman Mark Cropper and CEO Phil Wild

    Christian Koch
    8 November, 2016
    0
  • Ian Sandison chairman of Cambridge BID
    Interviews

    Where does Cambridge BID chairman Ian Sandison find business inspiration?

    How cycling, acting and shirking material things provide invigoration

    Christian Koch
    26 October, 2016
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  • Jamie Gray, founder of Buddy Burst
    Manufacturing & Engineering

    How can the founder of Buddy Burst find an agent to help with overseas distribution?

    The virtual board offer their advice on ensuring this horticultural business also blooms abroad

    Christian Koch
    25 October, 2016
    0
  • The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
    International

    San Francisco offers rich opportunity for UK firms

    Investors with appetite for risk, a “bottomless” talent pool and openings for non-tech companies in the wider supply chain

    Christian Koch
    21 October, 2016
    0
  • Scott Bader CEO Jean-Claude Pierre
    Energy

    Getting the chemistry right at Scott Bader

    Group CEO Jean-Claude Pierre discusses the Northamptonshire-based company’s success formula

    Christian Koch
    14 October, 2016
    0
  • Champagne glasses at an office Christmas party
    Expert

    How to organise the perfect Christmas party

    Party planner Liz Taylor offers her top tips on staging an enviable end-of-year shindig

    Christian Koch
    14 October, 2016
    0
  • Illustration of Icelandic hotel founder Sigurlaug Sverrisdottir
    Travel & Leisure

    The founder of the Icelandic ION Hotel on her inspirations

    Sigurlaug Sverrisdóttir talks fly-fishing, vitamin D and needing planning permission from the elves

    Christian Koch
    28 September, 2016
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    May 23, 2019
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