Ethical fashion has come a long way in recent years – and it’s all thanks to designers such as CVTF500 member, Ada Zanditon, (www.adazanditon.com). The London College of Fashion graduate is committed to using organic and natural fabrics, plus non cancer-causing dyes in her collections – without compromising on luxury. Selected to show at London Fashion Week by the prestigious Vauxhall Fashion Scout panel, her AW10 ‘Echolocation’ collection appeared this season at Covent Garden’s Free Mason’s Hall. Then from catwalk to Exclusif cocktails, the fashion pack enjoyed the Courvoisier-sponsored after-party at The Hospital Club – complete with a goody bag of Courvoisier cognac miniatures! [Read More]

Laura Vane recently appeared live on Holland's equivalent of the One Show with an average audience of 2.5 million with her band The Vipertones, you can see the whole thing here. [Read More]

The loving relationship between Raj and social media began at the university of Sussex where he was doing a Masters in research of Computer Science. He enjoyed the interaction with people so much that he started working on social networks. He set up his own business, Kwiqq, straight after University and without any idea about running a business. Business Links helped him a lot and he ended up doing an MBA at Cranfield. One of the professors there invested money in the company. [Read More]

Business moguls and company founders take note – there’s a new, alternative marketing consultancy that’s set to take branding to a whole new level. Entrepreneur and CVTF500 Network Ambassador Jo Jackson, (founder of gallery/boutique Beyond the Valley) is turning her creative hand to a new consultancy specialising in retail strategies, pop-up shops and “memorable brand experiences”. And ‘I-am Beyond’ (www.i-ambeyond.com) promises to use the most innovative and unconventional methods to get your brand noticed. [Read More]

From Jarvis Cocker, the Foo Fighters and the Kaiser Chiefs to our very own Courvoisier The Future 500 members….Last week, network member and London-based photographer, Tom Oldham (www.tomoldham.com) turned his lens from music legends to his fellow CVTF500 members for an exclusive, ‘Picture Me’ event in the Courvoisier Future Gallery.

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Brrr!

With the newspapers touting this February as the coldest in 24 years, our best advice is to keep things toasty indoors by whipping up a few Courvoisier Exclusif cocktails. They’re easy to make and don’t look half bad! Our hot tip for a nippy evening in is the Courvoisier Sidecar, a classic serve to impress your guests: [Read More]

Last month we sat down for the first, of what I hope will be many, restaurateur dinners. Members from the CVTF500 network and a few others, mostly in their 30s and with between 1 and 12 restaurants each, met at Jerusalem in Rathbone Place courtesy or Eric Yu. We had a brilliant dinner and sat around talking about restaurants, food, drink – anything that came to mind. 

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Earlier this month, ten new members joined our panel of established Network Ambassadors and came together at The Future Gallery for an evening of introductions and, of course, a selection of delicious Courvoisier Exclusif cocktails.

Our 20 strong panel now offers an inspiring mix of expertise ranging from sustainable luxury and social marketing to future trends analysis and mixology. They have been bestowed with the heady responsibility of fronting each of their sectors on the network and acting as spokespeople for the CVTF500, bringing their recommendations and suggestions for the network to the front line. [Read More]

Throughout 2010, Courvoisier will be welcoming CVTF500 members as guest bloggers to the site. First off, Network Ambassador, Will Beckett, co-founder of Underdog will take centre stage, starting with A Day in the life of …

I just read a management book, which characterised the life I lead as one where I dart from person to person, subject to subject, rarely giving anything more attention than a few minutes. [Read More]