Boxpark’s Wade looks to next course as third site takes shape

After a bruising few months for the restaurant scene, with Jamie’s Italian, Byron and Prezzo closing dozens of outlets, you might think that now was a bad time to think about opening a new foodie destination. But that is exactly what Roger Wade, founder of shipping container shopping centre Boxpark, is planning to do. Wade, a half Irish-half Malaysian Londoner whose pristine trainers hint at his beginnings as a clothing entrepreneur, is evangelical about the idea that independent brands will thrive even in tough times. “If you don’t have a point of difference you’re not going to survive,” he says. Click here for the full Telegraph article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/04/15/boxparks-wade-looks-next-course-shop-restaurant-concept-prepares/