UK quinoa imports surge in 2015 as Waitrose reports sales jump Britain’s appetite for novelty lunchtime salads knows no bounds. Imports of quinoa boomed again last year, as the Latin American grain went from a health-conscious fad to a mainstream staple. Shipments to the UK from Peru, the world’s biggest exporter, jumped 47 per cent in 2015 to just under 3,000 tonnes, according to customs data released this week. [...]
Lehman Brothers returns as whisky brand launched by British entrepreneur James Evans Lehman Brothers is back – but not as you remember it. A British entrepreneur has launched a whisky brand playfully themed around the pre-crash banking culture as depicted in films like Wolf of Wall Street. “With cleverness, bullishness, excess, power and glory in every drop, these are whiskies for the new masters of the universe – [...]
Stanford University scientists beat business travel jet lag on long-haul flights with flashing lights Days of painful jet lag after flying off for a business trip could soon be over. Scientists in America have discovered how to stop your body clock scrambling after a long-haul flight – without pills or tightly scheduled sleep. The Stanford University researchers exposed people to short flashes of light while dozing before a long trip. The light [...]
London’s cheapest and most boring Valentine’s Day gift-givers revealed in research February 8, 2016 London’s most miserly Valentine’s Day gift-givers have been exposed. West Londoners are set to receive presents worth just £40 on average this year, research by parcel company Doddle found. That's less than half the £83 East London’s romantics have splurged on their better halves so far this February. South Londoners have also been generous, with gifts [...]
Olive oil prices jumped almost 20 per cent in 2015 after poor European harvest February 8, 2016 Bad news, olive oil fans: your favourite salad dressing got more expensive last year. Bad weather and disease hurt Europe’s olive harvest in 2015, while the continent’s top producers suffered fierce competition from Tunisia, which used a bumper harvest to leap into the world’s top exporter position. All that means the price of olive oil [...]
EasyFood store re-opens in London after crowds of shoppers forced its closure two days after launch – but this time with bouncers February 8, 2016 The first EasyFood store has re-opened in north west London after being swamped by customers – but this time there’s security. The low-cost supermarket, which is selling every product for 25p throughout February, was forced to shut just two days after opening in Park Royal last week. Eager bargain hunters had cleared the shelves of [...]
EasyFood store re-opens in London after crowds of shoppers forced its closure two days after launch February 8, 2016 NULL
British Airways relaunches flights to Iran between London Heathrow and Tehran for first time since 2012 February 3, 2016 British Airways will restart flights from London to Iran this summer after a four-year break. The airline will run six services a week from Heathrow Terminal Five to the Iranian capital Tehran, starting on 14 July. Daily flights will start on 30 October. BA first flew between London and Tehran in 1946 but services stopped in [...]
Valentine’s Day 2016: Groupon lets London singles take their Tinder game to a new level by projecting photo on Piccadilly Circus billboards February 3, 2016 Are you a Londoner unlucky in love? Are you cool with your face shining out from the city’s famous lights? One "lucky" singleton will have a giant photo of themselves splashed across the Piccadilly Circus billboards for half an hour on Valentine’s Day, courtesy of Groupon. Passers-by who take a fancy to the brightly-lit Londoner will be able [...]
