Facebook and trend for fewer but bigger nights out lift profits at Revolution Bars Group October 4, 2016 A large Facebook following and people opting for fewer but bigger nights out have revolutionised profits at Revolution Bars Group over the last year. The figures Revenue at the premium bar firm, which operates the Revolution and Revolucion de Cuba brands, was up 6.9 per cent to £119.5m in the year ended 30 June. Like-for-like [...]
World gets thirsty for British gin as exports skyrocket October 4, 2016 The rest of the world has developed a bigger taste for British gin than ever before, as new figures show global exports have risen 166 per cent by value since 2000. According to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, exports since 2010 have risen 44 per cent by volume and 46 per cent by value. [...]
Megabrew holding company lists in Johannesburg as SABMiller prepares to leave the London Stock Exchange October 4, 2016 The holding company for the Megabrew merger listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) today, while SABMiller shares will be suspended in London tomorrow morning ahead of the long-awaited tie-up. Newbelco SA/NV, which will be renamed Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV when the £79bn takeover completes next week, listed 1.7bn new ordinary shares on the main board [...]
Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to British scientists who revealed “secrets of exotic matter” October 4, 2016 The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to a trio of British scientists for revealing "the secrets of exotic matter". David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and John Kosterlitz all made theoretical discoveries using an advanced branch of mathematics known as topology, and "opened the door to an unknown world where matter can assume strange states", the Nobel Prize committee for physics said [...]
Hey big spender: These countries spend the most on business trips to the UK October 4, 2016 Business trips are expensive, there are no two ways about it. From hotels, actually travelling to and from another country and the ever-growing list of expenses (including the £142 in unclaimed expenses that gets lost on each trip), the bills all add up. But when it comes to countries that undertake business trips to the [...]
Crispin Blunt says new cannabis and wider drugs legislation could be a task for a Royal Commission October 4, 2016 Former prisons minister and Tory MP Crispin Blunt has said the best way to move ahead with more progressive drugs legislation would be to initiate a Royal Commission on the matter. Blunt told a fringe event about cannabis legalisation at the Conservative party conference last night that doing so would take the debate about changing drugs policy, [...]
Skinny Prosecco could be coming to a supermarket near you in 2017 October 4, 2016 Those who love both prosecco and their waistlines will have something to raise a glass to today as a diet version of the UK's favourite bubbly could be about to go mainstream. British luxury drinks group Thomson & Scott launched its low-calorie, low-sugar Skinny Prosecco in April in a number of high-end stores including Selfridges (where it [...]
So long, Tower Bridge, we’ll see you again on New Year’s Eve (if we’re in a vehicle, that is) after major renovation works September 30, 2016 Farewell, Tower Bridge, we’ll see you on New Year's Eve. Well, technically it’s only farewell for vehicles and cyclists wanting to cross the bridge from tomorrow until 30 December, but we’ll feel its loss all the same. To undertake some pretty hefty construction work (which, incidentally, will only upgrade elements of the Victorian structure that [...]
Japanese carmaker Nissan to seek Brexit compensation or may pull investment at Sunderland plant as UK approaches “hard Brexit” September 29, 2016 Nissan has said it may pull potential new investment in its Sunderland plant if the UK does not commit to compensation for any tax barriers that arise from Brexit. Chief executive Carlos Ghosn, speaking at the Paris auto show yesterday, said Britain could be heading towards a “hard Brexit” that could leave Nissan and other companies [...]
French group Areva signs more than €5bn worth of services contracts for Hinkley Point C plant September 29, 2016 The French nuclear power company that is supplying Hinkley Point with its nuclear reactors today said it has signed contracts worth more than €5bn (£4.3bn) to provide services to new plant. Areva NP has won subcontracts to deliver two nuclear steam supply systems and will supply, install and commission the plant's operational and safety control system. The French group has [...]
