WANDSWORTH GETS A TASTE OF MOROCCO February 8, 2010 OCCUPYING a useful spot on the central drag of villagey little Wandsworth Town, Moroccan restaurant Doukan might be one more local joint in an area packed with pretty cafes and no end of buggy-pushing mummies to eat in them. However, only a few months after opening last year, it made it onto The F Word, [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS February 8, 2010 KOCHHAR LAUNCHES NEW COLONY Busy times for Atul Kochhar, the celebrated chef in charge of the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant, Benares. Having just re-opened that venue following a fire and extensive refurb, he’s now overseeing the launch of Colony Bar & Grill, a restaurant inspired by the days of the British Raj that opens next week. [...]
THREE OTHER MOROCCAN RESTAURANTS IN LONDON February 8, 2010 KENZA Head down a tunnel off Devonshire Square and find your way into this Middle Eastern netherworld, full of sequined cushions, incense, magnificent carpets and – of course – belly dancers. The food mixes Moroccan and Lebanese flavours, and there’s a lot of it. Kenza, 10 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YP. MOMO The West End’s most [...]
America’s Cup start delayed February 8, 2010 SAILING: The opening race of the 33rd America’s Cup between Swiss holders Alinghi and American challengers BMW Oracle was postponed yesterday due to a lack of favourable winds. The crews were forced to wait off the coast of Valencia for four hours until the race was eventually called off and rescheduled for tomorrow. This year [...]
Super Steyn stuns India February 8, 2010 CRICKET: Dale Steyn produced an outstanding display of pace bowling to help South Africa take control of the first Test with India in Nagpur. Steyn blitzed through the Indian batting line-up to finish with figures of 7-51 as the hosts collapsed from 221-4 to 233 all out in reply to South Africa’s 558-6 declared. Virender [...]
London ‘leading the UK out of recession’ February 8, 2010 LONDON is leading the UK out of recession, new economic data has suggested. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) shows that the capital was the strongest performer last month. The index for London, based on a survey of 1,200 manufacturing and service sector firms, was at 60.6. Any number above 50 is a sign that the [...]
Santander plans London flotation February 8, 2010 SPANISH banking giant Santander may list its British and US operations on the stock market to free up cash for expansion. Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and the savings arm of Bradford & Bingley could return to the market at a joint value of £15bn under the plan, which is one of a number of capital-raising [...]
Xstrata resumes dividends despite profit drop February 8, 2010 MINING group Xstrata is re-introduce dividend payments despite reporting a fall in full-year profits. The company’s pre-tax profits fell to $1.87bn (£1.2bn) in 2009 – down from $6.05bn the previous year. One-off costs and lower commodity prices hit the company’s profits. But it said the medium-term outlook for commodity demand remained “very promising”. Xstrata scrapped [...]
Ethel Austin plunges into administration February 8, 2010 CLOTHING retailer Ethel Austin has gone into administration. The 300-strong chain will continue trading as normal whilst a search is made for a new buyer, administrators MCR said. Redundancies have not been ruled out and MCR admitted there were “no guarantees” that a buyer could be found in the hard-hit retail sector. Administrators blamed the [...]
Eurozone’s tough time continues February 8, 2010 THE eurozone faces another difficult week amid mounting worries over budget deficits in Greece, Spain and Portugal. Finance ministers from the G7 countries meeting in Canada at the weekend insisted on a European solution to the problems rather than an IMF rescue. “We told our partners we had to solve the problem ourselves,” said Jean-Claude [...]
