A body scrub that’s perfect at lunchtime May 17, 2010 Elemis exotic lime and ginger salt glow at the citypoint club **** TWICE last week I stripped down for a strange man. The first was James Read, spray tanner to the stars, based at Agua at The Sanderson (see left). “Hello, just take off all your clothes and put these on,” he said to me, [...]
Mozzarella in Mayfair goes glam May 17, 2010 Cielo/Luxx 3 New Burlington Street W1S 2JF 020 7297 2893 www.cielorestaurant.co.uk, www.luxx-london.com FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £50 THESE days, being a restaurant plain and simple just isn’t good enough. Since the credit crunch bit, we have entered a new realm of added value, and if you like to [...]
Piggie-shaped cheese hits Sardinia’s chicest enclave May 17, 2010 WHEN the sun doesn’t shine in southern Italy, there is one major comfort. The food. I was reminded of this over the weekend during a trip to Sardinia since it was warmer, sunnier and less windy in London than it was there. And it wasn’t warm in London. Or sunny. Or particularly still. If there [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS May 17, 2010 THE MILROY: NOT JUST FOR MEMBERS Ever heard of The Milroy restaurant? Unless you’re a member of private casino Les Ambassadeurs, probably not. Previously only accessible to members The Milroy has flung open its doors to the hoi palloi for lunch. If the superlative European food, cooked by Simon Foster, previously of Claridge’s and La Tante [...]
Osborne: Budget to be held on 22 June May 17, 2010 CHANCELLOR George Osborne has announced that the emergency budget will be held on 22 June. He promised to make it harder for the government to “fiddle the figures” – after accusing Labour of issuing dubious forecasts. He said the new Office for Budget Responsibility – designed to keep government spending under the microscope – would [...]
Man Group buys GLG May 17, 2010 HEDGE fund firm Man Group has agreed a deal to buy rival GLG Partners FOR $1.6bn (£1.1bn). Man Group – already the world’s largest listed hedge fund manager – will up its operations in the US through the agreement. The combined group will have assets of about $63bn. In a statement, Man said it has [...]
Alliance Boots profit tops £1bn for first time May 17, 2010 BRITAIN’S biggest pharmacy chain Alliance Boots has posted annual profits of more than £1bn – becoming only the third UK retailer to pass that milestone. The group, bought in 2007 by private equity firm KKR and executive chairman Stefano Pessina for £11bn in Europe’s biggest leveraged buyout, said the 13 per cent increase in trading [...]
Prudential releases details of record rights issue May 17, 2010 PRUDENTIAL has announced details of its record £14.5bn (£21bn) rights issue aimed at funding its planned acquisition of AIA Group. The move for AIG’s Asian business has been dogged by controversy after some shareholders questioned the move. The Financial Service Authority also caused a delay in the launch of the prospectus for the rights issue [...]
The ash is back May 17, 2010 BRITAIN’S airline industry is facing a fresh set of threats this week as aviation authorities prepare to close a number of airports ahead of a new and highly dense ash cloud which is expected to drift across the UK. Last night Heathrow, Gatwick and City airports were closed from 1am until at least 7am today. [...]
Osborne launches audit of UK’s books May 17, 2010 GEORGE OSBORNE will commission an independent audit of the nation’s battered public finances today, ahead of an emergency Budget at the end of June. The chancellor has asked Sir Alan Budd, a former economic adviser to the Treasury, to head up the Office for Budget Responsibility, which will publish the review. Budd will also be [...]
