Coya: the last word in Peruvian cuisine December 16, 2012 RESTAURANT COYA 118 Piccadilly, Mayfair, W1J 7NW Tel: 020 7042 7118 FOOD **** VALUE *** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost for two people with wine: £120 COYA WAS easily one of the most talked about openings this autumn. Created by Arun Waney, the man behind La Petite Maison and the uber successful Knightsbridge eatery Zuma, the restaurant [...]
Head to Lapland for a trip that is truly wondrous December 16, 2012 WE ARE due to land in Kittila in 20 minutes. There are light winds and it’s a little bit chilly on the ground with temperatures of minus 38,” the captain says as we descend on Finnish Lapland. Many people know Lapland as the home of Father Christmas, and some might recognize its snowy scenes from [...]
Twelve days to save Christmas as HMV falters December 13, 2012 THE FUTURE of HMV was thrown into doubt once again yesterday after the music entertainment retailer warned it is likely to breach its banking agreements at the end of January, sending shares tumbling 40 per cent. The company said weak market conditions had created “material uncertainties” for the business, after a worse than expected start [...]
Suppliers stuck playing Santa December 13, 2012 HOW long can HMV rely on its suppliers to play Santa Claus? At the start of 2012, the long-suffering entertainment retailer forged a closer alliance with suppliers in return for a 2.5 per cent stake. Their support is understood to have run into tens of millions of pounds already, and to include supplying goods on [...]
Dealmakers at The Savoy for M&A knees up December 13, 2012 TO The Savoy on Wednesday evening, for one of the final awards dos in The Capitalist’s diary before the Square Mile goes into hibernation for the festive period. The occasion this week was the Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2012, hosted by Daily Politics presenter and Spectator chairman Andrew Neil. The annual ceremony awards the biggest [...]
Olympic and Paralympic Games fail to boost UK visitor numbers December 13, 2012 VISITS to the UK crept lower in 2012, despite London hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A total of 26.2m visits have been made to the UK in the first ten months of 2012, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics yesterday. This is one per cent below the level in 2011, [...]
City set to bounce back from derby disaster against shaky Magpies December 13, 2012 NEWCASTLE MANCHESTER CITY Tomorrow 12.45pm IT WAS always going to be difficult for Manchester United fans to wipe the smile off their local rivals’ faces following the dramatic finale to last season. However, they did a pretty good job of it at the Etihad last Sunday with Robin van Persie’s injury-time winner inflicting Manchester City’s [...]
Britain secures compromise on EU bank body December 12, 2012 EUROPEAN leaders were last night close to a deal to give the European Central Bank the right to supervise banks across the bloc after Britain secured a crucial agreement which would limit the new body’s powers. Germany, the Netherlands and Austria all agreed to back Britain’s demands for “double majority” voting, which means any decisions [...]
Supergroup’s sales warm up from the cold December 12, 2012 SUPERGROUP said the colder weather helped to boost sales of its trademark coats and hoodies in the run-up to Christmas, despite reporting a near one-third drop in half-year profit that sent its shares tumbling yesterday. The Superdry owner posted a pre-tax profit of £13.9m in the six months to 28 October, down 31 per cent [...]
High street hit as customers shop online December 12, 2012 CUSTOMERS are increasingly deserting the high street to do their Christmas shopping online, according to two data releases out this morning. Last week, retailers saw 1.7 per cent fewer customers entering their shops than last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Springboard Footfall Monitor, out this morning. Shopping centres were hit especially hard with [...]