We planned a foodie road trip around Wales that you can complete in four days November 27, 2018 It took me 30 years to get to Wales. I never had an aversion to it, it was just easier to get on a plane than it was to learn how to drive. As a lifelong Londoner with no family to visit regularly beyond the M25, there was no immediate reason to learn, so I [...]
Giggling Squid founder Andy Laurillard on provincial dining and the secrets of his chain’s success November 25, 2018 It’s a laugh a minute for Giggling Squid. The Surrey-based restaurant chain is cropping up in more and more affluent market towns and sleepy suburbs across the south of England, looking to entice customers with its unique offering of accessible Thai cuisine in a relaxed environment. Co-founders Andy Laurillard and his wife Pranee opened their [...]
Black Friday weekend: How to find the best deals and avoid the worst November 23, 2018 British shoppers are set to drop £7bn on products this Black Friday weekend, as they surf the web and hit the high streets in search of the most generous deals. But as price comparison site Finder.com predicts bargain hunters will spend an average of £220 each, with everybody discounting products it’s hard to know where [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announces junk food advertising ban on entire Transport for London network from early 2019 November 23, 2018 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today confirmed that junk food advertising will be banned across the entire Transport for London network from 25 February 2019. The groundbreaking ban will be implemented on all transport controlled by TfL, including the underground, overground, London buses, trams and river services, and will stop companies from advertising foods that are [...]
Guest notes: Boatman’s analysis on Babcock should be treated with scepticism November 23, 2018 All the noise around Babcock and its financial woes have left me feeling distinctly uncomfortable. It’s not the fact that the company has issues, as do most outsourcers. My problem is with the source of the recent vicious bear raid on the business – the so-called Boatman Capital. It is a month since Boatman and [...]
The Last Supper: No Angels actor Derek Riddell on his love of The Ivy and why there will be no fondue for his final meal November 22, 2018 I’m full of the cold so if this really were my last supper I don’t think I’d be able to taste anything. I enjoy cooking but as soon as I became a parent that kind of went out of the window. I have nine-year-old twins, so dinner tends to be me thinking ‘Oh god, what [...]
FTSE 100 retailers boosted by Brexit breakthrough, but stronger sterling hurts blue chip index November 22, 2018 Retailers and housebuilders were leading the way in the FTSE 100 this afternoon following the news that the UK and EU have agreed a draft text on their future relationship after Brexit. Online delivery service Just Eat saw its share price increase by nearly four per cent, while online gambling firm GVC Holdings, Berkeley Homes, Burberry [...]
Brexit deal ‘within our grasp’, says Prime Minister Theresa May November 22, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May said today that a Brexit deal “is within our grasp” as she addressed the nation from Downing Street. “The British people want a good deal. That deal is in our grasp and I am determined to deliver it,” she said outside Number 10. “The text of the declaration has been agreed [...]
The Weekly Grill: Mark Lloyd of Notting Hill restaurant Pomona’s on his best ever meal and his gran’s jam collection November 14, 2018 Who are you and what do you do? I am a cook who loves to travel, write, learn the ‘old ways’, forage for wild food and spend as much time outdoors as possible. I’m also the new executive chef at Pomona’s, a neighbourhood restaurant in Notting Hill. Tell us about your new menu It’s all [...]
Taxi firm Addison Lee loses appeal against drivers earning national minimum wage and holiday pay November 14, 2018 Taxi firm Addison Lee lost its appeal against an employment tribunal decision today, which found that drivers were not self-employed contractors running their own businesses but in fact employees of the taxi company. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the Employment Tribunal’s September 2017 ruling that drivers were entitled to receive the national minimum wage [...]