Arlberg becomes Austria’s largest ski area thanks to a newly opened £37.5m cable-car system. We take it for a test drive. December 1, 2017 As I pulled up outside my hotel in Lech, a very overweight fox ambled across the road in front of our coach. I took it as a sign of good things to come. I were in Lech to enjoy some early season skiing and although the Alps had experienced one of the lowest December snowfalls [...]
Just Eat faces a tall order – it needs to keep delivering for its investors if it’s to be number one in the £9.9bn takeaway sector December 1, 2017 Just Eat delivered more than just takeaways last month. It not only set a new Guinness world record for the largest human image of a pizza but also received the green light to gobble up rival Hungryhouse. But the cherry on the cake for Just Eat was joining the FTSE 100 this week with a [...]
Fitness advice: Personal trainer Harry Thomas tackles the myths surrounding the least important meal of the day November 28, 2017 Let’s talk about breakfast. Famously said to be the most important meal of the day, the truth is that breakfast not as crucial as you might think. In fact, there are a tonne of misconceptions surrounding the morning meal. For example, while it’s commonly said that eating early in the day boosts the metabolism, [...]
Crowdfunding round on Seedrs launches for London’s latest meal delivery startup Independence Market, to rival Hello Fresh and Blue Apron November 27, 2017 Today sees the launch of London’s latest meal delivery startup, Independence Market, on crowdfunding platform Seedrs. But this business – described by its founder as “Amazon meets Avon” – is not just another Hello Fresh, Blue Apron or Graze replicant. With Independence Market, Rob Hocking – a teaching fellow at Oxford University’s Said Business School, [...]
Just Eat share price inches up as competition watchdog clears takeover of Hungryhouse November 16, 2017 Just Eat’s takeover of Hungryhouse has been officially cleared to go ahead by the competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said today that a group of independent panel members found that the merger does not raise competition concerns. In the CMA’s provisional findings, published last month, it stated that Hungryhouse presently provides limited [...]
The craft beer revolution has led many microbrewers to set up shop on regeneration sites – and developers are loving it November 15, 2017 There was a time in the recent past when the arrival of a farmers market signalled that your up-and-coming corner of London had practically up and went. Where once, organic cheese and sourdough were the harbingers of hipsterdom, now, it’s morel likely to be a microbrewery. Hop Stuff, founded by former City banker James Yeomans, [...]
Area guide for property in Richmond November 15, 2017 In a list compiled by accountancy firm Grant Thornton last year of the most “vibrant” places in England to live and work, Richmond-upon-Thames was the only place in London to qualify for the list. With more green space than anywhere else in the capital – and its biggest, most deer-stuffed Royal Park – Richmond is [...]
HondaJet review: For the businessman with not a minute to spare, the HondaJet is an exciting entry into the corporate jet market November 13, 2017 Soichiro Honda founded the company with motorcycles but always dreamt of making an aircraft. Others within his firm shared this and, through the years, it has spent billions pursuing it. The result was launched in 2016: the HondaJet. Take that, Mercedes-Benz and BMW: you may have a plethora of luxury cars, but none of you [...]
Tech startup Trouva, a marketplace for independent shops, raises $10m November 12, 2017 Tech startup Trouva, an website that provides independent shops with the ability to sell online, has raised fresh cash from investors. BGF Ventures has led the $10m (£7.6m) series A, with Index Ventures, a previous backer of fashion firms Farfetch, Etsy and Asos, and Octopus Investments also participating. Trouva acts as a marketplace for small [...]
Uber loses workers’ rights appeal: Here’s how employment experts have reacted November 10, 2017 Uber has lost an appeal against a tribunal ruling that it must give its drivers employment rights. The ride-hailing app went to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) to challenge an earlier ruling by the Employment Tribunal which said Uber drivers are entitled to basic workers’ rights. The EAT rejected Uber’s argument that it is merely [...]