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 [...]
Joe & Seph’s founder Adam Sopher on how he turned his dad’s popcorn into a gourmet delicacy November 1, 2017 Adam Sopher, director at Joe & Seph’s, on how his family business turned popcorn into a gourmet delicacy. “My dad is called Joseph and he made popcorn for us when we were kids as a hobby. In October 2010, we took it to the BBC Food Show and we got our first listing in Selfridges [...]
Fitness advice: How can you keep fit around all of these end-of-year parties? October 31, 2017 For many people, November is the start of the hardest time of year for keeping fit. Cold weather makes us crave stodgy comfort food, and that’s before you factor in the parties. But rather than wait until the new year for yet another resolution to get fit or lose weight, how about trying to [...]
Nobu Shoreditch review: Sophisticated Manhattan-style dining arrives in London’s coolest postcode October 27, 2017 The ever-expanding Nobu empire of classy and upmarket Japanese restaurants plants an incongruous outpost in the gritty hipster bricklands of Shoreditch. A cavernous basement lounge hidden beneath the first Nobu hotel in London, the restaurant exudes the refined early-era Bond-villain aesthetic of Tokyo’s fine dining scene. A giant glass wall allows an adjacent light well [...]
Dutch private equity firm Waterland establishes a UK office to give British businesses access to its €2bn fund October 26, 2017 Netherlands-rooted Waterland Private Equity Investments has established its first UK office and dedicated team, based in Wilmslow. The new office will give lower mid-market businesses, which generate earnings of £3m to £10m, access to Waterland’s €2bn seventh fund which was raised last month. Headed by Andy Scaife, who was Quantum Pharma’s chief executive throughout the [...]