Where in Britain drinks the most tea and eats the most biscuits? August 10, 2015 Everyone loves a cuppa, but perhaps not as much as we used to. The nation is drinking less tea, causing sales to drop, although we are still necking 76m kg of the stuff every year – that's the equivalent of each person in the UK downing 460 cups, according to research from Mintel. So it's [...]
Making a splash: Orlebar Brown founder talks bagginess, Stateside growth and being laughed at August 9, 2015 Spending two years building a business on your tod can’t be easy. But for Adam Brown, founder of swimwear and fashion brand Orlebar Brown, it turned out pretty well. Back in 2007, Brown decided to set up the company. The story of how, while at a friend’s birthday pool party in Rajasthan, which was [...]
Astronauts on International Space Station about to harvest first-ever space-grown food, as Nasa develops “Veggie” plant growth chamber August 9, 2015 Nasa astronauts have been growing lettuce in space, as the first-ever space-grown fruit and veg is about to be harvested on the International Space Station. Forget freeze-dried meals, astronauts are about to get a better deal. Nasa has developed a plant growth chamber dubbed “Veggie” and sent it into orbit. Produce from the mini-greenhouse is [...]
The restaurants truffling feathers: Best truffle venues in London August 6, 2015 London’s love-affair with the truffle continues apace with the opening of Sackville’s in Mayfair. Here are some of our favourite truffle spots SACKVILLE’S This Mayfair new opening is crazy about this distinctive fungus, serving it on practically every dish. Last week our restaurant critic fell in love with Sackville’s self-titled wagyu steak burger with foie [...]
Best of the Brokers for 06 August 2015 August 6, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BODYCOTE FinnCap moved its recommendation on the heat treatments firm from “add” to “buy” after its recent interims. The broker said: “Despite some further underlying demand weakness expected in the second half, the resilience shown to date bodes well that obstacles can be [...]
Drinking wine can keep your brain 7.5 years younger, but only if you eat plenty of healthy foods, too August 5, 2015 Having a glass of wine a day contributes to a slowdown in mental decline, according to a study published in the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Read more: Robots are stealing our jobs: Next to go is the fine wine industry Scientists at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago included the much-loved drink [...]
Cricket Comment: England must clinch Ashes this week as Oval will favour Aussies August 5, 2015 THIS Ashes is almost impossible to predict but I think England need to try and wrap it up at Trent Bridge this week. A drawn series would see Australia retain the urn and England don’t want to wait until the Oval, where I think conditions will favour the tourists. The ball swung around in the [...]
Go commando: Military tactics for businesses August 5, 2015 Invest in onboard training and establish a dynamic of trust While the aggressive nature of business is often wryly compared with armed conflict, commerce might do well to adopt some military practices. According to a working paper by the US National Bureau of Economic Research, chief executives with military experience were found to be [...]
Just Eat fends off rivals with surge in profits August 4, 2015 JUST Eat is gobbling up market share, with profits soaring by almost two thirds in the first half as more hungry customers flocked to its website. The online takeaway giant has been taking the UK and other countries by storm since it was founded 14 years ago, taking advantage of a market that was slow [...]
Just Eat earnings up 62 per cent as the digital food business keeps piling on the pounds August 4, 2015 Just Eat is gobbling up market share, with earnings up almost two-thirds in the first half of 2015 as the business says it expects at least two years of “over-performance”, The figures The digital food marketplace grew revenues 54 per cent to £107.8m in the six months to 30 June, while underlying EBITDA rose [...]