Why wait till Christmas? May 6, 2014 Visiting the US convinced Village East’s Toby Stuart of the value of turkey This turkey confit recipe was inspired by a trip to Chicago last summer. It’s a very vibrant city with some of the best chefs in the world working there. The top end of the market is phemomenal but you’ve also got places [...]
Just Eat shares jump on 50pc order increase May 6, 2014 Just Eat announced this morning that takeaway orders leapt 51 per cent in the first quarter, ahead of expectations, boosted by more people using its new iPads app and wet weather in the UK and northern Europe. The news saw shares gain over four per cent at the open, now up 3.8 per cent. The [...]
Markit chooses New York for its $5bn stock market listing May 6, 2014 FINANCIAL data provider Markit yesterday unveiled plans for a US stock market listing that would value the firm at $5bn (£3bn), confirming that it will spurn the London Stock Exchange in favour of the United States. Markit, which was founded by former bond trader Lance Uggla from his garden shed in St Albans in 2003, [...]
Internet float to test the market after setbacks May 5, 2014 IRISH tech firm Big Red Cloud, a provider of online accounting software, will today announce its plan to raise €5m (£4.1m) from a London float that will test investor’s appetites in a sector that has been hammered in recent weeks by fears of a valuation bubble. Despite jitters in the sector that have sent firms [...]
London Report: Supermarkets’ results to show split in fortunes May 5, 2014 THE varying fortunes of the UK’s supermarkets will be revealed this week as Morrisons gives its quarterly results while Sainsbury’s announces full-year figures. Sainsbury’s annual results are forecast to show that underlying pre-tax profits rose 3.5 per cent to £782m. However investors will be anxious to see the company’s plans for the next year, especially [...]
Just Eat moving to main market April 30, 2014 Just Eat yesterday unveiled plans to move its shares to the premium listing segment of the London Stock Exchange, just a month after becoming the first company to float on the LSE’s High Growth Segment. The £1.5bn firm passed the 25 per cent free float requirement for a main market listing almost immediately after its [...]
Atherton’s new joint is putting the social in City April 29, 2014 THE CITY rubbed shoulders with celeb-land last night at the launch of Jason Atherton’s latest foodie-den, City Social, at Tower 42. Model David Gandy was there turning heads, as was Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch who reminisced about the venue. “It’s a fantastic night, I’ve worked here before in fact – we filmed episode two of [...]
Holborn Dining Room brings life to Midtown April 29, 2014 @steve_dinneen RESTAURANT HOLBORN DINING ROOM 252 High Holborn, WC1V 7EN Tel: 0203 747 8633 FOOD Four Stars VALUE Four Stars ATMOSPHERE Five Stars Cost for three with cocktails: £187 THERE’S NOT a lot going on in Holborn, or “Midtown” as nobody outside of an estate agent’s office has ever called it. In actual Midtown, exactly [...]
10-week fitness challenge | The get-fit diary of an out-of-shape office worker April 28, 2014 Steve is undertaking a 10 week “total body transformation” programme with No.1 Fitness, which involves four sessions a week at the gym, a strictly-controlled diet and absolutely no alcohol under any circumstances whatsoever (not even a little bit, just to take the edge off…). Here’s how it’s going: The last fortnight has been tough. I’m [...]
On the runway to SUCCESS April 27, 2014 Annabel Palmer talks to Cristobal Lowery, founder of GigaFare, which aims to bring algorithmic trading to the airline industry ARE ENTREPRENEURS born or made? In the age-old debate, Cristobal Lowery – the chirpy 20-something who founded his first company straight out of university – makes a compelling case for the former. In 2010, he created [...]