Tips to make sure you’re prepared for the crowds and disruption June 24, 2016 Business travel can be both inspirational and a chore. With Euro 2016 now well underway, those lucky (or unlucky) enough to be sent across the English Channel on business may be in store for some disruption. Companies must ensure a seamless travel experience if they want their staff to be on the ball in early [...]
Going, going, gone: Harris and Hoole sale marks end of Tesco ambitions June 23, 2016 First Giraffe, then Dobbies, now it's Harris and Hoole which Tesco has sold off in its efforts to get back to what it's good at (being a supermarket). The sale marks the last of the major assets that are not part of its core retailing to go, and a curtailing of previous ambitions to expand beyond [...]
Tesco’s share price looks perky as company announces sale of Harris and Hoole coffee chain to Caffe Nero June 23, 2016 Supermarket chain Tesco is selling Harris and Hoole coffee chain to Caffe Nero, it said in its first quarter trading statement this morning. "Together, these sales allow us to place even greater focus on our core UK business," the company said. The retailer's share price was up by 2.82 per cent in early morning trading [...]
Our resident master-chef Mark Hix says there’s nothing to lift a dinner party like a sophisticated take on a classic egg dish June 22, 2016 I don’t think we make the most of eggs in the UK. In fact, I don’t think most countries do. I’m talking savoury dishes here, not desserts – what would we do without the good old egg in a cake or soufflé? I’ve been a big fan of Clarence court eggs for years now and [...]
The Frog restaurant in Shoreditch review: Masterchef contestant Adam Handling launches an intense new venture that defeats our critic June 21, 2016 Pop quiz: who invented molecular gastronomy? Was it Heston Blumenthal, with his test tubes full of liquid nitrogen? Or Ferran Adria in his beach-side epicurean lair, churning out unholy delicacy after unholy delicacy? No, no, no. That’s all PR. Like most things, molecular gastronomy – a term most chefs, including Heston, hate – was created [...]
Do you work for one of the UK’s 25 most attractive employers? June 21, 2016 It's causing fevered debate in offices. Politicians are clashing over it. The cats of social media are up in arms about it. Yep, LinkedIn's list of the UK's top 25 most sought-after employers is out – and the good news is that City institutions are faring pretty well. The list, based on analysis of the site's 20m members, [...]
London’s drinking hotspots outdid the rest of the UK in May June 16, 2016 Ahead of the annual summer drinking boom London's pubs and bars were buoyed in May, as sales at the capital's drinking holes outpaced the rest of the country. Like-for-like sales at pubs and bars in London were up 3.8 per cent, while the pub and restaurant sector as a whole grew by 0.9 per cent. "With a [...]
UberEats has arrived in London June 16, 2016 Not only is Uber disrupting the way we travel, it's eyeing up the way we eat too. Now Londoners will be able to get food delivered from top restaurants straight to their door via an app in exactly the same way they now order a car. The separate UberEats app will let users order from a [...]
Review: Tom Sellers, the man behind Story, strikes gold again with Restaurant Ours June 15, 2016 Tom Sellers seemed to come out of nowhere. Sure, he’s worked for a bunch of great chefs, but aged 26 he opened Story, which made a big enough splash in the London restaurant scene that the ripples are still going. Try getting a table there at the weekend and you’ll see what I mean. The gimmick [...]
Enter Finca Cortesin, the Spanish boutique hotel where you can buy everything from the chandelier to the bedspread June 13, 2016 When I heard that one of the most elegant and imaginatively styled resorts in Europe was willing to sell its design I sat up to take notice. “Everything is for sale, everything!” they said. Intrigued, I made the short flight from the City to the very tip of Spain in Andalucia. I’d wanted to see [...]