Vodafone eyes up Tesco’s video service Blinkbox November 30, 2014 Vodafone is eyeing up Tesco’s video streaming service Blinkbox following its chief executive’s comments that the firm intends to push into home broadband and TV in the UK next year. While the mobile operator is looking at Blinkbox, along with a number of other interested parties, it is “nowhere near final terms on a deal,” [...]
Asia and North America fuels profits at SSP November 27, 2014 TRAVEL catering giant SSP delivered a strong jump in profits in its maiden full-year results since floating this summer, fuelled by growth across its businesses in North America and Asia Pacific. The group, which runs travel concessions for retailers such as Marks & Spencer, said underlying pre-tax profits, which exclude IPO costs, rose 61.4 per [...]
Focus on Victoria: Grab a prime bargain in SW1 November 27, 2014 Victoria has long been a place of work, but it’s been a while since it’s been a place to live. Dominated by a mixture of grey government office blocks and its various transport hubs, it certainly doesn’t fit the desirable London village trend. But that may be about to change. Developer Land Securities [...]
It doesn’t get more central than The Beecham in Covent Garden November 27, 2014 Covent Garden, that stretch of meandering streets off The Strand that culminates in the famous piazza, has been through every stage of London life. It started out, as many of the City’s suburbs did, as countryside, serving as gardens for Westminster Abbey. Then came its first gentrification phase when Henry VIII seized the land [...]
Britvic sweetens UK with launch of French syrup November 26, 2014 BRITVIC is planning to launch its French-based syrup brand Teisseire in the UK next year as it steps up its exposure to the premium drinks market and targets adults with a sweet tooth. The Robinsons and Fruit Shoot maker said it would launch the drink on supermarket shelves as well as in coffee chains, bars [...]
M&B is upbeat despite a 13pc decline in profit November 25, 2014 UK PUB and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers posted promising results yesterday, despite recording a 13 per cent loss in profits for the financial year ended 27 September. The Birmingham-based firm saw its pre-tax profit fall to £123m for the year, from £142m last year. It said a key drag on profits came from integrating [...]
Mince pies with a very Spanish twist by Salt Yard chef Ben Tish November 25, 2014 Ben Tish, executive chef of Salt Yard, Ember Yard, Opera Tavern and Dehesa talks mince pies. I was brought up on mince pies. My gran made them with puff pastry and they were amazing. After she passed away my parents switched over to M&S ones. I’ve always loved them and I’ve always cooked [...]
Hamilton: I toasted title with watermelon juice not bubbly November 24, 2014 Britain’s new F1 champion stayed sober for second title celebration CHAMPAGNE may have rained down in the immediate, giddy aftermath of his Formula One world championship victory, but Britain’s Lewis Hamilton insists that is as boozy as Sunday’s title celebrations got. The clean-living racer from Stevenage revealed yesterday that he toasted his second title with [...]
Labour to sell off £100m worth of buildings including Inn The Park, QE2 conference centre and Marlborough House November 23, 2014 Labour has announced plans to sell off £100m worth of government-owned buildings in London if the party wins the general election next May. As part of a review of public spending, designed to tackle the deficit, Ed Miliband’s party is planning to hang the “for sale” sign on a number of iconic buildings [...]
D&D signs deal with Land Secs to open first Scottish restaurant at Glasgow Concert Hall November 19, 2014 D&D London is to open its first restaurant in Scotland after signing up to Land Securities’ Buchanan Galleries development in Glasgow. The restaurant group, which owns Coq d’Argent in the City and The Grand Café at the Royal Exchange, said yesterday it would open a 7,500 square feet restaurant on the upper two floors of [...]