Pizza Express revenues up but struggles to keep same slice of the UK casual dining market August 25, 2016 Pizza Express posted robust revenue growth today but the casual dining group struggled to maintain its slice of the UK eating-out market. The figures Turnover grew by 14 per cent to £488m in the year ended 26 June, up from £423m in 2015. In the UK and Ireland like-for-like sales were down by 1.3 per [...]
Just Eat shares plummets as founding shareholders sell 7.7 per cent stake December 3, 2014 Takeaway site Just Eat became the biggest faller on the FTSE 250 this morning, after its founding shareholders sold a 7.7 per cent stake in the company. Shares fell 8.64 per cent to 309p in mid-morning trading as it emerged shareholders including Index Ventures, SM Trust and Vitruvian Partners sold off part of their share [...]
Nobu interview: the sushi tycoon talks about family, Robert De Niro, and how his new Shoreditch hotel will be a game-changer November 8, 2016 According to Madonna, you can tell if a city is going to be fun by whether there’s a Nobu in it. The brainchild of Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and Robert De Niro – or just plain “Bob” – the brand has an uncanny knack of courting the beau monde. Even after 22 years, in which time more [...]
Brighton & Hove Albion chief Paul Barber explains off-field strategy of a Premier League club in waiting March 4, 2017 In less than a decade Brighton & Hove Albion have evolved from a mid table League One side playing at a converted athletics stadium to fewer than 10,000 fans, to a Premier League club in waiting who call the state of the art 30,000 capacity Amex Stadium home. Brighton have been amongst the Championship promotion contenders in three of the [...]
Explore the hidden trails of Bali, where luxury retreats hide among verdant rainforests and spectacular valleys September 16, 2016 A monsoon deluge broke as we approached the emerald rainforests of Ubud, sending a family of chattering monkeys, some holding each other’s tails, scampering for the sanctuary of the sandalwood trees. It was that bewitching hour in the tropics when day turns rapidly into bible-black night, as if a curtain has dropped, and driving through plantations [...]
Deliveroo co-founder Will Shu talks buffalo wings, concerned ex-colleagues and hedging bankers February 22, 2016 By the time Will Shu, co-founder of Deliveroo, launched his company, he knew acutely what problem he was trying to solve. The former investment banker grew up in Connecticut, went to college in Chicago and then went straight to work for Morgan Stanley in New York. “This was 2001, and things were very different then. The [...]
Paws for thought: Should you be allowed pets in your office? September 13, 2016 How would you feel about a colleague bringing their pet to your workplace? Maybe you’re having a ruff time, feline a bit down, and a furry friend would brighten up your day. Perhaps a yapping mutt would be a cat-astrophic distraction, leaving you fur-ious by the end of the day. Following Brexit, last week our politicians [...]
Pret a Manger has just opened its first veggie pop-up in Soho June 1, 2016 The City's top lunch spot, Pret a Manger, has had a green makeover today as it opened the doors at its Little Veggie Pop-Up on Broadwick Street in Soho. The pop-up offers 45 new vegetarian and vegans recipes for the menu, including open rye sandwiches, courgetti and cauliflower rice "plant pots" and savoury yoghurt bowls – as well [...]
Ferrari GTC4Lusso review: The four-seater is now even more likely to scare its three passengers witless September 26, 2016 If you own a Ferrari, you sometimes get sick of driving. Turn up to a birthday party or a barbeque and you literally have to spend hours giving people joyrides, one by one, when you’d rather be eating burgers. Or trying to fully savour the jealousy of your ex, who’s now married to a Hyundai-driving [...]
RIP to the humble business lunch? Two thirds say working lunches aren’t what they used to be June 2, 2016 What does one have to do to get a three course meal and a bottle of wine these days? Bad news for PRs. British business is under threat from the death of the business lunch, according to new research. If the appetite for Deliveroo's office lunch competition was anything to go by, work lunching just isn't what it used to be. [...]