Inside Bafta 2024: how Hollywood takes over London for 24 hours February 19, 2024 Inside Bafta 2024: how awards ceremony takes over London
Just Eat boss quits in unexpected resignation January 21, 2019 Just Eat chief executive Peter Plumb is to step down from his role at the British takeaway ordering website with immediate effect, the firm revealed this morning. In an unexpected announcement Just Eat said that Plumb is to be replaced after 16 months at the helm on an interim basis by current chief customer officer Peter Duffy [...]
‘All the DJs have left Berlin!’ Riaz Phillips interviews Mickey Down April 8, 2024 Food writer and author Riaz Phillips interviews his old flatmate and fellow Oxford University grad Mickey Down, the co-creator of Industry
Companies boosted by Covid rank among the worst market performers July 19, 2021 Companies boosted by the onset of the Covid crisis rank among the worst performers on the market over the last year. Takeaway delivery company Just Eat Takeaway.com has benefitted from a surge in orders since the arrival of the virus as a result of Brits rushing to find substitutes to dining out during lockdowns. However, [...]
A revitalised gig economy free from controversy is in all of our best interests October 7, 2021 Back in 2009, the gig economy promised to revolutionise the relationship between companies and the people working for them. The main attraction of the gig economy is that it offers freedom; freedom to set your own rules and have the flexibility to work when it suits. This was the future of employment, but fast-forward a [...]
Wall Street opens flat as big banks kick off earnings season April 14, 2021 U.S. stock indexes opened flat today as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan kicked off the first-quarter corporate earnings season, against the backdrop of a swift vaccine-led global economic recovery The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.32 points, or 0.02 per cent, at the open to 33,668.95. The S&P 500 opened lower by 0.01 points, or -0.00 [...]
Retailers in trouble as 51 per cent of punters cut back on clothes shopping July 31, 2023 Retail and hospitality industries continue to be bruised by the UK’s cost of living crisis as 59 per cent of people have cut their spending on eating out and a further 51 per cent have cut spending on clothing. As Brits continue to watch their pennies amid high inflation, figures from Oxera show that in [...]
This new hotel in an 1906 court offers amazing history close to London November 27, 2023 This new London hotel is well worth the short journey out of central for
Ask the expert: Tom Cenci on where to eat and drink in London November 16, 2022 Nessa executive chef Tom Cenci tells us where to eat in the capital on your day off, from gourmet to takeaway. FACING HEAVEN This is one of my favourite, if not my number one, places to go in London; it’s a cool, quirky little restaurant that’s full of character. I don’t want to jinx it, [...]
Greggs bakes in recovery as chain plots high street expansion August 3, 2021 Greggs appears well set for expansion after a sustained recovery in sales as coronavirus restrictions have eased. The British bakery and fast-food chain made £55.5m in pre-tax profit in the first half of 2021, compared to a pre-tax loss of £64.5m in the same period last year. Total sales amounted to £546.2m. The increase in [...]