Is the City giving you sleeping problems? Forget tablets – here are seven proven ways to help you get a good night’s sleep October 21, 2014 The City is not a place conducive to regular, high-quality sleep. Long hours and late nights spent staring at a computer screen mean even when we do get to bed, it can be difficult to switch off. It is often a vicious cycle, too – the less sleep we get, the more we worry [...]
Diesel engine emissions are just the tip of the iceberg – refrigerated vehicles release over a hundred times more pollutants in Europe every day September 29, 2015 The world relies heavily on cold temperatures. The food we eat, the buildings we inhabit, the data we consume and the medicines that keep us healthy all need cooling. Getting food from the farm to our plates depends on a seamless network of refrigerated processing, storage and transport to ensure it arrives in good condition [...]
Christmas for food lovers: The best new cookbooks November 24, 2014 There is no shortage of cookbooks emerging in time for Christmas. We pick out some of our favourites, featuring mouth-watering cuisine from across the globe. MEXICO Margarita Carrillo Arronte You haven’t tried pulled pork until you’ve tried it Mexican style. That’s just one of the dishes in this bible of Mexican cooking from [...]
The best take-away Christmas lunch: From Benugo’s hot roast turkey sandwich to Itsu’s “aggressively disgusting” pot of chicken December 1, 2014 December is upon us and it’s now perfectly acceptable to buy a take-away Christmas lunch – our sandwich committee checked out some of the most popular. Fred’s at Tesco Thanksgiving Sandwich Turkey, vegetable crisps, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, brie ★★★☆☆ Full marks for presentation but zero for practicality; trying to fit this [...]
Review: TED Restaurant August 26, 2014 I’m a sustainability hypocrite. If I were at a dinner party and the host served bluefin tuna, I’d take great pleasure in making a scene. “How very dare you? Don’t you know bluefin numbers have dropped by 96 per cent thanks to intensive fishing? And while we’re at it, did you know they can swim [...]
Inside Track: Don’t fret: there’s no doubt the deals are on their way January 23, 2014 ONE banker told me the pipeline for new issue deals is as big as he has seen it over the past decade. While another deal-maker says he’s been getting up at 4.30am every morning. And that’s not to watch re-runs of The Wire or Mad Men. It’s the only way to get his work done. [...]
Restaurant review: M by Martin Williams on Threadneedle Walk January 27, 2015 It’s a brave man who first ate an oyster, they say, but it’s a braver man who opens a restaurant in the Square Mile. The normal laws of gastronomic physics don’t apply here. The food scene moves slowly, governed by ritual, force of habit and sheer bloody-mindedness. The trends and fads of Shoreditch and Mayfair [...]
Tech rout slams UK online giants April 8, 2014 BRITISH technology shares were pummeled for a second day yesterday as waves of uncertainty surrounding the sector continued, despite a recovery across similar stocks in the US. The FTSE 100 dropped for the second day in a row, falling over 32 points to 6,590.69, hampered by the poor performance of tech stocks. The top tech [...]
What’s eating key global currencies? The effects of the fallout of worldwide rate hikes and a slowing Chinese economy explained September 29, 2015 The world's key currencies have been subject to significant sideways trading in the last few months, including the euro- dollar, sterling-dollar and yen-dollar. The relatively stable euro-dollar rate is down to relative interest rates between the US and Eurozone staying stable. This is backed up by improving inflation and unemployment in Europe and [...]
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’ mobile network The People’s Operator sees revenues rise but US expansion eats into profit September 29, 2015 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' latest venture, mobile phone provider The People's Operator (TPO), announced its maiden results yesterday and revenues of £603,000. The figures Revenue grew 358 per cent in the six moths to 30 June, from £132,000 in the first half of 2014. The company's losses actually increased from £600,000 last year to £4.4m in [...]