Van hire firm Northgate sacks chief finance officer Paddy Gallagher after assault conviction September 26, 2017 Northgate announced today it had sacked its chief finance officer Paddy Gallagher after he was convicted for common assault. In a statement today, the van rental firm said Gallagher had been “summarily dismissed due to his conviction for the summary offence of common assault”. Read more: Northgate races forward with 22 per cent pre-tax profit [...]
Fitness advice: How keeping a diary could help you hit your health goals May 16, 2018 Having worked with thousands of clients since opening No1 Fitness nine years ago, I’ve worked out what the single most underrated part of a fitness regime is: the initial consultation. Everyone has a goal. And everyone will tell you what they want to achieve. But the two aren’t always the same thing. There are a [...]
The Confederation of British Industry says City firms are feeling the pinch, but we’re all still going down the pub November 28, 2016 Service sector profits have slumped in the UK in the last three months but declining sentiment among the sector’s business leaders is slowing. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said although morale among firms continued to drop, some sub-sectors were more positive. Hotels, bars and restaurants have been boosted consumer spending according to reports by [...]
The EU’s doublethink on smoking in films is such a drag November 29, 2017 In a senate discussion on the price of cigarettes, French health minister, Agnès Buzyn, said that she is ready to clamp down on le problème le plus important: smoking in films. The horror. The health minister insinuated that characters who smoke in films encourage young people to do the same. If only to add legitimacy [...]
Big pub companies have plenty to toast as turnover bubbles up 11 per cent in last year November 14, 2016 As many as 29 pubs close each week but the turnover of the UK's top 100 pubs and bars has increased by 30 per cent since 2008/09. According to Ortus Secured Finance, the turnover of the top 100 pub and bar companies reached £11.7bn in 2015/16, up from £8.9bn in 2008/09 and that figure has grown [...]
Punch Taverns shares froth up under the influence of preliminary results, despite effects of Pubs Code and Brexit November 8, 2016 Punch Taverns’ share price frothed up more than two per cent this morning despite a negative impact reported from new pub reforms and uncertainty over the UK’s Brexit vote. The figures In its preliminary results for the year to 20 August, the company said its performance was in-line with management expectations. Punch said average profit [...]
It’s the start of British pub week – here’s a list of some of London’s best boozers October 28, 2016 Today marks the start of British pub week, and because we know you’re a hard-working bunch, we’ve put together a list of London’s top-rated boozers on that great hospitality authority, TripAdvisor. 1. The Duke Of Argyll, Soho This large pub provides a good range of traditional organic wheatbeers, ale and stout, all of which are [...]
Shirt pull: Classic football kits have never been bigger business thanks to the 90s fashion boom and looming World Cup March 28, 2018 During this summer’s World Cup you will be nearly as certain to spot a football fan sporting a France shirt from 1998 or West Germany’s block-patterned effort from 1990 as you are to see someone kitted out in the latest England kit. Vintage football shirts have not only become commonplace at stadiums, in the pub, [...]
Apple HomePod smart speaker review: A hell of a speaker controlled by a mildly disappointing assistant February 16, 2018 Apple rarely gets to the party first. IBM built a smartphone 15 years before the iPhone. Tablet computers have been around since the 1980s. Just about every manufacturer had a stab at a smart watch before the Apple got around to it in 2014. But the iPhone will be remembered as the smartphone, the iPad [...]
Revolution Bars shareholders eye a merger with Deltic after rejecting Stonegate October 29, 2017 Top stakeholders in Revolution Bars are starting to warm up to the idea of a merger with nightclub operator Deltic Group. Shareholders in Revolution rejected a more than £100m takeover offer from Slug and Lettuce owner Stonegate Pub Company earlier this month. Deltic had attempted to put the brakes on the takeover bid by launching [...]