London-based food-tech platform Taster raises $37m in funding April 29, 2021 London-based digital restaurant platform Taster has raised $37m in series B funding, led by Cazoo-backing firm, the company confirmed today. Backed by the same firm that helped used-car platform Cazoo land its £5bn valuation, Octopus Ventures, Taster has capitalised on the growth seen within the food delivery industry over the last 18 months. “If McDonald’s [...]
England football team chef Omar Meziane on feeding Harry Kane and Co, Joe Hart’s soup strop, and his new business Tweakd January 8, 2021 He might be the England team’s trusted chef now, but Omar Meziane did not expect his first assignment with the country’s best footballers to last long. “It was a rainy Sunday night when I got a call from the FA saying: ‘We’d love you to go to South Korea with the under-20s.’ About a week [...]
The Tories that voted for Christmas November 4, 2020 England will enter its second national lockdown at midnight tonight, after MPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of new restrictions. The government won the vote by 516 to 38, with a majority of 478 meaning the fresh measures will come into effect at the twelfth stroke of the clock. In a three-hour debate in the House [...]
KFC to hire 5,400 new workers despite ‘extremely difficult year’ for hospitality October 23, 2020 Fast food chain KFC has announced plans to hire 5,400 new workers in the UK and Ireland by the end of the year, signalling confidence in the hospitality industry despite an “extremely difficult year” for the sector. KFC, which has already employed more than 4,300 new team members since the start of lockdown, said the [...]
Philip Green’s Arcadia ‘faces collapse’ in the coming days November 27, 2020 Sir Philip Green’s retail empire Arcadia, owner of Topshop, could appoint administrators early next week. Sky News reported the move could put 13,000 jobs at risk. The appointment of administrators could happen as early as Monday, although one source close to the story told Sky News the plan had not been finalised and could be [...]
Godzilla Vs Kong – a spectacle that belongs on the big screen April 1, 2021 The first big blockbuster of the summer has arrived (yes, even in these times Hollywood considers the summer season to start at the end of March). As the title suggests, Godzilla Vs Kong sees the two big monsters of cinema meet face-to-face in a battle for supremacy. We find Kong isolated in a domed Skull [...]
Make-or-break day for Boris Johnson as Tory calls for PM to resign grow louder after Sunak and Javid flee cabinet July 6, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson wakes up to growing calls to resign after a wave of Government exits, including Cabinet resignations, are threatening to end his time in No 10. Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigned immediately after the Prime Minister apologised for giving former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher a top job despite knowledge of [...]
McDonald’s loses EU copyright case over the Big Mac name January 16, 2019 McDonald’s will lose the exclusive rights to its eponymous Big Mac burger as European regulators yesterday found in favour of Irish chain Supermac’s. The David against Goliath battle culminated in a decision by the EU Intellectual Property Office, finding that McDonald’s had not proven genuine use of the trademark for the last five years. Read [...]
Bitcoin is paving the way for El Salvador to be a real economic powerhouse October 7, 2022 Jason Deane finds out - at first hand - how countries like El Salvador may genuinely end up showing us the way forward.
KFC drops Finger Lickin’ Good slogan amid coronavirus pandemic August 25, 2020 Fast food giant KFC has scrapped its “Finger Lickin’ Good” slogan during the coronavirus pandemic. The fried chicken chain will temporarily remove the 64-year-old slogan from its advertising, saying it “doesn’t feel quite right” during the Covid-19 era of hand washing and social distancing. The move comes after KFC pulled a series of adverts featuring customers [...]