Foodie heaven with summer cookery books June 1, 2011 OOOZING summer puddings with fresh forest berries, flame grilled juicy sausages, vibrant crunchy leaf salads and jugs of fragrant fruity Pimms, sipped slowly over balmy evenings. So much of summer is about the food. And, as the holidays approach, culinary enthusiasts are already scanning the cookbooks on offer to see what new treats they can [...]
POACHERS TURNED GAMEKEEPERS SNARE GOLDMAN WITH BEST BREW July 18, 2011 SHARP-suited, discerning of taste and with a generous disposable income they can easily take elsewhere. Yes, the Goldman crew are a tough crowd – but even the investment bank’s most hard-nosed deal-makers are being won over by the new Italian opposite the Goldman Sachs fortress on Fleet Street, which is gaining a reputation for the [...]
Booker cashes in as shoppers look for cheap deals in grim consumer climate May 19, 2011 BRITAIN’S biggest cash and carry wholesaler Booker yesterday said it was benefiting from consumers’ “search for value” as it beat forecasts with a 25 per cent jump in annual profit. The firm, which runs around 172 branches supplying convenience stores, restaurants, pubs, schools and prisons, made a pre-tax profit of £71.4m. Chief executive Charles Wilson, [...]
SIR TOM HUNTER TAKES TOP SCOTTISH HONOUR May 5, 2011 A VERY unusual thing happened earlier this week, according to motor racing legend Jackie Stewart: “A Scotsman did quite well.” Stewart was referring to the emotional moment when the Wizard of Wishaw John Higgins lifted the Snooker World Championship trophy for the fourth time on Monday night after narrowly beating newcomer Judd Trump. But he [...]
Focus on Ealing: West is the best July 10, 2011 Office Space WITH the clamour and disruption of Crossrail making itself known across central London, investors can seek consolation in turning their thoughts to its profitable prospects in one of London’s most tranquil outposts. Ealing, dubbed “Queen of Suburbs” by no less an authority than Nikolaus Pevsner, will benefit from not one but two Crossrail [...]
BAA warns on Heathrow traffic as losses increase April 27, 2011 BRITISH airports operator BAA scaled back its forecasts for passenger traffic at Heathrow during the peak summer season and said higher interest costs pushed it deeper into the red in the first-quarter, wiping out the benefits of revenue increases and lower costs. BAA, majority owned by Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial , said yesterday that its [...]
BAA warns on Heathrow traffic as losses increase April 27, 2011 BRITISH airports operator BAA scaled back its forecasts for passenger traffic at Heathrow during the peak summer season and said higher interest costs pushed it deeper into the red in the first-quarter, wiping out the benefits of revenue increases and lower costs. BAA, majority owned by Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial , said yesterday that its [...]
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? LATE TIP PAYS OFF June 15, 2011 THEY thought it was all over, but City A.M.’s tips finally came good at Royal Ascot yesterday, when Rhythm of Life beat Dubai Queen in the day’s final race. Ben Dascombe, otherwise known as The Insider on City A.M.’s racing column The Punter, had been tipping Rhythm of Life all day – mainly because the [...]
Stelios rants as Michels exits easyJet May 23, 2011 SIR DAVID Michels, the former Hilton chief executive who once hoped to chair Marks & Spencer, said he would step down from the board of easyJet yesterday in his second such announcement in a month. Michels, easyJet’s deputy chairman, will leave the airline at the end of this year, when he completes his second three-year [...]
Stelios rants as Michels exits easyJet May 23, 2011 SIR DAVID Michels, the former Hilton chief executive who once hoped to chair Marks & Spencer, said he would step down from the board of easyJet yesterday in his second such announcement in a month. Michels, easyJet’s deputy chairman, will leave the airline at the end of this year, when he completes his second three-year [...]