Restaurant review: Berners Tavern October 1, 2013 BERNERS TAVERN The London Edition Hotel, 10 Berners St Tel: 020 7908 7979 FOOD Two Stars VALUE Two Stars ATMOSPHERE Two Stars Cost for two with drinks: £110 Berners Tavern sounds like a nice little place, doesn’t it? Like a Somerset country inn that’s been converted to a gastropub by an ex-Londoner with a moustache [...]
The changing skyline of Aldgate June 4, 2013 Aldgate is fast becoming a hub for mixed-use developments offering the best in modern living. Naomi Mdudu investigates. The east end isn’t the only area under major regeneration. Aldgate, which lies within the City Fringe, a transitional area between the financial district and east London proper, is quickly becoming a prime residential spot and is [...]
Breathe new life into your fitness routine January 28, 2013 For the core queen: If you’re one of those people who has left a traditional Pilates class wondering what all the fuss is about, you might like Pop Pilates. Dubbed the “super intense, hard-core version of Pilates”, Pop Pilates sees you performing the traditional bridge with weights; a plank on a Swiss ball and dumbbells [...]
Ocado to name Tatton-Brown as finance chief June 24, 2012 DUNCAN TATTON-BROWN, the former finance boss of debt-laden gym chain Fitness First, is this week set to be named as the new finance director of online supermarket Ocado. Tatton-Brown was fired along with other top Fitness First executives in February as part of a radical boardroom shake-up by the troubled gym group’s private equity backers, [...]
We don’t need to fear a Chinese slowdown – it’s real capitalism in action February 5, 2013 IT HAS suddenly become fashionable to be concerned about a slowdown in China’s growth rate. It’s not a matter of a short-run cyclical downturn, with normal service resumed shortly. It is a worry that there will be a permanent slowdown by the end of this decade. Instead of annual growth rates around 10 per cent [...]
London’s first female-only well-being members club opens its doors in Belgravia January 28, 2013 THE CAPITAL is experiencing a new wave of women’s only clubs. While men have long enjoyed the benefits of the popular Turf Club and Boodle’s, there’s been a void in the market for women – but that’s changing. In September Prada’s sister brand Miu Miu opened a pop-up women’s-only private members club at Café Royal [...]
The rise and rise of the super gym: how to work out in style November 12, 2012 I remember a time when “posh gym membership” meant you were given a towel on arrival. Nothing so modest nowadays. We’ve moved on to scuba diving in your lunch hour, technology that allows you to measure and track every heartbeat and swim stroke, both in and out of the club, and chilled eucalyptus towels on [...]
The rise and rise of the super gym: how to work out in style November 12, 2012 I remember a time when “posh gym membership” meant you were given a towel on arrival. Nothing so modest nowadays. We’ve moved on to scuba diving in your lunch hour, technology that allows you to measure and track every heartbeat and swim stroke, both in and out of the club, and chilled eucalyptus towels on [...]
Fitness First results show no gain without pain November 14, 2012 FITNESS FIRST, the embattled health club chain, has slumped to a £672m loss after painful restructuring earlier this year that saw it narrowly miss going into administration. Club closures and one-off accounting charges have dragged the group to a pre-tax loss of £671.5m in the year to 31 October from an £82.9m loss last year. [...]
Trader media replaces chief executive September 19, 2012 TRADER Media Group has appointed Zillah Byng-Maddick as its interim chief, following the unexpected departure of John King. King has led the Auto Trader owner for five years, but left the firm yesterday. Byng-Maddick has been with the group for three years, prior to which she was finance chief at the Fitness First gym chain, [...]