OUT OF OFFICE January 11, 2012 HOCKNEY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 21 JAN-9 APRIL A Bigger Picture showcases new landscape works by Hockney, spanning a 50 year period. It includes a display of his iPad drawings and a series of new films produced using 18 cameras, which will be displayed on multiple screens. www.royalacademy.org.uk OYSTER SHED TO OPEN IN CITY Whatever [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 11, 2012 HOCKNEY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 21 JAN-9 APRIL A Bigger Picture showcases new landscape works by Hockney, spanning a 50 year period. It includes a display of his iPad drawings and a series of new films produced using 18 cameras, which will be displayed on multiple screens. www.royalacademy.org.uk OYSTER SHED TO OPEN IN CITY Whatever [...]
JEREMY IRONS SHORTED BY TRADER AT MARGIN CALL’S RISKY PREMIERE January 10, 2012 TO LEICESTER Square for the premiere of Margin Call, the film set in the last days of an over-leveraged investment bank that has “no relation” to any actual financial institution that went to the wall in 2008. Just as well – because Jeremy Irons, who plays the bank’s pragmatic CEO John Tuld, would have had [...]
There’s no logic behind the workfare proposal February 28, 2012 THE government has introduced a scheme that encourages people on the unemployment benefit to work at selected firms, such as Tesco. They are paid nothing but are alleged to benefit by gaining work experience. This is not slave labour, as some have alleged. No one is forced to do this unpaid work, not even as [...]
Fuller’s grows despite economic downturn November 25, 2011 British brewer and pub chain Fuller’s has reported growth in all parts of its business despite the economic climate, putting its success down to its London focus. Fuller Smith and Turner, whose most famous brand is London Pride, reported pre-tax profits of £16.5m in the six months to October, up five per cent on the [...]
Fuller’s grows despite economic downturn November 25, 2011 British brewer and pub chain Fuller’s has reported growth in all parts of its business despite the economic climate, putting its success down to its London focus. Fuller Smith and Turner, whose most famous brand is London Pride, reported pre-tax profits of £16.5m in the six months to October, up five per cent on the [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK January 2, 2012 WHY BUY one case of finest Bordeaux when you can buy 61? So thought one commodities trader at a major European bank, who spent £81,150 buying the entire 1855 collection from the international wine merchants Fine + Rare. Like a high-end pub crawl, except with a case of the 2009 vintage from each of the [...]
M&A to dine out next year December 11, 2011 BRITAIN’S restaurants and bars sector is expected to enjoy a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions next year, thanks to a pick-up in private equity demand, a report by the accountancy firm BDO has revealed. While sales across the industry are predicted to remain subdued, top high street chains such as Yo! Sushi, Pizza Express and [...]
At table with the quiet star of the gastropub revolution November 16, 2011 Somehow, Eyre Brothers restaurant– David Eyre’s exotic sequel to the Eagle in Clerkenwell – has stayed under the radar. Yes, it’s been in the Time Out guides for every year it’s been open, but for a restaurant of this calibre, you’d be surprised at the amount of noise it hasn’t been getting. The beautiful restaurant, [...]
Doughty in €355m Spain deal February 9, 2012 BUYOUT group Doughty Hanson has bolstered its presence in the private healthcare market by agreeing to buy Spain’s third largest private hospital operator for €355m (£298m). It will take USP Hospitales, a Madrid-based hospital chain, off the hands of creditors Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The firm’s bid represents a nine times multiple [...]