How to have the perfect World Cup at home June 2, 2010 1 Slingbox Pro With World Cup viewing forecast to cost businesses £11.6m this year as matches collide with the working day, make sure you can skive with the best of them. The Slingbox Pro enables you to channel your TV through the internet to your computer or mobile device, wherever you are. Simply set up [...]
Punch Taverns directors reveal retirement plans March 15, 2010 PUNCH Taverns directors Fritz Ternofsky and Mike Foster will retire from the board at the end of March, the company announced yesterday. The company said there were no plans to directly replace him but that non-executive directors Tony Rice and Ian Wilson would pick up some of his duties. Rice will replace Ternofsky as senior [...]
Don’t let a band of thieves ruin your World Cup June 21, 2010 WORRIED about invaders while you’re watching the World Cup? Set up your own CCTV network, which you can watch from the pub. Here are some of the easiest systems. D- Link Wireless Camera £100 www.d-link.co.uk Wireless cameras are easy to install. Connect the camera to your computer, then insert the CD and follow the steps. [...]
LONDON TURNS OUT IN FORCE TO WATCH FINAL ELECTION SHOWDOWN May 6, 2010 FITTINGLY for one of the most important elections in this country’s history, turnout smashed expectations yesterday – and we’re talking of the bars, pubs and restaurants of London, rather than of the polling stations. The City, eager to know what the next government will have in store for them, flocked to parties as the results [...]
M&B finance chief to join Rentokil March 5, 2010 THE finance director of pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is leaving to join Rentokil. Jeremy Townsend will leave to become chief financial officer of the pest control and parcel delivery goods group within six months. He took over as finance director of M&B in January 2008 M&B chief executive Adam Fowle said: “Jeremy has [...]
Live in a Cold War bunker – the ideal home for a nuclear family with style April 8, 2010 JUST imagine the dinner party possibilities of living in an unusual house. No matter what other people tell you about their wonderful new stables or their eco-conversion, revealing that you live in a converted Cold War military base is sure to stop people in their tracks. Two of the most desirable properties currently on the [...]
Festive cheer at Enterprise as sales rally January 21, 2010 PUB group Enterprise Inns yesterday reported improving sales after many of its struggling licensees saw a long-awaited upturn in business. The UK’s second largest pub company said average net income per pub declined by four per cent in the 16 weeks to 16 January – compared to eight per cent in the last financial year. [...]
Enterprise Inns sees sales lift January 21, 2010 PUB group Enterprise Inns reported improving sales after many of its struggling licensees saw a long-awaited upturn in business. The UK’s second largest pub company said average net income per pub declined by 4 per cent in the 16 weeks to 16 January – compared to 8 per cent in the last financial year. Shares [...]
Greene King warns of a difficult year ahead but eyes food market January 27, 2010 GREENE KING may have managed to weather the worst of January’s snow storms, but the integrated pub and brewery giant expects the rest of 2010 to prove even tougher. For the 38 weeks to 24 January 2010, the Suffolk-based pub chain yesterday reported an overall 4.3 per cent growth in sales, despite a three week [...]
Tchenguiz’s former tapas chain part of £100m sale February 8, 2010 THE group behind La Tasca and the Ha Ha Bar and Grill chain could raise £100m when it is put up for sale. The Bay Restaurant Group – which was once part of property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz’s empire – is understood to be being eyed by private equity-backed investors. Interest is set to increase after [...]