Why you’ll need to abandon your privacy to embrace the driverless car revolution March 19, 2015 Driverless cars have hit Britain’s roads. The BAE Wildcat, a modified military jeep developed by the aerospace company, has been seen out and about in Bristol, while autonomous Lutz pods have been driving around public areas in Milton Keynes and Coventry. By 2030, autonomous vehicles are expected to reach a level of safety and sophistication [...]
Fire and ice mix at the launch of Canary Wharf’s skating rink November 6, 2014 It's not winter until there’s an ice skating rink popping up next to your office, and last night was the turn for Canary Wharfers, as its rink launched – and in a blaze of glory at that. The party, attended by Barclays and Citibank among others, saw the Guinness World Record for most [...]
Mix it up: Raise your glass to London’s best rooftop cocktail bars with a view February 3, 2015 Architects and engineers are at war with the sky. While they battle it out, the rest of us can sit back and raise a glass to the men and women who are realising humanity’s inexorable urge to break the heavens. Each skyscraper will have its day – but there can be no winners. Just consider [...]
Tim Cook: Apple Pay registered a million users in its first three days October 28, 2014 More than a million excited Apple fanboys had registered their credit cards with Apple Pay within 72 hours of its launch last week, Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said. The system launched with much hype on 20 October, allowing users to pay for goods in more than 220,000 retailers, including Bloomingdales, McDonalds, Foot Locker, [...]
Chipotle sales beat forecasts October 20, 2014 MEXICAN food chain Chipotle yesterday reported forecast-beating profit as sales continued to surge. Sales rose 19.8 per cent at restaurants open at least a year for its third quarter. While the US company expects comparable restaurant sales increases in the mid-teens for this year, it forecast that figure will dip to low to mid-single digit [...]
What are the most insanely calorific meals in the US? America introduces calorie count rule for restaurants November 25, 2014 Fast food chains in the US including KFC, The Cheesecake Factory and Subway will have to start publishing the calorific content of their food from next year as part of a nationwide attempt to curb the country's obesity epidemic. According to an update of existing rules, which was issued by the Food and Drug [...]
Super Bowl XLIX 2015 adverts: Watch Budweiser’s Lost Dog, NoMore.org’s domestic violence PSA, Bud Light’s Pac Man and T-Mobile’s Kim Kardashian videos February 1, 2015 Some 184m Americans are expected to tune into the Super Bowl this year to watch the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks showdown. While American football is nowhere near that popular here in the UK (although it is growing), chances are many more of us have seen a Super Bowl advert shared on our screens [...]
Hemingway Design: The family team behind East Village in Stratford February 12, 2015 Once the last fireworks of the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games had fizzled out, it was time for the cranes to move in and turn this former marshland into a place people being would literally buy into. While West Ham and Spurs were arguing over who gets the Olympic Stadium, a team [...]
All change at the top as trio of firms shuffle executives September 8, 2014 BERKELEY GROUP | FINANCE CHIEF EXITS Berkeley Group yesterday said finance director Nick Simpkin had left the board with immediate effect after five years in the role. Ben Marks, financial controller, who has been with group for 10 years will be working closely with Rob Perrins, group managing director, to manage financial function pending recruitment [...]
McDonald’s revenues turn sour January 23, 2014 CONSUMERS lost their appetite for McDonald’s hamburgers and fries in the fourth quarter as the fast food giant revealed weaker-than-expected sales at restaurants open more than a year. Global like-for-like sales fell by 0.1 per cent in the three months to the end of December, the group said yesterday, as fewer people passed through its [...]