Trivet restaurant review: A masterclass in the fine art of simplicity April 27, 2022 When you visit the Fat Duck website you’re greeted by the message: “Welcome questioneer… Are you ready?” Beside this plays a video of a steam train whizzing past a rapidly-growing crystal formation that, like an acid trip, becomes a lime, then a flower. Am I ready? I’m not sure. Scroll down and the restaurant’s famous [...]
McLaren Artura review: second coming for the supercar June 21, 2022 The long-awaited Artura is a new kind of McLaren supercar, with a high-revving V6 and a fully electric mode. Tim Pitt drives it.
Brits face choice between heating and eating, warns personal finance guru Martin Lewis September 20, 2021 Thousands of Brits will be forced to make the devastating choice between heating and eating as energy bills rise, Martin Lewis has warned. The consumer and personal finance champion called the ongoing energy crisis “catastrophic” and said intervention is needed to help consumers. Soaring wholesale gas prices are putting an upward pressure on energy bills. [...]
Delivery boom: Ant Group-backed Zomato eyes IPO valuation of nearly $8bn July 8, 2021 Ant Group-backed food delivery company Zomato has a near $8bn valuation on the cards in its initial public offering (IPO), with shares priced at 0.96 cents to $1.02 per share. Zomato, one of India’s most biggest startups, has reaped the rewards of a pandemic-induced surge in online ordering. The lofty $7.98bn figure is at the [...]
Staff crisis in hospitality: Act now or risk being the next France June 15, 2021 The hospitality sector is in the midst of a staff crisis. We always knew that staffing would be a challenge with full reopening post-Covid, that not everybody would return to work after furlough. Many of our French and Italian staff went back home during lockdown and had decided not to return to the UK or [...]
Deliveroo and Amazon hit back at CMA probe January 29, 2020 Amazon and Deliveroo have hit back at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), calling its investigation flawed. They have complained that the CMA has failed to “produce any credible evidence of existing competition between Amazon and Deliveroo”. The watchdog referred the deal to a full investigation in late December, casting doubt on whether the investment [...]
Greggs to roll out delivery nationwide after successful trials January 8, 2020 Greggs is preparing to roll out a delivery service nationwide following successful trials with Deliveroo and Just Eat. Fans of pasties, cakes and the bakery’s vegan sausage rolls across the UK will be able to order Greggs’ products to their door by the end of the year. Read more: Greggs employees to get £7m payout [...]
The One that Trot Away: My dream of a Peppa Pig restaurant empire December 8, 2021 As Pied à Terre celebrates its 30th anniversary, there are plenty of highs and lows I could look back upon. Winning a Michelin star just over a year after opening; regaining our second Michelin star with chef Shane Osborn; the fire that closed the restaurant for most of 2014 (at least my badminton game came [...]
Barclays takes a stake in digital receipts startup Flux January 29, 2020 Barclays will today take its relationship with digital receipts startup Flux one step further by acquiring a minority stake in the London tech firm. The startup said Barclays will also soon begin an expansion of its ongoing partnership with Flux to reach its entire UK mobile banking customer base, after a successful trial period on [...]
Ten reasons to be part of something Glorious this Summer June 22, 2023 The Qatar Goodwood Festival, which takes place from Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 August, is one of the undisputed highlights of the British sporting calendar and social. The world-famous five-day festival, affectionately known as ‘Glorious Goodwood’, presents spellbinding sport to the backdrop of the rolling Sussex Downs. To whet the appetite for an exquisite week where [...]