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 [...]
The Conservatives have outlived their usefulness: It’s time for a southern party March 16, 2015 Us southerners are over-taxed, says Kelvin MacKenzie. We must fight back I FEEL gloomy about the outcome of the General Election. If you could choose your enemy in politics, I presume David Cameron would pick Ed Miliband ahead of anybody else on the Labour benches with the possible exception of that portly prat Tom Watson. [...]
General Election 2015: The Conservatives have outlived their usefulness – it’s time for a Southern Party March 15, 2015 I feel gloomy about the outcome of the General Election. If you could choose your enemy in politics, I presume David Cameron would pick Ed Miliband ahead of anybody else on the Labour benches with the possible exception of that portly prat Tom Watson. But I look at the issue from the other end [...]
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 [...]
Retail sales to the fore as reporting ends – Wall St week November 9, 2014 WITH the US third-quarter earnings season almost at an end, many investors are breathing a sigh of relief as more companies surpassed profit expectations than in any quarter since 2010. But some analysts say investors may be brushing off their worries about corporate profits a little too soon. Economists are focused on retail sales after [...]
There’s hard evidence that soft skills are key to success in business January 18, 2015 I’m regularly asked how to get ahead at work and what lessons there are from my own success in business. The answer often surprises people. It’s not just about qualifications. It’s not about my education or background. I’d actually put my success down to something called soft skills – the vital abilities in areas such [...]