The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners just smashed the company’s own green water replenishment target five years early August 29, 2016 The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling subsidiaries have met their water replenishment goal five years ahead of schedule. Coca-Cola's self-set water replenishment goal, first mooted in 2007, was to return the equivalent amount of water used by the company in its global sales volume back to nature and communities. A global assessment has shown the drinks behemoth [...]
Ikea is letting you launch a pop-up DIY restaurant on Shoreditch High Street with 20 of your friends – for free August 29, 2016 Forget furniture, Swedish DIY titan Ikea is about to offer Londoners a very different type of do-it-yourself experience. Next month Ikea is set to open a fully immersive DIY restaurant space in the heart of Shoreditch, where you and 20 of your friends can take over a pre-prepared diner space to choose your own menu, cook and [...]
Frankie & Benny’s owner The Restaurant Group to concentrate store closures outside of London August 29, 2016 Frankie & Benny's owner The Restaurant Group (TRG) will focus the vast majority of its upcoming restaurant closures outside of London. The FTSE 250-listed firm announced on Friday it is set to close 33 of its most underperforming sites, including 14 Frankie & Benny's branches and 11 Chiquito restaurants after a "challenging trading" period. Just two of [...]
Staycation spending on the up as Britons opt for home-bound holidays August 26, 2016 Domestic holidaymakers are shelling out more on their UK staycations, new research from Barclays Business shows. The average spend on trips in the UK has grown six per cent in the last year to £22.1bn, at £613 per party, up from £575 in 2015. Londoners were willing to fork out more to stay in the [...]
Yes, really: Strip club and lapdance tycoon Peter Stringfellow will launch an online lingerie range before Christmas August 25, 2016 Despite the launch of the Night Tube, strip club tycoon Peter Stringfellow has found a new venture outside of the nighttime economy. It will, nonetheless, maintain his interest in scantily clad women. That's right, he's launching a lingerie line. Stringfellows Collection will be on sale online for baffled boyfriends and present-stressed husbands before Christmas, though he has [...]
Don’t burger up your bank holiday: Five million of us could be “at risk” from rare burgers on home-cooked barbecues this bank holiday August 25, 2016 You're probably already aware that today is National Burger Day, but if you're planning to celebrate with a barbecue over the weekend you might want to heed this stark warning. According to the Food Standards Agency, more than five million Britons will be at risk of food poisoning from rare – i.e. pink in the [...]
Pizza Express revenues up but struggles to keep same slice of the UK casual dining market August 25, 2016 Pizza Express posted robust revenue growth today but the casual dining group struggled to maintain its slice of the UK eating-out market. The figures Turnover grew by 14 per cent to £488m in the year ended 26 June, up from £423m in 2015. In the UK and Ireland like-for-like sales were down by 1.3 per [...]
Playtech’s share price and market capitalisation jump as group treats investors to €150m special dividend August 25, 2016 Gambling software group Playtech's share price popped to a record high this morning after it announced it will treat shareholders to a bumper €150m (£128m) special dividend. The figures Playtech said it will make the payout in December, though it has also hiked its interim dividend by 15 per cent to €0.11. The company said the boosts were in [...]
The Naked Trader is about to divulge his trading psychology secrets August 24, 2016 It's been a while since we were all enthusiastically encouraged to dabble in amateur trading. If all that summer holiday reading hasn’t tired out wannabe millionaires by September, the so-called Naked Trader’s latest offering – “Trade Like a Shark” – will likely be doing the rounds on commuter trains and among the City’s grad scheme applicants. Robbie [...]
Being an assistant to master chocolatier Paul A Young is probably the best PA job in the City August 24, 2016 We wouldn’t say this lightly, but we may have come across what could well be the best PA job in the City. Paul A Young, master chocolatier and owner of the branch of luxury Paul A Young Fine Chocolates shops that bear his name, is apparently looking for a “dynamic and hard working PA with experience”. EXCITING opportunity [...]
