Russell Norman and business partner Richard Beatty will open POLPO Chelsea at 81 Duke of York Square on 18 May 2015. Housed within a Georgian, grade II listed building on the West side of the square, the new restaurant will have a stripped back feel, inspired by the scruffy wine bars of Venice. Guests will enter through a heavy red velvet curtain to find a zinc topped bar … [Read more...]
Harry Ramsden’s returns to Yorkshire
One of the UK’S most admired brands has made its long awaited return to Yorkshire, when the new Harry Ramsden’s officially opened its doors in Wrose Road, Shipley. The opening of the new outlet, which will of course be serving Harry’s world famous fish and chips, is the result of the partnership between Vikesh and Dimple Patel of JVP Ventures and the senior management team … [Read more...]
Brocket Hall in Administration presents business opportunity
As a result of a protracted period of poor trading leading to financial difficulties, and culminating in HMRC issuing a winding-up petition, Peter Holder, Nick Cropper and Anne O’Keefe, of leading global business-advisory firm AlixPartners Services UK LLP (AlixPartners), were appointed Joint Administrators over Brocket Hall International Limited (the Company) on 31 March … [Read more...]
Gordon Ramsay opens maze Grill Park Walk – and Chelsea
Gordon Ramsay Group is about to return to the restaurant where the chef’s career first took off more than 20 years ago. 11 Park Walk, originally the site of Ramsay’s Aubergine restaurant, will open as a maze Grill on 22 April. Inspired by the grill rooms of Manhattan, the vibrant new 60-cover restaurant will offer the concept’s signature rare breed steaks, fish and poultry from … [Read more...]
Keeping the bugs at bay when drying hands
New research by the University of Westminster, commissioned by ETS, the European Tissue Symposium, suggests that single use towels are the most hygienic way to dry hands after visiting the washroom. Despite a trend for sophisticated drying machines in recent years it appears that traditional single use towels offer an unsurpassed level of hygiene when drying hands after … [Read more...]