Michael Caines, the two-star Michelin chef, author and television personality, together with a consortium of investors, has exchanged contracts for the purchase of Courtlands, Lympstone. The purchase is subject to the Grade lllisted Georgian mansion achieving full planning permission to convert it into a 21-bedroom country house hotel and restaurant. Caines outlined his … [Read more...]
Greggs: continued strong performance
Greggs has reported continued strong performance for the 24 weeks to 13 December , with Chief Executive Roger Whiteside commenting: "The strong performance that we reported in our September IMS has continued. Trading conditions have remained helpful but there is no doubt that customers are also responding to improvements in our product and service offer and to the investment … [Read more...]
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw to re-locate to Port Isaac
Nathan and Rachel Outlaw are delighted to announce that their 2 Michelin starred Restaurant Nathan Outlaw is moving to new premises in the fishing village of Port Isaac. The restaurant will be located in the building currently known as The Edge, which affords amazing panoramic views across the bay. Outlaw’s at St Enodoc Hotel, Rock will remain open, with everyone united to … [Read more...]
Coffee Gourmet – the investment and user opportunity
Coffee Gourmet was developed to design a coffee filter that would deliver a new high quality coffee drinking experience – and their latest design claims to do so by filtering coffee without limiting but by heightening the quality of its taste, adding greater clarity and definition to the flavour than any other filter system. It’s an interesting and well-presented project … [Read more...]
Launch of ‘Drop the Duty’ campaign
A 2% cut in duty on wine and spirits would give Chancellor George Osborne a £1.5 billion boost to the public finances in 2015, new industry analysis by EY has today revealed. The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) and Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) will launch on 15 December their ‘Drop the Duty!’ campaign, calling for a 2% cut in alcohol duty at the next UK Budget in … [Read more...]