Following a third consecutive year of growth, the UK’s largest nightclub operator, The Luminar Group, has announced an 18% increase in profits for the 53 weeks until 28 February 2015. The company, which employs 3,000 people and operates 58 nightclubs and bars nationwide, delivered a profit before tax of £3.7m and an EBITDA of £11.4m. With a strong financial platform in … [Read more...]
Starbucks and Spotify to connect
Starbucks has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent with leading music streaming service, Spotify to establish a multi-year relationship that will link its 7,000 company-operated stores in the U.S. – the UK will follow - and 10 Million My Starbucks Rewards loyalty members with Spotify’s more than 60 Million global users to offer a first-of-its-kind music … [Read more...]
Consumers clash with businesses over ways to pay
UK consumers and businesses are poles apart on the adoption of new and innovative payments technologies, according to Sage Pay’s 2015 Payments Landscape Report. Consumers seek innovative payment methods More than 1 in 4 consumers say that they are more likely to shop somewhere which offers a greater range of, or more innovative, payments methods. The report also found … [Read more...]
TripAdvisor awards Certificate of Excellence 2015 to 40,000 UK hospitality businesses
TripAdvisor announced 19 May the 2015 Certificate of Excellence award recipients. A total of 40,464 hospitality businesses in the UK have been awarded this year – up from 31,325 in 2014. London tops the world This year is particularly good news for London, with the UK capital home to more award-winning businesses than any other city in the world. Now in its fifth year, … [Read more...]
Invent a Pizza at Bunga Bunga
Bunga Bunga is introducing INVENT A PIZZA, a monthly competition where guests are presented with the opportunity to design their very own ingenious pizza for a chance to have their masterpiece featured on the menu for one whole month. Each month, the Bunga Bunga team will sift through the entries and will choose one winner and runner-up with the most outrageous pizza … [Read more...]