PizzaExpress is teaming up with MySingleFriend to play cupid on Valentine’s Day by creating a series of single events, to help the 17.8 million singletons currently in Britain find the partner of their dreams! PizzaExpress will be opening its doors exclusively to mysinglefriend.com members for a series of romantic Pizza Making Parties on 14 February. The events will see 10 … [Read more...]
Half term hotel prices up as much as 58%
Following one father’s complaint about holiday prices during the 2014 February half term, hotel comparison website www.trivago.co.uk decided to find out which UK destinations are the worst culprits. Ambleside the worst offender! Based on 50 UK towns and cities, Cumbria’s Ambleside is the worst offender, with hotel prices up 58 per cent this February half term. One night … [Read more...]
Hyatt announces Hyatt Place London Heathrow/Hayes
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into an agreement with Magill Investments Limited for a Hyatt Place hotel close to London Heathrow Airport. Hyatt Place London Heathrow/Hayes is the second Hyatt Place hotel under development in Europe, joining Hyatt Place Zurich Airport. Opening in spring 2015, Hyatt Place London Heathrow/Hayes will … [Read more...]
Grain Store’s Winter Feast
Each season, Bruno Loubet invites a different collaborator to host a one-off feast at Grain Store which explores and celebrates that season. This Winter, Bruno is focusing on some very special food producers. First up is the Butter Viking, Patrik Johansson, joining Bruno from Sweden. Those lucky enough to hear him speak at Mad Camp were enthralled and entertained by his mad … [Read more...]
M&B reports strong festive trading and 2.6% sales growth
M&B has reported interim trading figures with like-for-like sales up by 2.6% and like-for-like food volumes up by 1.3%, and selling 6.9m meals. Trading on Christmas Day was particularly strong, with like-for-like sales growth of 7.5% and 193,000 meals sold. Alistair Darby, Chief Executive, commented: "We have delivered a strong trading performance over our busiest … [Read more...]