Southbank Centre to slash 400 jobs as coronavirus hammers the arts July 16, 2020 The Southbank Centre, has confirmed 400 jobs are at risk as it enters into talks with staff in an attempt to reduce losses caused by the coronavirus crisis. The UK’s largest arts complex, situated on the River Thames in Waterloo, said that it will make around two thirds of its staff redundant, after months of [...]
Simon Cowell buys out Sony Music Entertainment from joint venture July 15, 2020 Simon Cowell has bought out Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in their joint talent and production company, handing the TV presenter total control over the company after more than 11 years of partnership. Cowell today announced he has bought Sony’s 75 per cent stake in Syco Entertainment, which owns TV franchises Got Talent and The X [...]
Brewdog and Biff’s team up to create UK’s biggest vegan delivery brand July 14, 2020 Brewdog is expanding its relationship with vegan brand Biff’s to create a fully vegan delivery-only operation across the UK. The venture will use Brewdog and Draft House – part of the Brewdog group – sites to create new delivery hubs, which will serve Biff’s branded burgers, wings and fries. The two brands launched their first [...]
V&A, Science Museum and Natural History Museum to open next month July 14, 2020 London’s V&A, Science Museum and Natural History Museum are set to reopen their doors in August with new social distancing measures after almost five months of closure during the pandemic. The three South Kensington galleries are set to stagger their opening days and introduce mandatory online booking in a bid to reduce pressure on public [...]
World’s best bars unite for fundraising auction July 9, 2020 A collection of the world’s best bars have clubbed together to deliver a fundraising auction which they hope will give the hospitality industry a much-needed boost. The auction, with prizes donated by members of the World’s 50 Best Bars list and a host of food and drink businesses, includes three nights bar-hopping with New York’s [...]
Sir Bradley Wiggins and Raymond Blanc link up for cycling and gastronomy weekend July 6, 2020 If cycling leaves you in need of a good meal, then your dream holiday may well have just arrived. Sir Bradley Wiggins and Raymond Blanc OBE are the stars of the show for LeBlanq:01 – the first weekend of its kind, which organisers promise will be “an epic weekend of eating, drinking and riding” on [...]
Al fresco Soho bursts into life as summer festival kicks off July 6, 2020 Pubs, bars and restaurants opened in Soho this weekend, with new licensing laws allowing them to spill into the street. Andy Silvester spent Saturday afternoon – and evening – seeing what the new normal looks like As the first drops of rain hit the drinkers sitting at tables in the middle of D’Arblay Street, the [...]
London’s breweries fizz as taproom doors reopen July 6, 2020 Super Saturday saw London’s social scene begin to buzz again. Morning Wire’s Andy Silvester took in the sights, sounds and the taste of Beavertown Brewery’s taproom in Tottenham and the Brick Brewery bar in Peckham – all in the interests of journalism, of course. Over a cold pint of Beavertown’s Bloody ‘Ell IPA – in [...]
Super Saturday: The pubs, bars and restaurants reopening in the City July 3, 2020 It’s been eerily quiet in the City over the past few months, but things are starting to come back to life. Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement last week that England is set to emerge from its “national hibernation,” some of the City’s pubs, restaurants and bars will open their doors for the first time [...]
Opening up: How one entrepreneur kept his food hall dream alive July 3, 2020 The pandemic has been tough on everybody – but launching a food hall business in the middle of it is really going above and beyond. Sessions Market chief Dan Warne tells us how he kept going, and plans for the future It was early March and just like so many businesses, the news of the [...]