Britain’s retailers must adopt contactless payments for expectant customers or get left behind. Those yet to embrace the tap and go method can learn from food and drink businesses, which are leading the charge.
High-end fusion restaurant Sushisamba will bolster its global catalogue of restaurants with a new branch that will open in London’s Covent Garden, where it will join a “growing list of pedigree brands”.
American Express Shop Small is an initiative shining a spotlight on shopkeepers across the nation – the campaign ran between 4 and 20 December and Ludovic Piot of Epicerie Ludo joined the cast of business owners involved in the initiative.
By Joe Steele
The modern UK consumer is inundated with messages from competing brands daily. In this busy environment, it is becoming ever more important for companies to gain a significant share of voice and break through to increasingly savvy consumers who are demanding that brands work harder for their attention.
Father Christmas will have visited by this time next week and as we draw closer to the 25 December, our countdown continues to now reveal just how successful one sector is with tasty turnover of £95.4bn.
Gousto, the fresh ingredient delivery service named in our Everline Future 50 2014, has secured a £9m investment from a new arm of the Business Growth Fund. Real Business caught up with CEO Timo Schmidt about the pot, how the business will apply pressure to Tesco and why he believes the sector can be as commonplace as buying clothes online.
As we continue our search for the nation’s digital champions, we’ve discovered The Counter – a savvy small coffee chain that’s tripled the size of its business in just 15 months through innovative thinking that includes setting up in police boxes.
News that celebrity chef-come-businessman Jamie Oliver is set close the last of his Recipease sites, alongside growing consternation among staff at his Jamie’s Italian chain, begs the question: is the sun beginning to set on his brand’s appeal
London-headquartered premier restaurant payment and loyalty app Velocity has capitalised on the momentum of its acquisitions with a new partnership alongside expense management firm Concur to promote corporate hospitality.
British restaurant payment and loyalty service Velocity has bolstered its offering with the acquisition of complementary restaurant booking app Uncover, which works with 350 eateries in London.
