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...“That is what makes it stand out.” c1942 drinkfeine.com WatchHouse, London “An independent specialty coffee house where they source and roast all their coffee in Maltby Street.”...
...Last week, Gordon Banham, Hargreaves’ longstanding chief executive, tallied the cost if the worst happened....
...“We have to deal with the challenges we have today to rightsize the business,” said chief executive Gordon Banham, whose family were originally coal merchants....
...Ronan Sayburn used to work as a sommelier at both Gordon Ramsay’s flagship London restaurant in Royal Hospital Road and The Dorchester....
...“I feel like the word for this whole series has been ‘ambiguity’,” says another, 28-year-old Anna Maltby Patil....
...Discontinued operations included the closure of Maltby, the deep mine, which recorded a £3.7m loss. In September, Hargreaves sold its Imperial tankers business for £26.9m....
...Maltby, Hargreaves’ last deep-level mine, closed last year....
...Gordon Banham, chief executive, estimated there was about 300m-400m tonnes of accessible coal in the UK that could be mined. “There’s still a lot close to the surface,” he said....
...Paul Jones, analyst at Panmure Gordon, says some saw it coming: “Investors didn’t like the Maltby buy because they didn’t know how to account for the geological risk....
...But Gordon Banham, chief executive of Hargreaves, which closed its Maltby mine this month after geological problems, said: “Unfortunately I don’t see there’s a future for deep mining in the UK long term....
...Hargreaves, which produces and imports coal and coke, bought Maltby in 2007. Gordon Banham, chief executive, said he could not risk the group’s future....
...Best Market Maltby Street and Borough Markets, Southwark “I never get bored with visiting Borough,” says Gordon Ramsay....
...“It’s a great opportunity for us that it’s an underestimated sector,” said Gordon Banham, chief executive. “Around the world people are more focused on coal.”...
...Gordon Banham, chief executive of the Durham-based business, said increased productivity at its coal mine in Maltby, record coke prices and fast-growing business on the continent had all contributed....
...“All I am is a coalman, that is where I came from, carrying heavy bags on my back to people’s houses,” says Gordon Banham, chief executive of Hargreaves Services....
...Gordon Banham, chief executive, said that the company had delivered 50 per cent compound growth a year since its flotation on Aim in 2005....
...Gordon Banham, chief executive, said a move to the full list in the next 12 months would generate more research, better liquidity and give access to more capital....
...“Our world has not changed,” said Gordon Banham, chief executive. “If you want the lights to stay on and your bins emptied, this is what we do.” The shares closed up 26½p at 600p....
...Gordon Banham, chief executive, said the company had not benefited from the sharp rise in coal prices as it was locked into long-term contracts....
...As well as practical objects, the sale includes purely decorative items such as Jeremy James’s “Hunched Hare” (£250-£350) and John Maltby’s “Looking at Sculpture” (£300-£400)....
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