Hints and tips:
...Head to Carrer de l’Argenteria for provisions: Sans & Sans sells teas, and Casa Gispert, a beautiful shop from 1851, roasts all sorts of nuts over wood....
...Oli de L’Oliveta is working to change that. Olives are harvested by friends and family, who crowd into the casita for a four-day picking spree....
...Gauguin’s “Pêcheur et baigneurs sur l’Aven” (1888) is a Brittany scene, painted with the colours of Martinique, which Sant bought for $2.9mn at auction in 2000 and now has a $6mn-$8mn estimate....
...There’s Rachel Ingram, editor-in-chief at Threads Styling, giving “anything goes” vibes with “über-minimalist” Totême and “strappy” Cecilie Bahnsen....
...Marion Cotillard was spotted at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2013 wearing an elegant Chopard L’Heure du Diamant, and as Scheufele says: “Jewellery watches are increasingly becoming a must-have on the...
...“A lot of lenders moved away from accepting as much variable income as they did before the pandemic,” says David Hollingworth, director at mortgage broker L&C Mortgages....
...Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito look to have continued to weigh on group growth in 2019E, and we see limited catalyst for change in 2020E....
...Meanwhile, Fraser Ingram, who has served as interim chief operating officer since the departure of Debbie Crosbie to rival TSB, will take the job on a permanent basis....
...The Restaurant Group, owner of the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito chains, is in advanced talks to buy Wagamama, the London-based noodle eatery, according to people briefed on the talks....
...shares can continue to perform strongly, with the next significant event being the sale of Suse [Linux] by end March and subsequent capital return.”Numis ● Restaurant Group tumbled after the owner of Frankie...
...When GlaxoSmithKline was trying to recruit Emma Walmsley from L'Oreal to head its consumer health division, she initially had doubts about whether she was up to the job, writes Sarah Neville in a profile...
...Although the owner of the Frankie & Benny’s chain has seen rivals — such as Jamie’s Italian, Prezzo and Byron — close outlets, it can take no pleasure from it....
...• WH Ireland has appointed Mike Ingram as chief market strategist, a newly created role in which he will provide market and political commentary to the financial services group....
...john.gapper@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Email fix is easy but has to come from the top / From G L Perlin, Fairfax Station, VA, US...
...However, in one case, roughly half of the equity in the entity that bought Ingram Micro for $6bn in 2016 is now controlled by a number of trust products issued by Chinese banks....
...In January, its shares fell more than 10 per cent in a single morning after it reported a drop in sales following the removal of popular dishes from the menu of its Frankie & Benny’s diner chain....
...Mr Dalio can sound like the L. Ron Hubbard of the hedge fund industry. Scientology seeks to turn followers into “clears” by eliminating their “reactive minds”....
...Frankie Dettori, the 44-year-old jockey who will ride him in his final race, said Golden Horn was “possibly the best horse I have ridden”....
...In the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Europe’s richest flat race, fillies carry 3lb less than colts of the same age....
...“It’s G… L… O… B… O… the company you’re after? We used to have a partnership with them, buts it’s not active”....
...Tasting notes on Purple Pages of JancisRobinson.com Illustration by Ingram Pinn...
...Laurent • Vins de Vienne, La Bachole Reds • Chapoutier, Ermitage Le Méal, L’Ermite and Le Pavillon • J L Chave • Yann Chave • Delas, Dom des Tourettes and Les Bessards • Fayolle Fils et Fille, Les...
...● Dom de la Pinte, Fontenille Chardonnay 2012 Pupillin ● Dom de la Pinte Savagnin 2008 Arbois ● Dom Rijckaert — Rouve, Les Sarres Savagnin 2010 Côtes du Jura ● Dom Rolet Père et Fils Chardonnay 2011 L’...
...Tasting notes on Purple Pages of JancisRobinson.com Stockists from winesearcher.com Illustration by Ingram Pinn Jancis’s 1985 picks These wines score at least 19 out of 20 in the 112,000-strong collection...
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