All News articles – Page 414
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NewsBB columnist secures Dragon’s funding
British Baker columnist Umer Ashraf, owner of the iCafé coffee chain, has successfully gained £80,000 in funding after appearing on BBC Two programme Dragons’ Den.
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Business rates specialist points to ‘toxic cocktail’
A leading business rates specialist has warned the lack of support for businesses creates a “toxic cocktail”.
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NewsCosta enjoys growth in sales and profits
Whitbread has revealed Costa Coffee’s underlying profits have risen by almost 30% to £36.1m in its half-year results.
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NewsWelcome resurgence for bakery retail businesses
The number of bakery retail businesses is on the up, having increased almost 5% in the past year, according the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The UK Business: Activity, Size, Location 2012 report contains data on VAT registered businesses in the UK, and was produced from a ...
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NewsJamie Oliver partners Boots on lunch range
Boots UK has joined forces with Jamie Oliver to launch his first deli-inspired lunchtime range, in a bid to banish “lunch lethargy”.
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Cupcake Week sees great result for charity
A fantastic £1,471.34 has been raised so far for our partner charity CLIC Sargent, during National Cupcake Week (NCW), with donations still rolling in Last month saw hundreds of bakers across the country getting involved in NCW and raising money for the cancer charity through the sale of pin badges, ...
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Video: Bakers’ Fair Autumn 2012
Attracting more than 700 visitors on the day, Bakers’ Fair Autumn 2012 was host to a number of industry-focused exhibitions, competitions and live demos.
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Higher pork prices set to add to bakers’ woes
Bakers could face yet another commodity increase as pork prices are set to soar off the back of higher feed costs and a fall in pig numbers. Pork prices are expected to rise by 20%, following a poor UK cereal harvest, as new Defra figures suggested that wheat production was ...
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NewsCity analyst: Greggs in weak position
A City analyst has claimed Greggs is in a “weak position” because of rising commodity costs and its value proposition.
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Liverpool baker appeals for new business owner
The owner of Satterthwaites, which ceased trading last week, has urged prospective buyers to save the century-old bakery firm.The Liverpool-based family business, which opened on King Street in Southport in 1910, closed the doors of its seven retail bakeries in the Crosby and Bootle areas for the last time last ...
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Huge success for Craft Bakers’ Week
This year’s National Craft Bakers’ Week (NCBW) drummed up huge interest, with local newspapers and radio stations keen to cover the events taking place. Vienna Bakery in Jersey, Warings Bakery in Berkshire and Crusty Corner Bakery in Norwich were just some of the businesses that featured on BBC local radio ...
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Birmingham bakery school expands
Loaf Cookery School has moved into larger premises to open up a new bakery and cope with the growing demand for its bread-making courses.
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Fox’s employees balloted on terms of work
Staff at Fox’s Biscuits fought against proposed changes to their terms of employment last week.
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Bertinet to open second Bath shop
The Bertinet Kitchen & Bakery is due to open a new outlet in Bath at the end of November.
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NewsPret UK MD steps down
The managing director of Pret A Manger, the UK sandwich shop chain, has stepped down, according to reports.
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Subway set to take VAT fight to Europe
Subway plans to take its case to abolish VAT on its toasted sandwiches to Europe, British Baker can confirm.It comes as a tribunal this month ruled against the move to exempt the food-to-go sandwich firm’s sub-style sandwiches and similar products sold by bakery retailers from the 20% tax.Dipak Jotangia, ...
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IAMB names new president
A second-generation baker, Sean Stafford, was elected president of the Irish Association of Master Bakers (IAMB) at its biennial conference earlier this month.
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Americans set to Bake Off
American television network CBS has confimed it will be making its own version of hit BBC Two bakery programme The Great British Bake Off.
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Howell House’s new deal in Asda
Irwin’s Bakery division Howell’s House, will see its new Spooky Snowballs stocked in 350 Asda stores across the UK.
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NewsStarbucks: our UK performance has been poor
The boss of Starbucks in the UK has defended the company’s controversial non-payment of corporation tax saying it has had a “dismal” performance in this country.