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Clubs tycoon sees recession as chance to expand empire

15.06.09
Restaurants and clubs tycoon Richard Caring is planning a huge expansion of his empire in its Mayfair heartland... more

Exclusive: Richard Caring's restaurant empire

12.06.09
The restaurant world did not know what had hit it when Richard Caring started buying up London's most revered establishments, including The Ivy, Le Caprice and J Sheekey... more

Carluccio's sags as takeover talks cease

26.05.09
Shares in Italian cafés and delis chain Carluccio's slumped more than 14% after takeover talks with a possible bidder fell apart... more

Bidder gets a taste for Carluccio's takeaway

05.05.09
Coffee and pasta chain Carluccio's revealed that it has had a takeover bid, sending the shares soaring... more

Taxing the rich achieves little and breaks a pledge

27.04.09
The other evening, after work, I popped into the grocer’s down the road. I needed Nurofen. Ahead of me in a queue were two men and a woman. They were together and they were buying Special Brew. They were already drunk, so much so they could barely speak. ... more

Tories have a ball as Labour donor bankrolls their night at Annabel’s

06.02.09
Restaurant millionaire Richard Caring, who has financed the Labour Party, has started donating to the Conservatives... more

I foresee Lena times ahead

31.12.08
New Italian restaurant, Lena, in Shoreditch serves perfectly good food but it has chosen the wrong place at the wrong time.... more

Oysters at J Sheekey are worth shelling out for

24.12.08
J Sheekey has expanded by turning what used to be a secondhand bookshop into an oyster bar. It’s about the most convincing seafood bar in town, says David Sexton.... more

Jamie Oliver and other restaurateurs defy credit crunch for 2009

22.12.08
Three of London's leading restaurateurs plan ambitious openings next year and in 2010 despite the economic downturn... more

Oyster bar Scotts is voted the pearl of London restaurants

19.12.08
Mayfair dining room Scotts has been named restaurant of the year in a leading industry magazine's awards... more

Bidders on start line for US embassy site

04.12.08
Bidders line up to buy the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square and turn it into what could be the most prestigious hotel and residential development in the world... more

How Hester avoided the pitfalls at British Land

24.10.08
So what will Stephen Hester will do at RBS? Those seeking clues will naturally take an interest in how the former head of Abbey house-cleaned this rather dusty property company during three years of boom and one year of bust... more

Food

08.10.08
The credit crunch is going to be a test for restaurateurs as the capital's increasingly educated diners become more picky not only about the menu but the price tag attached to it. ... more

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08.10.08
This is the heart of the social scene, with the names that make the social circuit turn and add the glitter to the parties the capital does so well ... more

US embassy will move to Battersea

02.10.08
The American Embassy is to quit Grosvenor Square, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Ivy venture features host of works by leading artists

23.09.08
It is the exclusive new club which is carefully shunning publicity for its well-connected patrons... more

Cote is what eating should be about

22.09.08
Wardour Street is one of London's busiest areas and is jam-packed with a myriad of existing excellent restaurants. Cote fits in well.... more

Best of the brasseries

21.08.08
A trio of French brasseries have been named as the perfect gastronomic solution to the credit crunch... more

Cameron cuts Tory debts by £23.5million

30.07.08
David Cameron has slashed his party's debts and boosted its staff ahead of a general election... more

Watch the rising of the Moon

14.05.08
Alan Yau's latest Chinese food venture, Cha Cha Moon, combines great value with superb attention to detail, says Fay Maschler.... more

£450m Ivy owner beats TV chefs to become richest restaurateur

25.04.08
Richard Caring, the tycoon who ploughed much of his rag-trade fortune into leading West End dining rooms and clubs including The Ivy, has been named London's wealthiest restaurateur... more

Soho House expands to 'Bed and Brasserie'

22.04.08
Soho House is expanding its empire with a boutique "bed and brasserie" in the heart of Soho... more

A good old fashioned grilling

12.03.08
They've turned the clock back at The Grill to serve up the best of traditional British fare with lashings of style.... more

Not quite fluent in French

05.03.08
Côte is the first of a proposed new restaurant chain from the men behind Strada, but it needs to get more authentically Gallic, says Fay Maschler. ... more

Gamble at Aspinalls

12.12.07
A series of excellent first courses are on offer at Alberico at Aspinalls, a restaurant housed in a Mayfair casino.... more

Space on the fifth floor

07.11.07
Shoreditch House is on the top floors of a converted biscuit factory, where the waiter conveyed real enthusiasm for the food.... more

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