Meat Porter – Fresh Restaurant Quality Meat To Your Door

London’s restaurant scene is one of the most renowned and most competitive in the world, with its top chefs using only the finest meat that requires just the slightest hint of seasoning.  Based on a very simple question; “why can’t people enjoy meat of this quality every day at  home?” is the guiding principle upon […]

London’s First Digital Food Festival

October marks the start of a month-long digital food festival in Crouch End – the first ever online event of its type in London.   From  its award-winning coffee bars, an ice cream parlour that makes its own ices from secret recipes on the premises, to a hip Spanish tapas bar, this leafy North London […]

MailOnline – Global Expansion Plans

The MailOnline, the world’s biggest newspaper website, has announced plans for significant expansion. The website is to increase staffing levels in its UK and US offices, and prepare for the possibility of opening new offices in other territories. The website achieved its best ever month in May 2013, with 128,599,300 monthly unique browsers, but Publisher […]

Hiscox Launches London Market Online Magazine App

Specialist insurer Hiscox has launched a new web app, Hiscox Global Insight which provides news, views and practical advice to London Market brokers in a new convenient online format. Hiscox Global Insight follows a magazine format and each edition will offer an in-depth look at a specific subject, starting with terrorism, and update people in […]

What are you listening to Harkive?

Music lovers around the world are being asked on Tuesday 9th July to participate in a unique online music project launched by a Birmingham City University student. Craig Hamilton, an MA Music Industries student, is using social media to invite fellow music fans from across the globe to take part in the first ever worldwide look at […]

Tea2You’s Ratan Mondal – ‘The Darjeeling of Tea’

Tea was first introduced in Darjeeling in 1841 with stolen seeds from China and since then it’s flourished to become the first Indian product to receive the PGI tag (Protected Geographical Indications of Goods). There are 87 tea gardens spread over 19,000 hectares growing black, green, white and oolong teas around Darjeeling in the Himalayas. At a […]

Don’t Let Your Online Past Ruin Your Future Career

Nearly half (45%) of job hunters said past Twitter activity should never be taken into account by prospective employers, according to a recent survey from Hays, the leading recruiting expert. However, 55% agreed that employers should look at a potential employee’s Twitter account when considering them for a role. Of the group who deemed it […]

Mobile And Social Media Points The Way Forward For High Street Retailers

It’s billed as a battle between the high street and the internet. But a new report from consultancy firms Kantar Retail and The Futures Company has shown that traditional stores need to embrace mobile and social media technology to meet shoppers’ new priorities. The Future Shopper analysed global retail and technology trends to predict how […]

Restaurant Reviews from Real Diners

Thanks to a tie-up between award-winning independent customer feedback system, Feefo, and Restaurantdiary, an online restaurant reservation service, reviews have become more transparent. Not only can the restaurant track who the customer was, what they ate and which member of staff served them, they also get immediate alerts if a bad review is received so they can act on […]

Disney Games launches in UK

Disney UK has launched Disney Games – disney.co.uk/disney-games – an online portal hosting Disney’s assortment of over 300 casual games inspired by the characters, shows, movies and unique content from Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Walt Disney Studios, Disney Pixar, Walt Disney Classics and more. Games inspired by shows such as Austin and Ally,  […]