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Monday 18 November stanley isolierkanne 2019 12:01 am|Updated:Sunday 17 November 2019 5:29 pmUKrsquo top restaurants swing to pound;93m lossBy: Jessica ClarkShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleThe UKrsquo top 100 restaurants swung to a loss this year as they struggled to stay afloat under the increasing pressure of rising overheads and falling sales, which are taking their toll on the casual dining sector.The industry has plunged to a pound;93m loss in the last 12 months, in a year that has seen the collapse of casual dining veteran Jamiersquo Italian, while Frankie Bennyrsquo , Chiquito, Giraffe and Edrsquo Easy Diner faced branch closures.Read more: Jamie Oliver bags pound;5.2m pay day despite restaurant chain collapse Last year the top 100 restaurants in the UK reported profit of pound;37m, according to research by accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, which has analysed data from companyrsquo latest publicly available financial accounts.However, a slump in consumer spending nd polene tasche ash; the average household now spends pound;967.20 per year on dining out compared to pound;988 last year- and mounting costs such as wages, rents and raw materials are weighing on restaurantsrsquo; profitabilit owala deutschland y. In London, Flat Iron was forced to close its Notting Hill restaurant in July after a hike in rent prices, while Hawksmoor shuttered the two remaining branches of its sist Nurv Yahoo set to cut stake in Alibaba

Tuesday 19 June 2012 2:39 amMicrosoft introduces tablet computer range to take on iPadMicrosoft signalled a significant change in strategy last night by announcing its own range of tablet computers to take on Applersquo iPad.The firm, which has traditionally eschewed the hardware business in favour of licensing software to the third-party manufacturers, said it will launch a range of tablets under the Surface brand.The range includes a consumer device aimed directly at the iPad, and another, larger machine designed to compete with lightweight laptops. Both include a keyboard that doubles as a cover, and both will be powered by versi stanley kubek ons of the new Windows 8 operating system.Applersquo success has underscored the benefits of an integrated approach to hardware and software, and Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday that the company didnrsquo;t want to leave anything uncovered as it rolled out Windows 8.The new software is the biggest overhaul of Windows in years, and features a new touch-friendly interface dubbed stanley canada Metro. The lighter, thinner version of the Surface tablet, built on an Nvidia Corp chip designed by ARM Holdings, will be the first to market at the same time as the general release of Windows 8, and will feature Microsoftrsquo popular Office suite of applications.It is comparable to Applersquo new iPad, heavier but sl stanley quencher ightly thinner. It has a 10.6 inch screen and comes in 32GB and 64GB memory sizes