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WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013
CHUKA UMUNNA
Why Labour is the natural party of
small business and entrepreneurs
lenging vested interests, generating
profit and creating jobs along the way.
Enterprise can and must be a powerful
motor of social mobility, enabling peo-
ple to achieve their full potential. But
developing ideas that support this goal
begins by understanding the variety of
motivations and needs that small busi-
ness people have.
There are the aspirants those with
the ambition to be their own boss, but
who lack the push or the pull, knowl-
edge or access to advice needed to take
the plunge. In our schools, colleges and
universities, we must normalise entre-
preneurship as a career, alongside
other occupations, to help address this.
Then there are the traders the
market traders, shopkeepers,
plumbers, craftsmen, and white van
men. We know them because we cant
function without them. If the hot
water goes, they get it working. If
youve run out of milk, they sell it
round the corner.
A growing group are the lifestylers
those who choose patterns of work to
fit around other parts of their lives like
caring responsibilities, or who might
seek income from an interest, hobby or
talent. Since 2008, their numbers have
ballooned, with the number of people
in self employment rising by 9 per cent.
A full 40 per cent of new jobs created in
this parliament have been self-
employed. This is partly the product of
an important shift in how business is
done, although it also reflects people
having to freelance to keep afloat as job
opportunities dry up.
Some consciously self-define as
entrepreneurs, particularly those
doing business through social media
and in emerging sectors. This can range
from those with rapid growth plans as
pioneers of new products, to high-tech
designers and innovators.
Finally there are the small employ-
ers those who are still small but pro-
vide substantial employment in their
localities. Theyre not so large as to jus-
tify a HR department, but in aggregate
they provide jobs for large numbers of
people nationally.
The five categories I mention are not
exhaustive or mutually exclusive. I use
the descriptions to highlight the chang-
ing nature of our business population.
For political parties, they make up an
important part of the electorate, whose
support Labour is seeking to win at the
next General Election. And what they
all have in common is a need for cus-
tomers with money to spend, banks
that will lend, investors who will back
them, invoices to be paid on time and a
government that can see things from
their point of view when it regulates or
in how it taxes.
That is why we would stimulate
demand with a temporary VAT cut and
by bringing forward infrastructure
investment. It is why we would set up a
British Investment Bank to increase
access to finance, and we would give a
national insurance break to all micro
businesses in London taking on extra
employees. We would also clamp down
on the scandal of large companies fail-
ing to pay their small business suppli-
ers on time.
Above all, access to networks from
which to draw expertise and advice is
incredibly important to businesses
and it is important to us too. We have
established NG: Next Generation,
Labours entrepreneurs network which
gathered at Londons Tech City last
night. We are determined to show we
are not all the same. A good place to
start is by listening to what businesses
have to say, giving them the opportuni-
ty to connect with one another and
translating our words into action.
Chuka Umunna is Labour MP for
Streatham and the shadow business secre-
tary.
economy has grown faster, with the
surplus ploughed back into capital
investment projects.
A couple of years ago, I was in
Shanghai in August. It was 35
degrees even at nine in the evening.
Watching a group of middle-aged
women perform Pilates in the street
to the sounds of an old ghetto
blaster, I could not help but feel that
it will not be long before they expect
an air-conditioned gym and cutting-
edge music. More seriously, internal
security is a major headache for the
Communist Party. There are frequent
demos and riots demanding better
living standards.
But weve been here before. This is
how the UK industrialised. In the
first half of the nineteenth century,
the share of wages as a portion of UK
national income was much lower
than today. As with China in recent
decades, profits were high. This is
how almost all rich countries started
on the path of development. Marx
even coined a phrase for it the
primitive accumulation of capital.
The economist Paul Krugman,
now a famous critic of austerity, was
not always the darling of the
metropolitan liberal elite. In 1994, he
published a brilliant paper in which
he wrote of his faith in free
markets called The Myth of Asias
Miracle. Back then, the West feared
economies like Japan and Singapore,
which were apparently poised to
take over the technological
leadership of the world.
Krugman essentially rediscovered
Marx and showed that their success
was based on letting profits and
investment boom. He concluded that
if there is a secret to Asian growth,
it is simply deferred gratification,
the willingness to sacrifice current
satisfaction for future gain.
Intriguingly, given his current
advocacy of increasing government
debt, Krugman went on: Thats a
hard answer to accept, especially for
those American policy intellectuals
who recoil from the dreary task of
reducing deficits and raising the
national savings rate.
But the slowdown in Asian growth
rates was not at all bad news. Rapidly
rising living standards created
export markets for consumer
products. In China and everywhere
else people now demand services.
And these are the sorts of things at
which the US and the UK excel. The
process of China growing up is a
massive opportunity, not a problem.
Paul Ormerod is an economist at
Volterra Partners, a director of the think-
tank Synthesis and author of Positive
Linking: How Networks Can Revolutionise
the World.
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Bank ringfencing
[Re: Ringfencing is the wrong solution to
the wrong problem, yesterday]
Its right to point out that Northern Rock,
HBOS, and Bradford and Bingley were
largely retail banks. But that doesnt mean
there isnt a problem to solve. Retail banks
have been relying on a flood of cheap
money from the Bank of England, and are
still reticent (or lack the incentive) to stop
propping up zombie companies and
mortgages. Whether we have structural
reform or not, banks will still gratefully take
Funding for Lending to throw at mortgages,
and Britains property bubble will stay
inflated. Gimmicks like structural separation
may win votes from an ignorant electorate,
but they wont resolve systemic fault lines.
MatthewNicolson
Airline taxes
[Re: Axe tax and life growth, airlines urge
Osborne, yesterday]
The airlines latest salvo in their campaign to
persuade the public and the government
that air passenger duty is damaging to the
economy is a report they commissioned
PwC to produce. They have subsequently
claimed that the industry would be able to
move quickly to add new flights in
and out of the UK. But with the airline
industry simultaneously complaining about
lack of extra capacity at Heathrow, in
particular, where would this increase in
flights actually occur? This seems
particularly pertinent given that these extra
flights will supposedly lift GDP by 0.46 per
cent.
Namewithheld
F
IFTY years ago the average
London house cost roughly the
same as a months rent in
some parts of North London
today. Notwithstanding the
effect of inflation, that cannot be
sustainable, socially or economically.
Among the range of housing
challenges we face, the greatest by far
is simply to build more homes.
Thats why Boris Johnson will today
set the challenge of building 1m
homes over the next 25 years. They
are needed to meet a growing popula-
tion effectively Birminghams popu-
lation added to London and to boost
the capitals economy through con-
struction jobs. But it is also about
ensuring that Londons dynamic
workforce can afford to live in and
commute from the new communi-
ties coming to life across the capital.
Currently, we simply dont have a
housing system capable of delivering
that number of homes, and this has
been the case for at least a generation.
The market alone didnt get close to
providing the right amount even at
the peak of the biggest housing boom
this country has ever seen in the mid-
1990s.
So its time for a radically different
approach. And this needs to be sup-
ported by a new financial settlement
that treats housing as essential infra-
structure. Huge progress has been
made to expand the mayors housing
powers, with record numbers of
affordable homes being built and a
major programme of releasing vacant
public land worth over 1bn so far.
But City Halls powers will only be
optimised with stable financial
resources. Stamp duty, the tax on
Londons successful but overheated
housing market, should now be used
to offset the costs of that success.
Stamp duty is increasingly a London
tax. Most Londoners pay 3 per cent,
and new levies on homes costing over
Will Tory divisions over same-sex marriage
damage the partys re-election prospects?
YES
The same-sex marriage bill was not in the Conservative manifesto,
the coalition agreement, or the last Queens speech. No green or
white discussion paper has preceded it. But it was whacked
through the Commons to borrow the ugly but efficient word
deployed by Boris Johnson on a whipped timetable. It is this haste
and speed which has so angered Tory MPs. It stands in contrast to
ministers lack of urgency over transferable tax allowances for
married couples which is in the agreement. The bill will help propel
traditional Tory voters towards the waiting embrace of UKIP. It has
already forced large-scale resignations among the foot soldiers the
party relies on to canvass. It will further endanger David Camerons
leadership. And it assisted in producing a record post-2010 election
poll lead for Labour yesterday. How can this be good for the party?
Paul Goodman is former Conservative MP for Wycombe and
executive editor of ConservativeHome.
Paul Goodman
NO
Alex Singleton
The opponents of gay marriage failed to make a decent argument
and did not manage to sway public opinion which, by some
measures, broadly supports the change. In any case, the public will
adjust to gay marriage just as it did to the legalisation of
homosexuality, and to the lowering of the age of consent during the
governments of John Major and Tony Blair. Yes, a handful of
authoritarian right wing Tories will be disgruntled about the
legislation. But by 2015 they will have other concerns, such as Europe
and the economy. Meanwhile, among the majority who support gay
marriage, the legislation helps David Cameron soften the Tories
image. This will be particularly useful when the partys economic
policies come under criticism from Labour. This branding objective
remains important voters want not only to feel that their politicians
have the right policies, but also that they are decent people.
Alex Singleton is managing director of the Singleton Group.
Give London back
its stamp duty to
reinvest in growth
2m are focused largely on central
London. It must be right, therefore,
that tax paid by Londoners is retained
and reinvested to the benefit of
Londoners. And it could be worth
about 1.3bn a year.
That investment would transform
City Halls ability to tackle Londons
housing challenges with creative,
longer-term measures. It would allow
us to accelerate major regeneration
schemes just half of Londons prior-
ity areas will provide enough homes
to house Luxembourg. We could
pump-prime transport improvements
to make building more viable. We will
also be able to expand first-time buyer
products through the mayors hous-
ing covenant. We could dramatically
reduce build times by scaling up work
on new models like Build to Rent, and
continue a forensic approach to
unlocking stalled sites that have plan-
ning consent, but which are not
being built in London.
The government has already made
welcome attempts to localise spend-
ing through business rates and coun-
cil tax. Scotland has been given the
power to retain stamp duty. Wales
looks set to get it too. But when the
Confederation of British Industry is
citing housing as a bigger block to
economic growth than transport, it is
absurd for an international city of
Londons stature not to have a signifi-
cant revenue stream to meet the
needs of its inhabitants and remain
globally competitive.
Richard Blakeway is deputy mayor for
housing, land and property.
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allow the company to become more
responsive to market changes?
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Dell will be the third largest US private
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PERSONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT WEALTH
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T IS important for investors to pick
solid investments that perform
well over time. Equally important,
however, is how you choose to buy,
manage and monitor them.
Many online platforms have sprung
up that can help you with the process.
They allow you to buy and hold differ-
ent assets like shares, bonds and
funds within tax wrappers, like indi-
vidual savings accounts (Isas) or self-
invested personal pensions (Sipps), or
outside of them.
Part of the benefit is that you can
conveniently hold your investments in
one place, making it easier to monitor
performance. Some platform providers
also offer online tools and research,
which you can use to optimise your
portfolio, and ensure that you are
investing in suitable products.
Although charging structures vary,
many providers offer discounts on fees.
But with such variety on offer from
both established providers like
Barclays Stockbrokers, and newer
firms like Nutmeg the key to select-
ing the right platform is to understand
what type of an investor you are, and
what you require. Are you a buy-and-
hold investor who invests for the long-
term? Or are you an active investor
that trades frequently?
ACTIVE INVESTORS
Dealing fees for shares and investment
trusts typically begin at between 10
and 15 per transaction when you
buy and sell. The cost of trading can
add up and eat away at your returns.
So investors who trade frequently
should ensure that their platform
offers a good deal for individual trades.
For investors buying or selling more
than 10 times per month, Interactive
Investor charges a very competitive 5
per transaction (10 per transaction for
those that trade less). But like some
other platforms, it levies a fee for using
its service 20 per quarter (although
this charge is waived for Sipp
investors).
However, this fee is credited against
the commissions that you pay, mean-
ing that you will effectively get your
first two trades commission-free. But
costs like this can still make a platform
unappealing to those who prefer to
manage their portfolio less actively.
BUY-AND-HOLD
Long-term buy-and-hold investors
often lean towards low-cost tracker
funds, which can be invested into regu-
larly, or with a lump sum. Trackers are
cheaper than actively-managed funds,
and some platforms have enticing
deals. For example, Hargreaves
Lansdown offers a range of trackers
that cost just 2 per month to hold.
But be cautious of other fees, like
annual management charges for cer-
tain investments (like open-ended
investment companies and unit trusts)
held within an Isa. Alliance Trust
Savings charges a flat fee of 10 per
quarter (plus VAT), and Hargreaves
Lansdown caps it at 45 per year.
This doesnt mean that buy-and-hold
investors should ignore actively-man-
aged funds some have delivered
respectable returns. But they are more
Investing is a lot
easier with the
right platform
expensive. Again, look for discounts:
Bestinvest, Alliance Savings Trust and
Hargreaves Lansdown all offer dis-
counts on initial charges for some
funds, which can be up to 5.5 per cent
of the invested amount. They can also
offer discounts on the annual manage-
ment charges, potentially saving you
another 0.5 per cent.
RESEARCH AND MONITORING
Many investors will want a platform
that offers research about investment
performance, and how different invest-
ments match with their own risk pro-
file. Most platforms provide
information of this sort. But it is
important to realise that they do not
offer bespoke advice based on your
own circumstances, only offer guid-
ance. Under new FSA rules you must
pay a regulated adviser for tailored
financial advice.
But you neednt solely rely on your
An appropriate provider can help you to
save on costs, writes Yogesh Chandarana
platform. Online portals like
Morningstar and FE Trustnet have
extensive fund research, and offer
their own assessment of fund perform-
ance, as well as giving fund manager
ratings. This can help you to find top
performers that work within your
portfolio.
And while platforms can offer a con-
venient place to monitor your portfo-
lios performance in one place, it could
also be worth using independent
online tools like Rplan. This not only
allows you to check performance, but
also gives an assessment of the fees
that you pay.
DONT BE TIED
You neednt be tied to one platform
either. It is clear that some have differ-
ent advantages, and target different
types of investors. There is no harm in
using more than one, as long as you
keep an eye on the costs.
However, beware of costly transfer
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some providers. Transferring your
funds and investment from one plat-
form to another can be subject to
administration fees usually a one-off,
flat-cost and they can vary between
providers.
Before you transfer, ask a provider if
it has any incentives for switching over.
Barclays, for example, offers clients
150 per account to switch over
(capped at 500). It also provides other
financial incentives of up to 1,000
(depending on the size of your
account) to transfer across. Although it
can be soporific, it is always worth
reading the terms and conditions
you dont want to encounter nasty
costs down the road.
But the one cardinal sin is to be
shackled by inertia putting in a little
hard work could save you money, and
enhance your portfolios performance.
UK stocks have performed quite
poorly over recent years against
most of their international
counterparts. A compounding
effect has been the general
weakness of the pound, which has
not helped one jot. As a stark
reminder of the global effects of
currency moves, a UK investor in
the German DAX would hardly
have noticed any bear market at
all. Even if he or she had bought at
the highs of 2007, German euro
holdings in sterling terms would
still be up nearly 20 per cent.
Compare this to a German investor
in the UK who, over the same time
period, would still be staring at a
25 per cent loss even after the
rallies of the last few years.
What is curious is the oft-stated
fact that most of the senior stocks
in the FTSE are not UK focused at
all. It is generally agreed that over
70 per cent of FTSE 100 business is
actually overseas. You would have
M
ARKETS finally saw a sell off
this week, as investors
decided that discretion was
possibly the better part of
valour, and concluded that
booking profits might be the thing
to do.
On the basis that nobody ever
got sacked for taking a profit, it is
understandable that funds, which
have generally had a tough time
over the last few years, might want
to lock in some of their good
fortune before it disappears. That
said, even after the reversal, the
market is up over 6 per cent on the
year to date. But investors might
note that there are over 40 FTSE
100 index dividends due to go ex
over the next month, and we may
see some lightening of positions
once payment dates have passed.
Overall, the question on
everyones lips is whether the rally
can really take hold and continue
through 2013. It is always hard for
markets to continue higher, day
after day, as the psychological
pressure builds on new entrants to
avoid being the person who buys
the high. Little market
corrections, therefore, are meat
and drink to those looking for a
pull back to get in.
Underlying the moves is the need
for return. Dividend yields for blue
chip stocks are still over 4 per cent,
which looks fantastic against
returns on cash or bonds. It is also
a simple fact that the Bank of
England is unlikely to move rates
aggressively higher for a good
many years to come.
thought that a weak pound would
have been good for UK stock
prices. These are some of the
reasons why advisers have been
getting increasingly positive about
the UK equity markets.
Unfortunately, all of the best
intentions do not help if the
market decides to go on one of its
regular walkabouts. Every year,
there seems to be a period when
confidence flies out of the window.
Last year it happened around May,
2011 ran into summer blues in
August, and in 2010 it was May
again. February has its fair share of
moments (2007, 2008 and 2009
come to mind). But it is fair to say
that most of our clients are
ignoring any thoughts of negativity
and are buying into any weakness.
Time will tell if they are right.
It is true that the actual
economic data has been pretty
grim recently, although markets
have generally ignored this.
The need for returns is still driving investors into equities
Investors playing on the long side
will be hoping that this effect will
continue until such time as the
numbers turn prettier.
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BRUCE WILSON
The sustainable food argument is flawed we just need more variety
T
he recent news that the
Marine Conservation Society
has removed mackerel and
gurnard from its list of
sustainable fish is an ironic sign
of the times.
Responsible diners avoid some
foods in a bid to protect a species,
only to find that everyone else has
done the same and now their new
favourite is on the watch list. In
recent years, this quest to eat
sustainably has led to less
common fish coming to the fore,
such as pollack and ling instead of
cod and haddock. But now pollack is
more expensive than cod and is
being threatened in much the same
way. And just 10 years ago, gurnard
was practically given away for bait,
whereas now it is so sought after
that it commands as high a price as
red mullet.
Of course, there has to be a
balance and restaurants and
supermarkets have started to do
their bit to introduce more variety.
However, this throws up a tricky
problem for the diner: are all of
these new options as nice to eat as
the old favourites?
There was a phase a few years ago
of serving squirrel on London
menus, hailed as the new
sustainable meat choice a free-
range, plentiful source of
protein that would reduce
our reliance on intensively
farmed meats and doubled as
pest control. In the case of squirrel,
Id say that theres a reason why no-
one eats them they are dry, tough
and unpalatable no matter what you
do with them.
My point is: if you want to eat
well, its really important to get to
understand the best way to use
whatever new ingredient you are
trying.
As far as fish goes, trout can
easily be substituted for salmon, but
ling, for example, which is a
member of the cod family, is
actually quite different to cod.
Although it works well battered for
fish and chips, it would be horrible
if you just pan-fried it as the meat is
much firmer and has an earthy
flavour. Dogfish is good smoked, a
Head chef, Paternoster Chop House
bit like eel, or used in a stew but is
pretty much inedible done any
other way, and the only thing to do
with wrasse or coley is make
fishcakes out of them.
Ultimately, nothing is sustainable
if demand becomes too high, so a
bit more variety on our plates
should be encouraged.
But there are other ways
to eat more sustainably too:
choosing seasonally,
buying from day-boat
fishermen, talking to suppliers
about what they have, rather than
what you want, and reducing
wastage as far as possible. That way
we might not have to resort to
eating squirrel.
STK does a belter of a rib eye if
you can stand the club atmosphere
P
RIMAL SCREAM frontman Bobby
Gillespie once said: All vowels
are fascist, man, everyone knows
that. Its a sentiment that
obviously chimed with the owners of
US steakhouse chain STK, which has
just arrived at the ME London hotel.
This isnt just any old steakhouse,
though. Oh no, this is a female friend-
ly steakhouse. Female friendly.
Women rejoice: at last, somewhere
you can eat that doesnt despise you.
No doubt this will have you weeping
with joy into your apron (dont forget
to reapply your mascara before your
husband gets home!).
To illustrate how female friendly it is,
the website features a photograph of a
red stiletto heel stomping on a raw
piece of steak. It looks like an advert
for the kind for a low-rate S&M club
you might find in a smashed-up
phone-box. This may or may not be the
aesthetic they were going for.
Its design is the height of sophistica-
tion, if you happen to be a footballer
from the 1980s. It is all chrome and
beige leather and chandeliers and lit-
tle oriental-style trees, and everything
is suffused with ubiquitous purple
lighting. It is half restaurant, half
nightclub, and it has the volume to
match. It has a DJ, who progressed
from R&B to electro as the night went
on, looking increasingly despondent,
head bopping like a nodding dog,
probably wishing he were playing to a
basement in Hoxton instead of a
restaurant in Aldwych.
Most evenings, I was informed, the
clientele like to kick off their shoes
(presumably red stilettos) and dance
on the seats. The only people I saw
dancing were a group of drunken
Irishmen who had the general air of
purposeful violence suggestive of a
stag do.
The volume of the music means con-
versation is out of the question, which
I guess could be a plus point if youre
on a date, given that youll have to be
within snogging distance just to ask
someone to pass the salt.
Our waitress was a force of nature,
presumably hired for being the only
person loud enough to cut through
the music when reading out the spe-
cials. She was the kind of waitress I
would usually move not only tables
but cities to avoid. In the context of
STK, though, she was perfect. Just as I
excused myself to go to the bathroom
she arrived at the table. Where are
you going? she demanded. Order
your drinks first. I obeyed. She didnt
seem like the kind of person who takes
no for an answer.
She went on to tell us about the
upcoming rugby match between
Ireland and Wales (she wrongly pre-
dicted Wales were going to smash
them) and even drew a little map in
my notepad for reasons that now
escape me. Anyway, I digress.
To start I went for prawn Rice
Krispies, just because I didnt believe
it would actually come with breakfast
cereal. I was wrong: it consisted of
king prawns served on a bed of rice
puffs and topped with a shellfish
bisque. Unfortunately, the volume of
the music meant that to hear the
snap, crackle and pop I would actual-
The sea of beige
and purple that
adorns the STK
steakhouse
ly have had to dip my ear in it, which
somewhat defeats the purpose. The
other problem is that soggy Rice
Krispies arent very nice you end up
with a kind of mushy soup that
smells far better than it tastes. The
foie gras French toast was better
rich and tasty although the portion
was more fine dining than all-
American steakhouse.
The starters, though, are just the
warm-up act. Anywhere that dares to
call itself STK vowels or no vowels
better do a bloody good slice of cow.
And the rib eye was excellent a ten-
der tract of meat the size of
Greenland, cooked properly rare and
marbled with delicate fat that melted
in the mouth. I had it with the STK
sauce, which turned out to be a rather
unexciting barbecue dip. My guest
went for the fillet steak, which, despite
being from the small section of the
menu, was as thick as a fist. It wasnt
bad but it was a little on the dry side
and a touch over-done, lacking that
deep, smoky flavour of a great
American fillet steak.
I shudder to think of the sheer quan-
tity of meat that must be involved in
the large section of the menu, which
culminates with the 750g cowboy
steak at 55.
For dessert, on the insistence of the
waitress, I went for a taste of the fair-
ground, which comes served on a
miniature Ferris wheel. It consists of a
selection of fairground-themed snacks
including popcorn, candyfloss and tof-
fee apples, all of which we were far too
full to make even a half-hearted
attempt at eating.
With most of the steaks starting at
the 30-mark, its not cheap, but nei-
ther is it wildly unreasonable. It cer-
tainly didnt seem to be putting many
people off it was jam-packed when I
was there. Maybe I just didnt get STK.
Maybe Im too old, craving such anti-
quated concepts as conversation and
lighting that isnt purple.
As we were leaving, the DJ was play-
ing Daft Punk. If STK were a nightclub,
and not a restaurant, this would have
been the track that brought everyone
to the dance-floor. But there was just a
solitary Irishman dancing on a chair. Is
this what weve come to?
From January
mocktails to a
real Bloody Mary
ALCOHOLS VALUE goes beyond its simple
price-tag. Over the Christmas period it
was no doubt used by plenty to ease
family tensions, as well as to smooth the
passage from 2012 into 2013. Alcohol is so
ingrained within our social experiences
that human guinea pigs exhibit the effects
of drunkenness, even when tricked with
non-alcoholic placebos.
But sometimes, it is time for a little time
off. Following in the footsteps of hopeful
Babylonians, Romans and medieval
knights, many of us spent last month
enduring a dryathlon, which may have
involved you sipping on
non-alcoholic
cocktails, otherwise
known as
mocktails.
The idea of
cocktails without
alcohol may seem
oxymoronic, but the
history of the cocktail
is finely laced with
drinks that wont get
you drunk. Even
Jeremiah P Thomas
widely considered the
father of American
mixology has a
chapter on temperance
drinks in his seminal 1862 book, The Bar-
Tenders Guide.
But January is fast becoming a distant
memory. And those of us getting back on
the wagon may be in search of a hangover
cure. Those looking for a variation on the
classic Blood Mary may want to head over
to Barts, a late night speakeasy on Sloane
Street, where you can pick up a Mary
Tudor (a Bloody Mary with a twist):
MARY TUDOR
n50ml of Bloodshot Vodka
n3 bar spoons of rose jam
n lemon
nA drop of Fee Brothers Orange Bitters
nA splash of sugar syrup
WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013
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PHILIP SALTER
City A.M.s cocktail expert
1. HKK
HKK is the ultimate destination for
Chinese aficionados. The
restaurant, which is one of the
most recent openings of the
Hakkasan group, is already
gaining a reputation for offering
some of the best Chinese food in
the City. Michelin-starred chef
Tong Chee Hwee has created an
impressive eight- and 15-course
banqueting menu thats the
perfect way to celebrate the New
Year with a bang. While the menu
taps into traditional Cantonese
flavours, it does so with a modern
flair, fusing age-old techniques
with new styles.
HKK London, Broadgate West, 88
Worship Street, EC2A 2BE.
To book, call 020 3544 6871
2. Yauatcha
If youre after great ambiance, this
is the place to go. The restaurant
is known as much for its swanky
interior and mood lighting as it is
for its innovative Cantonese food.
Since it was opened by
Wagamama founder Alan Yau in
2009, its become a favourite
amongst foodies for its excellent
selection of modern but authentic
dim sum and wok dishes.
15 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DL.
To book, call 020 7494 8888
3. China Tang at The Dorchester
While the dcor might be hit and
miss, theres no disputing that
China Tang delivers an excellent
fine dining experience. Housed in
The Dorchester Hotel, this
restaurant is the brainchild of
restaurateur David Tang, owner of
several Hong Kong and Beijing hot-
spots. The majority of the food is
Cantonese and the menu features
an array of clay-pot dishes and
roasted meats. Make sure you try the
famed Peking duck or lamb brisket.
The Char siu (rich roasted pork with
Shaoxing wine) is also a winner.
China Tang, The Dorchester Hotel,
Park Lane, W1.
To book, call 020 7629 9988
4. Min Jiang
If youre after a restaurant that
offers more than great food, Mian
Jiang is the place to go. Aside from
delivering dishes like the much-
loved wood-fired Beijing bird, gong
bao chicken and exquisite dim sum,
its views of west London will make
your night. Housed on the 10th
floor of the Royal Garden Hotel, you
have a birds eye view of Kensington
Gardens and Hyde Park.
Min Jiang, Royal Garden Hotel, 2-24
Kensington High Street, W8 4PT
To book, call 020 3544 7970
Celebrate Chinese new year in real style
Chablis is one of the toughest wines to get right choose wisely
THE BOTTLE
OPENER
NEIL BENNETT
C
HABLIS is a pretty but
inconsequential looking town
just over 100km north of
Burgundy. There are none of
the great chateaux or domaines of
Bordeaux or Burgundy here. Spend
half an hour loitering in the town
square and it is hard to believe this
is the epicentre of one of the worlds
most famous wine regions.
In fact, until last autumn I had
almost given up on Chablis. I had
been served so many glasses of thin,
tinny, pale liquid purporting to be
Chablis that I had simply lost
faith in the place. Mass production
and brand exploitation were not
doing it any favours.
But I had a moment (or in this
case a mouthful) of epiphany just
before Christmas, when I opened a
bottle of Chablis Premier Cru, and
was reminded what all the fuss was
about. It was a delicious wine, with
a hint of oak and the wonderful
citrusy, flinty taste the wine is
renowned for. Interestingly enough it
came from Vocoret, which is one of
the less highly-rated winemakers in
the region. Considering the prices for
white burgundy, its southern
neighbour, are whizzing into orbit (a
drinkable bottle of Meursault will
now set you back 25-30), I thought
it was time to reappraise the region
and the wines. Not all Chablis is
created equal and you need to buy
carefully, here more than almost
anywhere.
The question is: how can a single
appellation produce such good and
bad wines? The answer is partly one
of geography and one of commerce.
Chablis is one of Frances most
northerly wine making regions, so
growing grapes here is tough. Many
years theres simply not enough
sunshine and the growers face an
annual battle to prevent late frosts
destroying the blossom. So, when
drinking Chablis, pick your vintage
carefully opt for hot sunny
summers and skip the wash outs. At
the moment that means stocking
your cellar with 2010, drinking up
2005 and avoiding 2011 and 2009.
There is a caste system in place in
Chablis that is directly relevant to
what you drink. Bottom of the heap
are the so-called Petit Chablis. To
my mind this is rather like an estate
agent telling you somewhere is
Maida Vale borders when you
know its Kilburn. Many Petit
Chablis display the worst aspects of
the region. The local growers and
winemakers know that Chablis is a
global brand they can exploit and
they dont hold back. Many pick the
grapes by machine, so the ripe and
unripe are piled in together, and then
make mean-spirited wines in large
steel vats and sell them for more than
double what they would fetch
elsewhere. But then comes Chablis
proper, then Chablis Premier Cru, and
top of the heap Chablis Grand Cru.
Taste some of the Premier and Grand
Crus and you would be forgiven for
wondering if they come from the
same planet as the cheap imposters.
The vines are all grown on south-
facing slopes, catching every last ray
of sun, the grapes picked lovingly and
the wines matured for just long
enough in oak barrels. The best are
simply sublime.
So choosing Chablis is like choosing
any wine, only more so. Dont be
gulled by the brand get to know
your growers and vintages and be
aware that cheap Chablis is the
opposite of a bargain.
THREE TO FOLLOW
One for the weekend
Chablis Vocoret 2010 (Majestic, 9.99)
The lesser cousin of the wine that
made me change my mind. Nicely
balanced with a lemony finish
One to impress the neighbours
Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2008 (Marks &
Spencer 38).
This is a bit of a find. Les Clos is one
of the most sought after fields in all
of Chablis and wine of this quality is
scarce. Snap this up and serve when
you want to impress.
One to tuck away
2011 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur, Jean-Paul
Droin (Lay & Wheeler 205 for six, duty paid).
An excellent wine at a good price. It
won't age like the 2010s but well
worth keeping for 2 to 4 years.
bottle.opener@cityam.com
Naomi Mdudu
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The Chinese year of the
snake begins on Sunday.
Celebrate in style by tucking
into the best Chinese cuisine
the capital has to offer.
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IRELAND are giving injured centres
Gordon DArcy and Keith Earls
maximum time to prove their fitness
for Sundays RBS Six Nations visit of
England.
DArcy suffered a dead leg and
Earls a shoulder problem during
Saturdays 30-22 victory in Wales,
and team manager Mick Kearney
admitted both were still
recuperating.
Gordon suffered a nasty dead leg
but is recovering better than we
expected. The prognosis is still
guarded but we are more hopeful
than we were yesterday, he said.
Keith took a blow to his left
shoulder that was quite sore. The
prognosis is guarded. He will do
modified training today and
tomorrow and will be reviewed by a
specialist tomorrow.
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back-row forward Robert Harley his
Test debut in Saturdays Six Nations
clash with buoyant Italy.
Harley, 22, replaces injured
Glasgow colleague Alasdair Strokosch
for the fixture at Murrayfield, while
head coach Scott Johnsons other
enforced change sees Ross Ford come
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Saturdays defeat against England.
Ireland sweat
on centre pair
H
E HASNT always had the
easiest time in an England
shirt, but the selectors stuck
with wicketkeeper-batsman
Jos Buttler and he has repaid that
faith by starting the tour of New
Zealand with a bang.
England had to try alternatives to
Craig Kieswetter, who has been left
out of the short-form sides, and
Buttler showed every sign of taking
his chance in the opening Twenty 20
warm-up win yesterday morning.
Buttler is probably not as good with
the gloves as Kieswetter but he is by
no means bad behind the wicket,
and his 57 off 24 balls against a New
Zealand XI underlined his explosive
batting potential.
The opposition are not the best
the Black Caps are professional and
well organised but lack the three or
four brilliant individuals of England
so the next few weeks are a golden
chance for him to impress.
Buttler will have his eye firmly on a
place in the team for the 50-over
Champions Trophy in England this
summer. Test recognition may have
to wait as I dont think he is techni-
cally ready for the five-day game.
While his excellent display did not
surprise me much, I was hugely
encouraged to see fast-bowler Stuart
Broad return in such emphatic fash-
ion from the injury that limited his
action in the winter tour of India.
The captain bowled with good
pace, showed no signs of his recent
heel problem and, by claiming a late
hat-trick in England s 46-run victory,
showed he has not lost his knack of
getting the ball in the right place.
Broad is very important in all forms
for England when he plays well they
invariably do too and Test coach
Andy Flower will be just as hopeful as
one-day and T20 boss Ashley Giles
that he stays fit and in form.
Keeping players in peak condition
will be on the coaches minds, as any
injuries now wouldnt leave too
much time for recovery before the
two main events of the summer, the
Champions Trophy and the home
Ashes series. England will surely con-
sider resting seamer James Anderson
and Test skipper Alastair Cook when
feasible in New Zealand, especially
the former as the physical demands
on bowlers are more gruelling.
This tour is a chance for some to
regain form and others to stake a
claim for a regular spot, and I expect
England to be too good for New
Zealand. I see them winning the T20
series, which starts on Saturday, 3-0
and, if they play as they can, going
the whole trip unbeaten.
Andy Lloyd is a former England Test
cricketer. He has also captained and been
chairman of Warwickshire.
IN BRIEF
Ogogo rubbishes Hatton reports
n BOXING: London 2012 star Anthony
Ogogo has denied reports that former
world champion Ricky Hatton is to be
his trainer. The Olympic middleweight
bronze medallist, set for a professional
debut in April or May, said: Speculation
regarding my trainer situation is wide of
the mark. To be clear, no decision has
been made at this point.
Button fastest in first F1 testing
n FORMULA ONE: Britains Jenson
Button enjoyed an encouraging start to
the 2013 pre-season when he set the
fastest time in testing in Jerez
yesterday. The McLaren driver was
0.848 seconds faster than Red Bulls
Mark Webber, despite missing five
hours track time with a fuel pump
problem, with Romain Grosjean of Lotus
third. English rookie Max Chilton
crashed after his Marussias suspension
failed, but the 21-year-old escaped
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FIT-AGAIN England centre Manu
Tuilagi has been told that the onus
is on him to prove he deserves to
be recalled to the starting XV for
Sundays RBS Six Nations
showdown with Ireland in Dublin.
Tuilagi had been widely tipped
to return in place of either Billy
Twelvetrees or Brad Barritt for a
match that looks pivotal to
Englands hopes of winning the
championship for only the second
time in a decade.
But the Gloucester mans try-
scoring debut in Saturdays
encouraging victory over Scotland
and Barritts key role in
marshalling the defence have left
Englands coaching staff agonising
over their midfield selection.
You have three guys and each
of them bring special attributes,
said defence coach Mike Catt.
It is great Billy performed the
way he did against Scotland. Manu
has been out of the game for three
or four weeks. Well see how they
all train and we will go
accordingly from there.
If the guys have performed
exceptionally well on the weekend,
the guys coming in need to make
sure they have the tempo and up
the intensity to really put their
hands forward.
Catt said it would be very hard
to drop Barritt before facing the
twin threat of Brian ODriscoll and
Jonathan Sexton, who shone in
Irelands victory in Wales.
ODriscoll is playing
exceptionally well at the moment,
he added. We know they are
capable of doing that.
BY FRANK DALLERES
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Prove youre worth recalling,
England coaches tell Tuilagi
Buttler delivers on T20 promise
Results
Buttler smashed 57 off just 24 balls
in Englands first T20 warm-up win
ENGLAND captain Steven Gerrard
has tipped his midfield partner Jack
Wilshere to become one of the
worlds great players as they prepare
to start an international match
together for the first time
Wilshere will
be one of best
in world, says
captain Gerrard
tonight.
Gerrard and
Wilshere are
tasked with
i n s p i r i n g
England to a first
victory over
Brazil since 1990
when the 2014
World Cup hosts
visit Wembley for a
prestige friendly to celebrate
150 years of the Football
Association.
Wilshere, who has not
started an England game
since June 2011, has rediscov-
ered top form for Arsenal
since returning from a career-
threatening ankle injury and
impressed Liverpool skipper
Gerrard when the sides collid-
ed last week.
Jacks got a bit of every-
thing: he can tackle, pass, get
up and down the pitch, create
or score a goal. He ticks every
box, and hes going to get bet-
ter and better. Hes only 21 and a fan-
tastic talent, and were delighted hes
back, said Gerrard.
He has the potential to become
one of the best in the world. I dont
want to put any pressure on him, but
having played against him recently
and seen him in training, hes a
one-off. Hes a lot better
than your normal Premier
League midfielder.
England manager Roy
Hodgson is expected to
partner Wayne
Rooney with
M a n c h e s t e r
United colleague
Danny Welbeck in
attack, despite trying
Wilsheres Arsenal team-
mate Theo Walcott as a strik-
er in training.
Ashley Cole is inked in at left-
back and poised to become only
the seventh player to win 100
England caps, and insists he
wants to play on despite clam-
our for Evertons Leighton
Baines to replace him.
Im proud, privileged and
overwhelmed by how many
times I have played for
England, and I hope it doesnt
stop here, said Cole.
If there comes a time
and there will when I am
not first-choice leftback, it
wont be a problem. I am
not going to quit just
because someone
is playing better
than me or
deserves to
play.
RETIRING double Olympic
champion Rebecca Adlington is
aiming to ensure all children in
Britain are able to swim 25m
before the age of 12.
Adlington yesterday confirmed
the end of her hugely successful
competitive career, which also
brought medals at world,
European and Commonwealth
level. The 23-year-old from
Mansfield insists she is not
retiring from the sport
altogether, however, merely
changing her focus from
racing to encouraging
participation.
As a competitive
element, as an elite
athlete, I definitely
wont be competing
any more, she said,
Adlington retires and sets goal
of improving kids swimming
but added: I hate the word retire
so I dont want to say retires from
it at all because I will never retire
from swimming in general.
Adlington conceded her target
for getting children swimming,
through her programme Becky
Adlingtons SwimStars, was
ambitious but has declared her
absolute goal in life.
I want to create a deeper legacy
which is trying to get every
single child swimming 25m
when they leave primary
school, she said.
I know it is very out there
but I wouldnt have said five
years ago that Id have
four Olympic medals in
my drawer at home.
I know with a lot of
hard work you can do
that. It is such a life
skill. It would
overtake anything I
have achieved
medal-wise.
WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013
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BY FRANK DALLERES
Adlington won medals at
every major championship
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JUVENTUS manager Antonio
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Swanseas
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Stamford
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Conte was in August handed
a 10-month touchline ban for
failing to report match-fixing,
but following multiple appeals
his suspension was cut to four
months and he resumed his
place on the bench in
December.
A run of just one win in six
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Goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic
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Reds game
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Contes Juve went
unbeaten last term
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Months since Jack
Wilsheres last
England start
Wilshere has rediscovered
his top form for Arsenal
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BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Scolari, whose Portugal team
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the Football Association about
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2006 before rejecting the post.
The 64-year-old, who begins his
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Brazil tonight at Wembley, said
yesterday he felt compelled to turn
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Of course it hurts. It hurts a lot
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been the manager of the England
team. Who wouldnt? Its a
wonderful national team, said
Scolari, whose Portugal later ended
Englands 2006 World Cup.
When I was invited to be national
coach of England I still had a
contract with Portugal and I was not
willing to break it. It was my duty to
fulfil it. Imagine what it would have
been like when we played each other
in 2006 and I had signed that
contract with England.
Scolari said his ill-fated seven-
month spell in charge of Chelsea,
which ended with his sacking in
February 2009, was marvellous
and left the door open for the FA to
make another approach.
Who knows what will happen?
One day, maybe, he added. I wish
all the best for the English players
and their manager.
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Scolari was offered the job in 2006
Gerrard, set to start a
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Wilshere for the first
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