Restaurant group MEATliquor has used the time its restaurants have been closed during lockdown to streamline its operations and make its offer stronger than ever before, according to managing director Scott Collins. Having time to sit back and question everything we do and how we do it has been quite rewarding and eye opening, said Collins. When you ve got 11 restaurants, making changes to that rolling juggernaut is very difficult so having the downtime, I ve really enjoyed it. I haven t enjoyed the financial losses though. We re chomping at the bit to reopen like everyone else. Anyone who s still standing is going to be running a much tighter ship and be streamlined, that s what we did.
North London Hospice is recruiting more Compassionate Neighbours
The North London Hospice is recruiting more Compassionate Neighbours to play vital roles by offering their time to people with life-limiting illness who are experiencing loneliness or social isolation. Regular visits, companionship or just a listening ear can really make a difference.
The hospice, which has premises in North Finchley and Winchmore Hill, has been operating a Compassionate Neighbours scheme since 2018 and to date has trained 170 volunteers and made nearly 150 introduction. It was recently awarded more funding by the National Lottery Community Fund to allow it to train more volunteers.
Training courses are held on Zoom and the next dates are 27, 28 January, 3 and 4 February.
Joy Wolfe, 82
With a lifetime of service to the Jewish and lay community, Joy Wolfe is unquestionably a legendary leader. An unwavering Zionist, the 82-year-old is president of StandWithUs UK and honorary life president of Manchester Zionist Central Council.
Joy Wolfe
Following a distinguished career as a magistrate specialising in family law and probation, she also served as a local councillor in Maidstone and co-founded the Stockport Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Joy’s many accolades include receiving an MBE for services to the Greater Manchester community in 2009, and being awarded the Golden Golda Award from the World Zionist Organisation in 2019.
Judith Elkan, 90
London room rents have dropped by 8% in a year
Inner London sees greatest falls with average asking rents falling by 12.4%
Average UK rents rose 2% year-on-year despite the falls in some major cities
Sheffield and Northampton recorded room rent rises of 4% in 2020
Over the past year, the number of rental properties on Rightmove more than doubled in some city centres
Colin Dowland, headmaster of Woodridge Primary School in North Finchley, London, revealed that parents had been writing in to question teachers competence and tell them how to do their jobs
An angry headmaster has hit out at highly critical parents in an acid-tongued letter are sent them a UCAS link to apply to become teachers.
Colin Dowland, headmaster of Woodridge Primary School in North Finchley, London, revealed that parents had been writing in to question teachers competence and tell them how to do their jobs .
All schools in Britain are now closed except for the children of key workers - with the majority of the country s pupils now learning from home through online classes.