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London’s Alpine bars, long way from the slopes

08/12/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Give me a cool Fendant and a fondue in a Swiss resort any day, compared to a London city centre Alpine experience – but hey, not everyone is as lucky as those of us in Switzerland! So for those stuck in the city, here is a list of the top 10 Alpine bars in London, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alpine, bars, London, pubs, UK, wines

Alcohol most harmful UK abused substance

01/11/2010 by Ellen Wallace

New study reinforces earlier data, scoring substances based on harm they cause London, England (GenevaLunch) – UK media headlines Monday 1 November are mainly about bombs and another potentially explosive subject: which substance is the most damaging, among drugs and alcohol. Alcohol comes out tops, followed by heroin, but before wine lovers panic that this […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: advertising ban, Alan Johnson, alcohol, Britain, classification, David Nutt, drugs, France, harmful substances, Lancet study, News, UK, wine

Closed airspace is driving people to – Geneva

18/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Are we surprised that the £1,200 which is a UK taxi company’s biggest fare ever ended up in Geneva? So the businessmen who took the ride won’t be surprised at taxi fares in Geneva. They were driven from Northhampton to Geneva to catch a flight to Portugal, so they’ll probably be stuck with another large […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: airport, ash, England, Geneva, largest ever, taxi fare, UK, volcano

Air travel in Europe stalls Friday

16/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Airlines, airports expect bumpy ride when ash cloud allows flights to resume Friday evening 16 April Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The ash cloud from Iceland’s volcano is causing severe disruption to airlines throughout Europe, with the UK closed to air traffic until 18:00 Friday evening, airports in northern France including Paris closed, as well as […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: airspace, Business, Europe, flights cancelled, Geneva, Germany, Iceland, Paris, Switzerland, UK, volcano, Zurich

UK media love Swiss clichés (and expenses-paid trips)

17/01/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, a city you’ve probably never seen, even if you live there Some things never change, and a certain class of wealthy Brits seeing quaint little Switzerland as a playground is one of them. Another is the itch of UK newspaper writers to get the editor to pay for a trip, preferably during the ski […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: bankers, banks, boring, Britain, British, Community, events, expensive, forfait, forfeit, Geneva Financial Center, hedge funds, Ivan Pictet, Lake Geneva region, lump sum, moving to Geneva, Switzerland, tax, taxes, Telegraph, times, UK, UK Times

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