Recipe: Fortnum & Mason’s baked beans with chorizo
Simple and satisfying, try this recipe from Fortnum & Mason using storecupboard ingredients
Around St James's
South Westminster BIDs virtual event series
Learn something new at home with virtual events from the South Westminster BIDs
West End businesses unite
How can luxury businesses in Mayfair and St James’s respond to the threat of Covid-19?
Mercato Mayfair at home
Mercato Mayfair are now able to offer groceries for home delivery, as well as boxes to reserve and collect. Choose from things like pasta, sauces, tinned soups, drinks and fresh organic fruit and veg.
Local Churches are now online
In order to offer ongoing spiritual sustenance, most Mayfair churches are now offering a daily online Mass.
COYA launches Latin self-isolation kit
To help ease the stress of self-isolation, COYA has created a Latin American experience to enjoy at home.
London bike subscription start-up and florist join forces for the NHS
London-based bike subscription startup Buzzbike is giving NHS workers in the city free use of its bikes for two months, to help them get to and from work during the Covid-19 crisis. The bicycles are being delivered with the help of Elizabeth Marsh Floral Design.
A Room of One’s Own
The one thing you absolutely cannot put a price on? Safety. From panic rooms to hotel security, here are what the UHNWs are prioritising, and who they’re turning to.
VB Supporting the COVID-19 relief effort
Victoria Beckham will be donating 20% of sales from victoriabeckham.com and victoriabeckhambeauty.com to Feeding America in the US and the Trussell Trust in the UK.
The L’OCCITANE Group
The L’OCCITANE Group, a pioneer in beauty and well-being products using natural ingredients, has decided to reassign some of its facilities to manufacture 70,000 litres of hand sanitiser. These products will be donated to the health authorities and healthcare workers in France.
INEOS to build hand sanitiser plant
INEOS, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, has today announced plans to produce 1 million hand sanitisers per month to help with the European shortage. These will be produced according to World Health Organisation specifications and be specifically designed to kill bacteria and viruses.
A statement from The Royal Parks
“We believe strongly that having access to green space has never been more important than it is today for people’s physical and mental wellbeing, particularly for those without a garden. It is up to all of us collectively to adhere to the latest guidance, otherwise we will have to consider closing the parks. We will keep the situation under constant review.”