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Countdown to Christmas: how to divvy up the jobs to avoid festive overwhelm

Crack this year’s Christmas planning and organising with this fail-safe guide, for a happier festive period.

Woman & Home

This Hotel Chocolat velvetiser deal at Amazon is one you won’t want to miss

The hot chocolate maker has surged to cult status since its launch, and is rarely on sale, so act fast

The Independent UK

A Hotel Chocolat velvetiser Black Friday deal you won’t want to miss

The hot chocolate maker has surged to cult status since its launch, and is rarely on sale, so act fast

The Independent UK

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Best gifts for women that will blow her away this Christmas

Looking for present ideas for the woman in your life? This gift guide has you covered

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U.K. arm of M&M’s and Snickers’ parent grew profits by almost 100%

Mars Inc. has been boosting its business in the U.K., including with the purchase of Hotel Chocolat.

Fortune

Notes on chocolate: getting out of a jam

Why bother making marmalade when you can buy it in chocolate form?

The Guardian - UK

Best advent calendars for kids of 2024 for chocolate-filled Christmas joy

Help your little ones prepare for Santa’s arrival the proper way

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Hotel Chocolat to launch new bakeries: which store locations will they be in?

The chocolate connoisseurs is opening four in-store bakeries featuring sweet and savoury goodies in existing Velvetiser Cafés

Evening Standard

Best tin wedding anniversary gifts, from diamonds to fragrances

Ten years united calls for the party - and presents - of the decade

Evening Standard

The Dualit Cocoatiser is a Velvetiser dupe that might make better hot chocolate

Dualit’s new Cocoatiser could give the Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser a run for its money

Best premixed espresso martinis that are a ready-to-drink delight

For a drink that’ll do more than just wake you up

Evening Standard

The biggest corporate gaffes of 2023

It's that time of the year again. Here are 15 of the City desk's best corporate gaffes of 2023

Evening Standard

These are the 27 best Christmas gifts for mum - handpicked by w&h

Our editor-curated list of the best Christmas gifts for mum, from budget-friendly picks to luxury buys

Woman & Home

Best Christmas chocolate boxes to gift in 2024 from Lindt, Fortnum & Mason and more

Dive into a sugary feast

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The Guardian - UK

How Hotel Chocolat became a £534m prize for Mars

With US group’s might behind it, upmarket UK chocolate firm may overcome recent stumbling blocks

The Guardian - UK

Hotel Chocolat founders to land £280m after it agrees £534m Mars takeover

US food company pays big premium for UK chocolates maker and says it will keep manufacturing in Britain

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live: blue-chip shares close down 1%, Hotel Chocolat and City Pub in takeover deals

Dealmaking action returned to the Square Mile today as Hotel Chocolat and City Pub Group revealed takeover agreements.

The Guardian - UK

Mars to buy Hotel Chocolat; ‘too early’ to consider UK interest rate cuts; US jobless claims rise – as it happened

Mars to swallow Hotel Chocolat, and Bank of England’s Megan Greene says fall in inflation is ‘good news’, but it’s too early to think about cutting borrowing costs

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Evening Standard

Sweet £140m for Hotel Chocolat founders as Mars agrees to buy chain for half a billion

Mean more than £100 million for each of Hotel Chocolat’s two co-founders, Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris,

The Guardian - UK

Notes on chocolate: This bar will make friends and is a marvellous dessert

Nobody can be mean eating this slab of milk chocolate praline

Evening Standard

Best hot chocolate makers for a warming cup of cocoa this winter

Toast the sweet side of the season

Evening Standard

Best vegan advent calendars 2023: Delicious daily treats without the dairy

Plant-based treats to mark the Christmas countdown

Evening Standard

Best luxury biscuits that will make delicious gifts

The biccie goes boujee

The Independent UK

10 of the best affordable gifts for dads of all ages

Pleasing pressies, priced from £50 and under. By Sam Wylie-Harris.

Evening Standard

Best wedding gifts for friends that will make you their favourite guest

Best mate getting hitched? Here are the thoughtful and fun gifts they’ll love the most

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