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These are tough times for many businesses, with job cuts, higher costs and falling sales as the Government's spending cuts start to take effect.

But there are some industries that thrive in a downturn - capitalising on people's need for quick cash or something to lighten the gloom. The Wharf examines how some of them are doing.

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The joy is in the detail at this quirky, bustling and captivating restaurant.

Pizza is not usually regarded as a Christmas dish but one Canary Wharf chef decided to improvise when called upon to serve up a festive treat.

Westferry Circus-based Italian restaurant Prezzo was recently visited by John Frewer and his fussy-eating sons, Louie, seven, and Frankie, three.

Jamie Oliver fans have less than a month to wait for the popular tv chef's Canary Wharf restaurant to open.

Jamie's Italian, in Churchill Place, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, August 5, with Oliver heading down to the Wharf to cut the ribbon himself.

Papa John's Pizza is planning to make a splash by offering customers the chance to have their food delivered by jetski.

The popular pizza chain, which has a shop in Poplar, has become the first in the world to commission a delivery jet-ski to make deliveries to punters living close to waterways.

There are many trends you can pick up from this recession. One of them seems to be people aren't sitting down as much. Not in restaurants anyway.

While that's bad news for Anthony Worrall Thompson, Gordon Ramsay and some of their hard-working colleagues in the kitchen, it means money in the till for John Schnatter, the American owner of worldwide pizza chain Papa John's.