Bu siness skills: b et ter me etings 1 — 21 business englisch bu sin es s e n g L is

fall through
,
scheitern, fehlschlagen
go for sth.
,
sich für etw. begeistern; 
auch: 
sich für etw. ent- 
scheiden
hut
,
hier:
Häuschen
local council 
UK
,
Gemeinderat
nickname
,
Spitzname
scruffy 
[(skrVfi]
,
verwahrlost
sustain sth.
,
etw. erhalten, tragen
take hold
,
hier:
konkrete Formen 
annehmen
Thames 
[temz]
,
Themse
twist: with a ~ 
,
hier:
ganz anders
(
twist
,
Wendung)
“
In London, Bele worked for Siemens and SAP, but, by 
the 2000s, she wanted a more flexible working environ-
ment so she could combine work with looking after the 
couple’s first child. This is when the idea of a Bavarian beer 
garden took hold. “In Germany,” says Bele, “we have this 
saying: 
Wer nichts wird, wird Wirt!
” High motivation, the rela-
tive ease of setting up a business in the UK and something 
in the London zeitgeist persuaded the couple to go for it. 
Intercultural curiosity
They were cautious, not knowing whether German culture, 
food and drink would be popular enough to sustain a business. 
“I don’t think there were any German restaurants in London at 
the time,” Reinhard says. “I found this rather sad. But everybody 
was talking about the Oktoberfest and about 
Sauerkraut
— the 
nickname for Germans is ‘Krauts’ — so we thought, why don’t 
we actually eat it here?” 
London fans:
Reinhard and 
Bele Stein

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