The Capitalist: Farmers protest heats up; Guardian strikes; Jaguar’s rebrand Diary The farmers protest escalates, Guardian hacks threaten strikes and more; catch up on the latest City gossip in The Capitalist.
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Forget Paddington: Peru comes properly to life on a trip with Belmond Life&Style En vogue right now due to Paddington, Peru is best seen by train, especially a Belmond train, writes Alexandra Pereira, who went on a pilgrimage in memory of her late friend A ruby-red Gothic typeface on the front of a bus adjacent to mine glows against the cornflower blue skies overhead as we creep into [...]
Meet the Trinidad-born entrepreneur shaking up a UK rum renaissance November 15, 2024 How this entrepreneur plans to introduce authentic Caribbean culture to the UK premium drinks market.
Gary Lineker’s TV production company enters liquidation November 14, 2024 A TV production company co-owned by Gary Lineker has entered liquidation, it has been revealed. Goalhanger Films is owned by Gary Lineker and former ITV controller Tony Pastor and has produced access documentaries featuring major sports stars. Its previous projects have included Football, Prince William and Our Mental Health; Hand of God; Mo Salah: A [...]
Huge debts revealed at firm backed by Money Saving Expert’s Martin Lewis November 13, 2024 A company backed by Money Saving Expert’s Martin Lewis has crashed into liquidation owing almost £8m. Documents filed with Companies House have confirmed that London-based Magway recently appointed Gateway as its voluntary liquidator. According to the statement of affairs document, the firm had an estimated total deficiency to its members of over £7.7m. Among its [...]
Just Eat shares spike after it announces Grubhub sale November 13, 2024 Delivery platform Just Eat has agreed to sell its American arm, Grubhub, to the US takeaway startup Wonder. Shares in Just Eat rose 19 per cent in early trades on the news. Just Eat sold the platform for $650m (£500m), a 90 per cent discount on the $7bn it paid in 2021—or, adjusting for inflation, [...]
Financing the Future – Saudi Arabia looks to grow its capital market November 12, 2024 Ahead of FII8’s conference in Riyadh, Sir Martyn Lewis interviewed Nayef Al-Athel, Group Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, of Saudi Tadawul Group, the parent company of Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange, for Inside Saudi. Al-Athel talked about the great strides being made in the Kingdom to help facilitate capital flows into Saudi’s growing capital market. Sir [...]
‘Disaster Budget will kill UK farming’, warns chicken king Boparan November 12, 2024 Entrepreneur Ranjit Singh Boparan, whose empire ranges from Bernard Matthews to Carluccio’s, has warned the autumn Budget is a “disaster for business” and will “deliver a final fatal blow to the thousands of small family-owned farms”. Boparan added that the “inheritance tax raid” on farms announced in the Budget on 30 October “risks supply being [...]
Employer National Insurance hike a ‘significant burden’ and will impact working people, warns Thwaites November 12, 2024 The hike in employer National Insurance contribution (NICs), which was revealed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget, will place a “significant burden” on historic brewer, pub and hotel owner, Daniel Thwaites, the company has said. The Lancashire-headquartered group added that the increase, together with the rise in the National Living Wage, “make it less [...]