Tortilla Mexican Grill serves up European expansion with Fresh Burritos deal June 25, 2024 Tortilla Mexican Grill has acquired Fresh Burritos, the second largest fast-casual Mexican restaurant group in Europe, for €3.95m (£3.3m).
Car insurance costs soar at record rates with London worst affected October 25, 2023 The average cost of car insurance skyrocketed 61 per cent in the year to August, as inflation jacks up the price of repairs.
Babylon’s director should have known better and not let this movie fall into self indulgence January 23, 2023 Movies about movies tend to do well around Oscar season, and no one knows that better than Damien Chazelle. While La La Land famously didn’t win Best Picture in 2017, it did win six Oscars out of fourteen nominations, including Best Director. In Babylon, he returns to Hollywood but looks through a different lens. Starting [...]
THG shares soar 10 per cent as investors cheer the appointment of BAT’s Farr April 24, 2023 Shares in THG soared 10 per cent after the beleaguered e-commerce platform drafted in a director of British American Tobacco to help take it private. Sue Farr, the senior independent director (SID) of BAT sits on the board of a number of FTSE 100 companies including used car dealership Lookers and real estate company Helical. [...]
Car insurance premiums hit highest levels since records began August 11, 2023 Motor insurance premiums have soared to their highest levels since records began, according to research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Over the last year, the average price paid for car insurance rose 21 per cent to £511, the highest since the ABI began collecting data in 2012. The ABI said that “sustained cost [...]
Piaget’s eighties icon the Polo gets a lavish reboot February 15, 2024 The Polo 79 (£69,000 in yellow gold) will be available soon at Piaget’s boutique, 169 New Bond Street W1S 4AN; piaget.com
Major Welsh rugby sponsor pulls out amid WRU financial deal with clubs May 22, 2023 A major sponsor of Welsh rugby has withdrawn its backing of clubs in the country in what appears to be a stark warning against the Welsh Rugby Union. Oil 4 Wales will step away from rugby until the funding strategy recently announced for the four professional regions is redesigned. The company has links to all [...]
Potter, Howe, Klopp: Who could replace Southgate as England manager? July 16, 2024 Southgate said it was “time for change” after taking England to the brink of a first major trophy since 1966.
Sunak and Starmer condemn Farage as ‘completely wrong’ over Ukraine remarks June 22, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have condemned Nigel Farage for his claim the West provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Peter Ho hoping to secure licence with Amazing Victory July 14, 2023 IT WILL be the day of destiny for trainer Peter Ho when he arrives at Sha Tin in Hong Kong for the final day of the 2022/23 season on Sunday. Ho will enter the track for a highly competitive 11-race programme, knowing he needs two winners to save his 26-year training career. The popular 63-year-old [...]