Deliveroo raises guidance for year despite orders slipping August 10, 2023 Deliveroo upped its guidance for the year to a range of £60-80m, ahead of previous range of £20-50m, as the group shows signs of weathering the economic storm. Total revenues rose five per cent to £1.02bn up from £972.9bn as the group increased the cost of payment fees it charges customers. The food delivery business, [...]
Things to do in London this Easter weekend, from egg hunts to the boat race March 28, 2024 The top six things to do in London this Easter weekend, including the horniman's fair and the annual Top Cuvee Easter egg hunt
Climate sceptic Bjorn Lomborg’s stark warning: ‘People will rebel against green policies’ September 14, 2022 Climate sceptic Bjorn Lomborg is President of the Copenhagen Consensus and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Today he explains in City A.M. why green policies will simply not work. The disconnect between the global elite and the real world is growing by the day. Most people are worn down by the pandemic, food [...]
Christmas under threat: All poultry must be housed indoors amid ‘largest ever outbreak’ of bird flu October 31, 2022 Christmas turkeys are under threat as a massive outbreak of bird flu1 is forcing the UK to house all poultry and captive birds indoors. From 7 November, the birds will need to be kept indoors and follow stringent biosecurity measures, the chief Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss said today. In a statement published by the [...]
Hovis: Cost of a loaf of bread to hold steady after price hikes March 26, 2024 The cost of loaf of Hovis bread is set to remain steady this year after prices were hiked in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
British factories’ costs climb at record pace in sign of even higher consumer prices to come May 18, 2022 Prices for materials used by British factories are rising at the quickest pace on record in a sign firms may be pushed to keep passing on costs to consumers, official figures published today revealed. The cost of buying components such as fuels used for the day to day running of manufacturing firms jumped 18.6 per [...]
Co-op invests £70m into fresh price cuts for as losses narrow September 21, 2023 The Co-op has invested a further £70m investment into lowering pricing for customers as its losses narrowed after the sale of its forecourts business to Asda. The retailer pumped £20m into price cuts in the first half year and said it now has plans for a further £70m investment, which includes 200 reductions for users [...]
Upper Crust owner SSP sees share price fall despite strengthening revenues September 21, 2023 Upper Crust owner SSP has said it expects revenue to be at the higher side of previous guidance this year as it benefited from a recovery in air travel.
Gender pension gap: Women trail men by thousands – and the gap could widen April 11, 2023 Women’s pensions are on average £17,014 smaller than their male counterparts, per a new study by pensions consultants TPT. The research found that among those who knew how much they had put aside, the average man in his 50s would retire with far more money than a female counterpart. Women workers, by contrast, fear that [...]
Inside the Cancun adults-only hotel with margarita making kits in every room June 12, 2024 The new Cancun adults-only hotel with margarita-making kits in every room