A life of photography on the verge of stepping into the blockchain ring July 7, 2021 Crypto AM writer Jillian Godsil meets Christina Jansen, photographer and artist who forged a special bond with one of the world's greatest ever athletes.
Why cash-rich renters are on the rise October 11, 2019 According to conventional British wisdom, renting is something you do when you can’t afford to buy a house. While that’s still true of the majority of London renters, there is another group – and they’re growing. Some are international executives coming here to work for a year or two. There are wealthy overseas students, too, [...]
Pure Gym buys Soho Gyms to bulk up London presence June 22, 2018 Pure Gym has snapped up the 10-strong London Soho Gyms chain and will convert all the branches to the Pure format. The addition of the Soho portfolio, which includes sites at Tower Hill and Farringdon, will bring the number of Pure sites in London up to 59. Pure charges significantly less than Soho, with a [...]
Gym group David Lloyd is for sale March 5, 2017 David Lloyd owners are preparing to sell the gym chain for £1.3bn, according to The Telegraph. A sale of the gym group, which runs 83 clubs in the UK and 12 in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, is expected to draw considerable interest from private equity investors. However, the sale cannot proceed until a prior [...]
Pure Gym eyes further expansion as growing membership boosts revenues April 25, 2019 Pure Gym has posted double-digit revenue growth for the full year as it eyes further expansion in 2019. The figures Revenue rose 15 per cent to £228.4m in the year to the end of December. Group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation jumped 14 per cent to £73.1m. Member numbers were up 16 per [...]
UK firms cut more than 106,000 jobs amid coronavirus pandemic August 19, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has battered the UK economy since it arrived in early 2020 – and no sector has remained unscathed, with more than 100,000 job cuts planned during the pandemic. The government’s furlough scheme has allowed millions of people to keep getting a paycheck, but fears are growing that when this is phased out [...]
Exit strategy: How and when Boris Johnson will end the UK lockdown May 7, 2020 The Prime Minister is set to reveal a “roadmap” to end UK lockdown measures on Sunday, but what does the exit strategy look like, and when will measures be eased? Last week, Boris Johnson said the UK had “passed the peak” and today chairs a Cabinet meeting that will focus on what restrictions can be [...]
Super-rich millennials want their homes to feel like hotels October 18, 2019 There is a change taking place in London’s super- prime residential market. While the white stucco Georgian townhouses of Mayfair and Belgravia are still highly sought after, a younger generation of global wealth is now maturing – and they have very different aspirations when it comes to owning their own London pad. Having experienced the [...]
Fitness Advice: How to exercise when injured and how to get more supple June 11, 2019 I have a knee injury and have to rest it, what exercise can I do and how do I know when it’s safe to use it again? Having an injury doesn’t mean you can’t do anything, although it is an excuse many people use. Most of us live very sedentary lives and having an injury [...]
A splash of colour: Art can boost workplace productivity September 30, 2019 Florence Nightingale once wrote: “Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by colour, and light, we do know this: that they have an actual physical effect. Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients, are actual means of recovery.” That’s a quote from [...]