FTSE 100 rallies after yesterday’s heavy fall April 21, 2021 London’s FTSE 100 rebounded today, after a poor performance yesterday that saw London’s main market fall two per cent. The FTSE 100 closed up 0.52 per cent on yesterday’s gloomy session, when tobacco stocks and fears of new variants pummelled the market, ending the day at a two per cent loss. The blue-chip index was [...]
Index Ventures invests $1bn into UK startups and will create 5000 jobs within a year July 23, 2021 Transatlantic venture capital firm Index Ventures has raised $3.1bn in new funds and directly invested $1bn in UK startups to create 5000 British jobs in the next year. Index’s latest cash injection comes just a year after Index raised its last set of $2bn funds. The UK is Index’s single largest destination for investments in Europe, and [...]
Gaucho’s Martin Williams interviews England rugby star Simon Shaw November 27, 2023 Martin Williams, founder of M Restaurant and owner of Gaucho, invites former England rugby player Simon Shaw for lunch at his newly refurbished Gaucho City
Retailers in trouble as 51 per cent of punters cut back on clothes shopping July 31, 2023 Retail and hospitality industries continue to be bruised by the UK’s cost of living crisis as 59 per cent of people have cut their spending on eating out and a further 51 per cent have cut spending on clothing. As Brits continue to watch their pennies amid high inflation, figures from Oxera show that in [...]
Farewell transmission: Have interest rates worked to bring down inflation? March 31, 2024 While inflation has fallen from a peak of over 11 per cent to 3.4 per cent, unemployment stands at just 3.9 per cent having fallen in the second half of last year.
Festive, err, fun: The best (and worst) Christmas food from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Amazon, Pret and more December 12, 2023 We've ranked the best (and worst) Christmas food available in supermarket
Worms in the fish? Team GB star rails at food in Paris 2024 Olympic Village August 6, 2024 GB staff were forced to send their own chef to cater for the team following complaints about the food.
US stocks open higher to reverse yesterday’s losses July 9, 2021 US stocks opened up on Friday, helping to pare back sharp losses on Thursday. The blue-chip S&P 500 added 0.84 per cent in morning trading to reach 4,357. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.67 per cent, while the Dow Jones was up sharply by 1.11 per cent during the open. American benchmarks’ rebound was driven by [...]
Let’s be honest: ‘miracle drug’ Ozempic will be a game-changer on obesity May 16, 2024 What if there was already a proven way to reduce obesity and improve health without government intervention? There is and it’s called Ozempic, says Matt Lesh A new study out this week claims that rising work absenteeism is being driven by obesity. There are reasons to doubt these findings. Official data from the Office for [...]
No more Noma: What’s next for Copenhagen’s food scene October 3, 2024 For decades, Noma has been one of the most coveted restaurants on the planet. It birthed ‘new Nordic’ cuisine in 2003 and stamped the small Danish capital on the gastronomic map, winning the world’s best restaurant award multiple times and holding Michelin stars since 2008. Its stratospheric success was led by head chef and co-founder [...]