Our favourite restaurants and bars re-open! July 15, 2020 As businesses make their first steps back towards ‘normal life’ we have listed some of our favourite London spots to help you keep up to date with what’s on offer across the City. 1 Lombard Street will reopen on 20th July with some exciting new changes as chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix joins the [...]
Activist investor Cat Rock tells Prosus not to interfere with Takeaway.com bid for Just Eat October 22, 2019 Activist investor Cat Rock has warned investment firm Prosus not to interfere with Takeaway.com’s bid for rival food delivery service Just Eat. Prosus launched a £4.9bn all-cash offer for Just Eat today, representing a 20 per cent premium to Takeaway.com’s all-share offer which has been negatively impacted by the Dutch businesses’ falling share price. Read [...]
The Ford Fiesta ST Performance Edition is a riot to drive and a classic of the future December 2, 2019 He can’t afford a Rolls or a Bentley, he has to buy a second-hand Ford,” sang Ray Davies of The Kinks in 1969. How times have changed. Today, you can buy a 1980s Bentley for banger money, while Fords of that era are blue-chip classics. Eye-watering prices paid at auction include £122,500 for a 1987 [...]
Fevertree Drinks: Does 20% slump offer rare chance to buy? June 5, 2019 By Edmond Jackson from interactive investor. It’s one of the great stock market success stories but is vulnerable to shifts in sentiment. Our companies analyst shares his thoughts after a savage sell-off in May. Following my recent review of soft drinks firm Britvic (LSE:BVIC), it is pertinent to compare the risk/reward profile of AIM-listed Fevertree (LSE:FEVR) – both as a potential [...]
The Bentley Bentayga Speed is officially the fastest SUV on sale. But should you buy one? November 18, 2019 Zero-point-six-two miles per hour. That slender margin – half the speed of a spider scuttling across your bathroom floor – is enough to make the Bentayga Speed the fastest SUV in the world. Yes, Lamborghini rounds up to an identical 190mph maximum for its second-placed Urus. But whether you’re blitzing a German autobahn or bragging [...]
Sony WF-1000XM3 review: Noise-cancelling earbuds just got sexy September 4, 2019 The guy in charge of naming new Sony products sits bolt upright in his bed, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. In a corner of the room, illuminated by the pale moonlight, is a whiteboard. Every inch of it is covered with hastily scrawled ideas, each of them struck through. WB-1010XM? No. FMX-700D? Ridiculous. GTF-006? [...]
Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods increases profit November 12, 2019 Shares in Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods soared this morning after the company reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first half of the year. Premier Foods’ stock was up 8.28 per cent to 36.11p as it announced the relaunch of Mr Kipling cakes and sales of Nissin noodles had helped it post [...]
The last mile is critical to mass adoption and inclusion. May 26, 2020 Global technology infrastructure projects providing the vital backbones for the modern world critically must have compatible last mile solutions in order for mass adoption of new tech to take place leading to mass inclusion – crypto and blockchain are no exception. Price Watch Bitcoin (BTC) has retreated somewhat from testing US$10,000 having had a pretty [...]
Brave beginnings May 26, 2020 On Tuesday, 8 March 2016, Bitcoin was trading at $412.07 and Ethereum was hot on its heels at $10.86. The KR1 team had just inked a deal to take a dormant publicly listed former Romanian property investment company and turn it into a publicly listed crypto fund. Every single person involved in the process, whether [...]
Notting Hill Carnival 2019: Police arrest 353 people at annual celebration August 27, 2019 The Metropolitan Police made 353 arrests at Notting Hill Carnival 2019 over the weekend as they warned that a small number of people “attempted to ruin the event” for other revellers. Notting Hill Carnival came to a conclusion yesterday after two days of celebrations in the capital. Read more: Notting Hill Carnival 2019: Everything you [...]