The week ahead, 1-5 February: FTSE heavyweights front up to third lockdown January 31, 2021 After a turbulent opening to 2021, with new Covid-19 lockdowns around the world, spats over “vaccine nationalism”, and chaos on both Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, a slew of FTSE heavyweights are set to update the market in what will be a crunch week for London’s indices. Despite a strong opening week, the FTSE 100 [...]
Major Tory donor, head of Garden Bridge and Brexit advisers receive top gongs in Queen’s Birthday Honours list October 9, 2020 One of the largest Conservative party donors, the head of the failed £40m Garden Bridge and 10 Brexit advisers were among the senior figures to receive awards in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Tony Gallagher, who has donated almost £4m to the Conservative party over the last 13 years, was awarded a knighthood for [...]
We asked top chefs for their dream post-Covid meals – find out who ordered the brains! March 2, 2021 As we dare to dream about an end to the culinary purgatory that is Covid, we asked some of our favourite chefs to tell us where they most want to eat when the restaurant world reopens. The answers took us on an incredible gastronomical tour across the world, from the paladars of Cuba to the [...]
Everybody loves a comeback and London’s could be glorious September 7, 2020 Given the amount of time we’ve spent in front of our TVs over the past few months, you’ll have no doubt seen the Government’s Brexit commercial which tells us to get prepared and get going for the UK’s new start. It ends, rather beautifully, with an aircraft taking off, presumably full of representatives from Britain’s [...]
Johnson is ‘asleep at the wheel’, says Labour’s Starmer June 29, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been too slow at making decisions during the coronavirus crisis, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said today. “I think the Prime Minister has been asleep at the wheel, he has been slow, the comms, the communications has been terrible,” Starmer told ITV. “It began to break down frankly when Dominic [...]
Restaurant Group in talks on acquisition with gastropub chain Peach Pubs September 16, 2018 The Restaurant Group is in talks with Peach Pubs over a possible takeover of the gastropub chain. Talks are still at an early stage and are not exclusive, with no guarantee of a deal, City A.M. understands. The Restaurant Group, the listed owner of brands such as Frankie and Benny’s and Garfunkel’s, has struggled in [...]
Restaurant Group in talks on acquisition with gastropub chain Peach Pubs September 16, 2018 The Restaurant Group is in talks with Peach Pubs over a possible takeover of the gastropub chain. Talks are still at an early stage and are not exclusive, with no guarantee of a deal, City A.M. understands. The Restaurant Group, the listed owner of brands such as Frankie and Benny’s and Garfunkel’s, has struggled in [...]
Coronavirus: Guinness owner Diageo pauses £4.5bn shareholder returns scheme April 9, 2020 Guinness owner Diageo has scrapped its financial guidance and suspended a £4.5bn shareholder returns programme after bars and restaurants across the world closed due to coronavirus. The drinks giant has not scrapped its interim dividend, however it has paused a three-year shareholder returns programme after governments ordered pubs to shut. Diageo said it had seen [...]
Charles Hoskinson Talks Poets And Cuneiform Beauty And Blockchain October 7, 2020 The first law of podcasting is to ensure that the record button is on, the second law of podcasting is to ensure that the record button is on… et cetera, et cetera. That’s why in June 2020 the world was robbed of the best-ever conversation not recorded on a podcast between yours truly and Cardano [...]
Mercedes-AMG A45 S review: the hottest hatchback February 23, 2021 The 421hp Mercedes-AMG A45 S is a five-door hatchback that outpaces some supercars. Tim Pitt spends a week driving it.