Marston’s cheers rise in profits after strong easter May 15, 2019 Pub giant Marston’s posted a bump in underlying revenues and profits today, as a strong Easter showing bolstered the group’s half-year trading performance. Shares in the brewery giant, which operates more than 1,500 pubs in the UK, rose five per cent in late-morning trading. Read more: Pub operator Ei Group’s profits rise thanks to drinks [...]
Keep calm and drink Yorkshire Tea until the Twitter storm blows over February 27, 2020 Another day, another Twitter pile-on. This time, the warriors of social justice turned their ire on homely hot-drink merchants Yorkshire Tea. Their equally voluble online opponents rallied to its defence. Why? Because Yorkshire Tea had the temerity to be, unbeknownst to them, our new chancellor’s choice of brew. Or, more precisely, the drink selected by [...]
City Moves for 19 July – Who’s switching jobs at Lloyds Bank, Young’s and R3? July 19, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Lloyds Bank, Young’s and R3. Lloyds Bank Andy Hulme has been appointed as co-head of Lloyds Bank’s Real Estate and Housing (RE&H) alongside Madeleine McDougall (pictured), who has successfully led the business since 2017. Both Andy and Madeleine will report to Scott Barton, managing director, large corporates, commercial banking. Andy is [...]
Premier League most active user of High Court in attempt to crackdown on copyright breaches June 17, 2019 Football and music bodies are the most active users of the UK High Court as they try to crack down on copyright breaches, research published today shows. The organisation that brought the most claims to the High Court last year was the Premier League, with 36 claims in the year to 31 March. The Performing [...]
From Punk Rock to the Genesis Block June 16, 2020 Some of my earliest memories are of the social unrest of the 1970’s. Richard Nixon had cut the dollar’s final ties to gold a few months after I was born in 1971 and by the time I was toddling around in front of the TV screen, it was filled with pictures of angry young men [...]
2020 Budget key points: Coronavirus, spending spree and even some jokes March 11, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined a massive spending spree and a £30bn package to shelter the UK economy through the coronavirus crisis in his 2020 Budget today, as the budget watchdog said he would borrow £100bn over five years to do so. The Treasury boss, who had just four weeks to prepare for today’s Budget, even [...]
World’s largest whisky collection expected to fetch £8m at auction December 9, 2019 Auctioneers have unveiled what is believed to be the world’s largest private collection of whisky to ever go under the hammer. The collection, which is expected to fetch between £7m and £8m at auction, includes over 3,900 bottles. Read more: South African drinkers get their whisky fix with post-Brexit trade deal It was built up [...]
In full: Rishi Sunak’s virtual Conservative conference speech October 5, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak today addressed Conservative virtual conference, pledging to support entrepreneurs but warning of difficult times ahead. Here’s the full speech: “Politics is a team sport” “Being appointed Chancellor in February this year was an immense honour. Even though my first conference speech as Chancellor isn’t quite how I expected it to be, it [...]
Amsterdam-based beer producer Heineken raises investment in UK pub estate June 18, 2018 Dutch beer giant Heineken is ramping up its investment in the company’s UK pub estate after announcing a further £44m injection today. In its largest ever annual investment into the firm’s leased pub business, Heineken is hoping it can boost its role within local economies as it aims to put the added funds into 500 [...]
Retailers and bar chains set to cash in on heatwave July 24, 2019 This week’s heat wave could prove a bonus for retailers and pub chains which have struggled this year in comparison with 2018’s glorious summer. Temperatures tomorrow could smash the UK record for the hottest day ever with the Met Office predicting the mercury could rise to a maximum of 39℃. Russ Mould, investment director at [...]