Wimpy Restaurants’ Covid-19 recovery stalls as customers cut spending June 26, 2024 The UK arm of fast food chain Wimpy Restaurants has seen its sales dip slightly after a strong couple of years of recovery from the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Dame Vivienne Westwood dies aged 82 December 29, 2022 Dame Vivienne Westwood died peacefully surrounded by her family in Clapham, South London, today, her representatives said in a statement. The 81-year-old’s husband and creative partner Andreas Kronthaler said: “I will continue with Vivienne in my heart. “We have been working until the end and she has given me plenty of things to get on [...]
Explainer-in-brief: An overhaul for the overground sparks outrage February 19, 2024 New names have been announced for the London Overground and people are mad about it. Why, asks Lucy Kenningham
The BBC needs a chief ‘why?’ officer if it’s to regain its relevance August 15, 2023 The BBC is struggling for its survival. It sees a hostile government, new agile competition from streamers and social media, and may soon find out what life is like without the guaranteed income of a licence fee. Faced with this dilemma, the BBC announced a new show yesterday sure to change the institution’s fortunes: a [...]
A quarter of London’s Tube network now has 4G and 5G coverage May 14, 2024 Around 25 per cent of all London's Tube lines now have phone signal, with further stations set to go live this month, Transport for London (TfL) has said.
Young’s: Pub chain shrugs off inflation as London acquisitions spur revenue bump July 6, 2023 Young & Co’s Brewery provided a cheery update to investors this morning as the pub operator revealed a 8.3 per cent lift in revenues in the first thirteen weeks of the year. The 220-strong pub chain said it was boosted by a string of acquisitions it made last year in London and the wider UK, [...]
Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak’s uphill task just got a bit steeper February 15, 2024 Rates will come down - probably in May, maybe in June - but they will take time to filter through to the wider economy. With an election looming, can the Tories expect anything to turn up?
Healthy goals: England captain Harry Kane invests in low-calorie doughnut firm November 14, 2022 England football captain Harry Kane has invested an undisclosed sum of cash in a low-calorie doughnut firm, CityA.M. can exclusively reveal. Urban Legend, which offers health-conscious shoppers a range of non high fat, sugar, salt baked goods, has added the sport star to its list of investors. The brand has secured £10m investment in its [...]
London routes disrupted by extreme weather as Storm Babet batters Scotland October 20, 2023 London transport routes were disrupted on Friday, as severe adverse weather and heavy rain continued to cause problems on the rail network. Network Rail told City A.M. there was severe disruption on services to and from King’s Cross, due to flooding in Grantham. According to National Rail’s website, other routes affected by the bad weather [...]
Top London bars to drink organic wine September 5, 2023 September has been deemed Organic Month, so it seems only fitting to talk about the trend for organic wines. The idea of organic wine used to be met with suspicion – but those funky tasting bottles are thankfully a thing of the past. Now we have widely available, quality organic, biodynamic and natural wines, although [...]