The Notebook: Kate Willard on how building connections is the key to business June 22, 2023 The notebook is a place where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Kate Willard, envoy for the Thames Estuary. The best partnerships are forged in person Ploughing through three feet of snow through downtown Detroit one bitterly cold February morning wasn’t perhaps the classic route to a new world of business opportunity. For one [...]
Sky-high inflation forces Brits to raid pandemic savings April 13, 2022 Brits are being forced to run down their pandemic-induced savings to maintain spending amid historically steep inflation, reveals fresh figures published today. Pay is trailing behind the rate of price rises, meaning households are having to raid their war chests to maintain living standards. Over one in two Brits have already drawn from their savings [...]
Tough test standing between Great Britain and Andy Murray’s Davis Cup prediction September 12, 2023 Great Britain begin their Davis Cup group today backed to win the World Cup of tennis by Andy Murray, but they face an uphill task.
George Galloway’s Rochdale return will be loud but short March 1, 2024 The left-wing MP [I shudder that I have to say that once again] won in Rochdale due to a peculiar set of circumstances that are not likely to be replicated elsewhere.
Allies not adversaries – London and the North must be partners for growth February 28, 2024 Regional divides inhibit progress, and London and its core industries alone cannot fuel levels of growth we've not seen since the 90s
The Apprentice review: A recap of the new series of Lord Sugar’s show January 5, 2023 There is something unbearably heavy about the prospect of a new series of The Apprentice. Tuning in to see this nightmare unfold yet again is like watching a battered old walrus drag itself back up the same beach year after year, ungraceful, wheezing, a shadow of its former self, the light in its eyes dimming [...]
A ski holiday in Verbier, where Prince Harry practises his backflips February 7, 2024 A-Listers like Madonna and Diana Ross party in Verbier - Justine Gosling touched down to ski in the paths of legends
Cycene chef Theo Clench reveals where he eats when he’s not cooking August 20, 2022 Theo Clench trained in Brighton before moving to London to work at a host of Michelin starred restaurants including Trinity, Clove Club and Portland. He then became executive chef at Fitzrovia’s West African restaurant Akoko. His next challenge is the soon to open Cycene restaurant within Shoreditch’s Blue Mountain School. The restaurant focuses on Eastern [...]
Britons define ourselves by our work, maybe we should ‘just beach’ like Ken August 9, 2023 We need to stop answering the question "what are you doing?" with our job title, as if being a chartered accountant is your entire identity, writes Josh Williams, in response to Phoebe Arslanagic-Wakefield's piece.
As inflation pushes hospitality prices up, customers’ patience will also start to wane March 24, 2022 Last week I had the painful, and for many people, familiar experience of trying to contact an airline to redeem evouchers. Mine was a simple request but not one I felt an online chat would resolve. After navigating a tortuous route through a myriad of menus, I was informed that they were too busy to [...]