Don’t let Labour put FDI at risk May 8, 2024 A Labour government would threaten London’s position as Europe’s top destination for FDI. Only one part knows how to create an attractive regulatory and investment environment, says Lord Johnson One of this Government’s most important missions is to drive innovation and growth by attracting a continuous stream of high quality, global investment. As the Minister [...]
Elvis’ brother still lives in The King’s Las Vegas hotel. We met him. April 20, 2024 Elvis Presley's stepbrother still lives in a Las Vegas hotel. We went to meet him
Brits eat nearly 20 per cent less meat than a decade ago October 8, 2021 Daily meat consumption in the UK has fallen by almost a fifth over the last decade, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, used data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey to assess changes in the consumption of red, white, and processed meat within the UK [...]
Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak face once in a century living standards crisis September 1, 2022 Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak are set to oversee the steepest fall in living standards in a century after one of them enters Number 10 next Monday, a fresh report published today reveals. Brits are on course to be £3,000 worse off by the end of 2024 as soaring energy bills and inflation eat into [...]
Opinion-in-brief: Rishi is rich – he needs to stop pretending otherwise March 30, 2022 Rishi Sunak is, to put it simply, loaded. During the pandemic we chuckled at his £180 smart mug which kept his tea warm, we mocked him gently for his confessions-of-a-Peloton addict-style foibles. Many were a little taken aback when his wife, Akshata Murthy, headed to Loulou’s in Mayfair on the night after lockdown ended – [...]
HexClad pans founder: Why Gordon Ramsay and Oprah swear by us January 31, 2024 How Oprah and Gordon Ramsay got behind one magnificent cookery pan
Bother: The startup looking to disrupt the grocery market October 30, 2020 The days of empty shelves and loo roll shortages seem a distant lockdown memory, but one London-based startup thinks it speaks to a wider problem within the UK’s grocery market. Startup Bother is on a mission to disrupt the saturated grocery market by offering what it considers to be a convenient and cheaper online alternative. [...]
Why Madonna, George Clooney and British royals are flocking to Portugal’s Comporta, the new St Tropez May 13, 2023 A-Listers and royalty are moving to Portugal’s secret coastline, to the villages of Comporta and Melides, so get in now, says Adam Bloodworth To steal a commonly-used phrase from Gen Z, Comporta is popping off. Foreign investors have been quietly moving here in their droves over the past decade, encouraged no doubt by the iconic [...]
Peugeot 508: French fastback a stylish alternative to an SUV March 23, 2024 The Peugeot 508 GT PureTech 130 is an executive car that does things differently. John Redfern spends a week driving it.
How a telecoms exec, a Rugby World Cup winner and a host of chemists are plotting a quiet tech revolution May 26, 2023 On a non-descript industrial estate on the outskirts of Cambridge, a former telecoms executive, a Rugby World Cup winner and some disarmingly intelligent chemists are plotting a revolution that could change the shape of global politics. If that sounds overwrought, consider the phone in your pocket. The metals that make up that extraordinary piece of [...]