Book a cricket experience for you and your friends November 11, 2022 After nearly two Christmases in hiding, Sixes is looking to smash this year’s party season out of the grounds. Test your batting skills against its best-in-class technology (with scores recorded on a leaderboard), enjoy buzzing DJ sets and go all out with the Golden Balls feasting package, complete with pigs in blankets and a cranberry-flavoured [...]
Christmas plans could change last minute in light of mutant virus, says minister December 23, 2020 Christmas plans across the country could be changed last minute if the government feels it is appropriate to do so, with less than 48 hours to go before Christmas Day. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick this morning said restrictions could change ahead of Christmas in light of the spread of a new, more infectious variant of [...]
Kylie Jenner Instagram post helps drive sales at Kurt Geiger as fans buy ‘affordable’ £270 bag February 5, 2024 Billionaire Jenner, who has 400 million followers on Instagram, posted an image of herself posing with a £270 handbag made by the brand
Our ultimate guide to last-minute Christmas spirits, including our whiskies of the year December 21, 2020 Christmas may be ruined, but things always look better through the bottom of a bottle. If you were planning on stocking up on last-minute gifts before the big day, you may have to rethink. But the silver lining of this new lockdown means you can claw back a few days to pick up the ideal [...]
City officials encourage local spending ahead of Small Business Saturday December 1, 2023 The holiday season might not be as reliable as it once was for small businesses, new research suggests, but optimism seems to persevere within the City as peak trading season approaches. While 61 per cent of small businesses, surveyed on behalf of American Express, have said the festive season has yet to be the same [...]
Retailers allowed to open 24 hours over Christmas period, says minister November 30, 2020 Retailers will be able to operate 24 hours during the Christmas period through a relaxation of trading rules in a bid to boost spending on the UK’s High Streets. Communities secretary Robert Jenrick wrote for the Telegraph that he wanted councils to temporarily waive rules that restrict the hours shops can stay open in the [...]
Shaftesbury Capital: West End’s ‘resilience and appeal’ drives 12 per cent jump in footfall November 27, 2023 The amount of people spending on the West End i is up 12 per cent on last year, West End Landlord Shaftesbury Capital has said.
Sluggish growth is the price we will pay for halving inflation November 6, 2023 Karl Otto Pöhl, the former President of the Bundesbank put it best: “Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it’s out you can hardly get it back in again.”
How a viral TikTok video about Prosecco helped Lidl record its busiest ever sales day January 9, 2023 Emma D’Arcy’s viral TikTok Negroni Sbagliato fad helped budget supermarket Lidl achieve its busiest day of trading in its 28-year history after sales of booze skyrocketed. The discount retailer recorded its busiest day ever on Friday 23rd December following a surge in customers switching over from more expensive rivals. The record trading came as [...]
Marks and Spencer’s success is not a ‘flash in the pan’, analysts cheer January 3, 2024 M&S's success will not be a “flash in the pan”, analysts have said as the retailer is crowned one of the top stock picks of 2024.