Best of 2021: West Brom and Wales footballer Hal Robson-Kanu on his health drink business, the Turmeric Co, and targeting more Euros glory December 31, 2021 Hal Robson-Kanu has represented Wales nearly 50 times and has played in the Premier League. Here, Frank Dalleres spoke to the 32-year-old about his health drink business and his Euros targets. Originally published 2 May 2021. 2016 was a breakthrough year for Hal Robson-Kanu, and not only because he scored one of international football’s most [...]
The City View: Subpar UK economic figures, and more rate hikes to come May 12, 2022 Today Andy Silvester talks to City A.M.’s Economics and Markets reporter Jack Barnett. They go through the gloomy economic figures released by the ONS this morning measuring the economy’s performance, and explain what this will mean for rate hikes going forward. And in the news: BT has confirmed a joint sports venture with Warner Bros [...]
MasterChef: The Professionals winner Alex Webb’s top 5 London restaurants March 29, 2021 With restaurant terraces set to reopen from 12 April and socially distanced indoor dining following on 17 May, Londoners will be clamouring to enjoy eating out once again. So who better to recommend some of the best fine dining spots the capital has to offer than current MasterChef: The Professionals champion Alex Webb, who at [...]
The light fantastic: How Okkulo is looking to ‘re-code’ athletes’ vision November 9, 2021 Filmmaker Mel O’Connor has had quite the story arc. He quit his job on Emmerdale and turned down work on an Idris Elba movie to follow his dream of developing an altogether different kind of visual experience. The result is a product, Okkulo, that he believes can not only revolutionise sport science but may also [...]
Recipe box firm Gousto to double workforce after first year of profitability April 26, 2021 Recipe box firm Gousto announced this morning that it plans to double its workforce as it revealed it had delivered a year of profitability for the first time ever as the pandemic more than doubled sales. Gousto announced this morning that it achieved record sales of £189m last year as it won market share from [...]
Restaurant sales buoyed by Eat Out to Help Out legacy September 18, 2020 Restaurants continued to enjoy some of the benefits of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme this month as customers felt more comfortable going out for a meal. Diners spent 14 per cent more in restaurants in the first week of September than they did the same week last year after August’s discount scheme gave [...]
The metaverse allows us to embrace ch-ch-changes December 9, 2021 It's time to relax and just go along with the flow of it all - the metaverse is in good hands, says Dr Chris Kacher.
Sainsbury’s partners with Deliveroo on pizza takeaway service July 22, 2019 Sainsbury’s has teamed up with Deliveroo to launch a takeaway pizza trial as the supermarket targets a slice of the expanding delivery market. Supermarkets are attempting to jump on the food delivery bandwagon as they seek new areas of growth. The UK’s food delivery market is worth £8.1bn, up 13.4 per cent since 2017, and [...]
The best bangers to eat this National BBQ Week July 8, 2021 Newmarket is the home of horse breeding and thoroughbred racing. It’s also the home of sausage-making and thoroughbred bangers, and therefore the go-to place for National BBQ week. The royal households have been getting their bangers from Suffolk for over 100 years and doubtless William and Kate have placed their order for this week. Founded [...]
A new breed of activist investors: capitalism is the engine of corporate change May 18, 2021 The ESG naysayers – and yes, they do exist – have a large slice of humble pie to eat. The world as we know it, and how we choose to make our own individual mark on it, has changed drastically in the last 20 years. Our sense of personal responsibility has been supercharged over the [...]