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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Consumer confidence edges up on Eat Out to Help Out boost October 25, 2020 Consumer confidence continued to climb over the last three months from a record low at the height of the pandemic, after the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme provided a welcome boost to Britain’s ailing high streets. Deloitte’s quarterly Consumer Tracker found British shoppers’ confidence edged up one percentage point to minus 16 in [...]
Triple-lock: How Boris and Rishi can both have their cake and eat it August 18, 2021 Is the triple-lock on its last legs? That question seems increasingly relevant in Whitehall. Average earnings rose by 8.8 per cent last month, including bonuses, according to figures published by the ONS yesterday. Moreover, earnings figures released next month are expected to set next year’s increase in the State Pension. So why is this relevant? The [...]
Tory backbench rebellion grows as crucial vote on social care plan approaches November 22, 2021 Anger from MPs that the least well-off may still have to sell their homes to pay for their care under the latest government plans is fuelling a backbench rebellion. MPs will consider on Monday whether to accept changes to the Government’s proposed social care reforms. But Red Wall Tory Christian Wakeford had warned that it [...]