Escape Hunt and Boom Battle Bar owner XP Factory toasts good start to year hospitality Novelty bar and experience provider XP factory has continued its impressive performance in 2024 with double digit growth across both its brands, Boom and Escape Hunt.
Nightlife bounce back: Boom Battle Bar bags prime Oxford Street retail space Nightlife bounce back: Boom Battle Bar bags top Oxford Street retail space London’s Great Portland Estates has pre-let a prime Oxford Street retail space to competitive socialisation operator Boom Battle Bar, in a post-pandemic investment for both retail and hospitality. The 15,200 sq ft space at 70 Oxford Street, part of the redevelopment of the area, is a prime capital spot for a bar looking to capitalise [...]
Post-work drinks get more exciting as Europe’s largest karaoke bar opens in London Hospitality Amateur vocalists across London are in for a treat as Europe's largest karaoke bar is set to open its first venue in the capital this spring.
Oxford Street to welcome fashion brand Reserved amid revamp of retail district November 24, 2022 London’s Oxford Street is welcoming a new retailer to the block, as fashion brand Reserved has signed up for its second London store. GPE, formerly Great Portland Estates and one of the biggest property leasers in the capital, has signed a letting with Reserved for a more than 19,600 square foot space, which is expected [...]
American candy stores or retail hub? What might be next for Oxford Street March 19, 2023 It has been three years since the UK was plunged into its first-ever full scale lockdown – forcing the majority of stores in London’s West End to temporarily cease trading and arguably altering the state of physical retail forever. The pandemic forced once seemingly indestructible retailers such as Debenhams, Topshop, and Gap off Oxford Street, [...]
Craft breweries battered by soaring operational costs June 5, 2023 Soaring operational costs and a greater competition between brands have battered the UK’s brewery industry with the number of beer factories going under tripling over the past year. The number of breweries which have become insolvent has risen from 15 to 45 over the last year, new figures out from audit, tax and advisory firm [...]
Booming Bangalore: India has its own Silicon Valley and Gen Z love it May 14, 2024 Bangalore is the Indian city you must visit. Here's why
East London Liquor: Craft doesn’t have to mean expensive, as indie distiller toasts Tesco and Co-op deals October 13, 2020 East London Liquor Co boss: Craft alcohol doesn't have to mean expensive, as indie distiller toasts Tesco and Co-op supply deals
From drill music to Baby Shark: The record label plumbing profits from subculture hits November 19, 2020 There is, on the face of it, very little to connect Baby Shark with Headie One. The first is an infuriatingly catchy children’s song that is now the most-watched Youtube video in history. The other is a drill rapper from Tottenham who was jailed in January for carrying a knife before releasing a chart-topping debut [...]
Activist investor takes shot at board of vodka maker Stock Spirits January 27, 2019 A Portuguese activist investor has launched a no-holds-barred attack on the chairman and senior director of vodka maker Stock Spirits amid discontent about shareholder returns. Luis Amaral, whose investment firm Western Gate holds a 10 per cent stake in Stock Spirits, has called on fellow shareholders to oust chairman David Maloney and senior independent director [...]