F1: Silverstone bets on premium with Michelin offering hospitality The British Grand Prix has announced plans to boost its hospitality offering for its 75th anniversary amid widespread premiumisation in sports viewing. Hospitality packages at Silverstone include Octane Terrace and Fusion Lounge, both are which aim to provide a “unique and premium experience” to guests. Fusion Lounge promises premium drinks, live entertainment and a luxury [...]
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Company swindled £230k out of customers in F1 British Grand Prix scam Sport Business A scam company which targeted businesses with hospitality tickets for the F1 British Grand Prix has been wound up by the Insolvency Service. Informa Expo Ltd, trading as Informa Hospitality Group, inflicted losses of around £230,000 on customers, according to the insolvency body, by offering hospitality packages to Silverstone. Customers did not receive the tickets [...]
Silverstone to use dynamic ticket pricing for British Grand Prix F1 weekend September 19, 2024 Tickets for the 2025 British Grand Prix will use the controversial dynamic ticket pricing system that caused fury for Oasis’ fans, Silverstone chiefs have confirmed. The circuit welcomed more than 450,000 fans across the four-day event in 2024 to watch Lewis Hamilton win his last home Grand Prix for Mercedes before his switch to Ferrari. [...]
Hamilton emotional after incredible British Grand Prix win at Silverstone July 7, 2024 An emotional Lewis Hamilton admitted he didn’t know if he’d ever win another race with Mercedes after he came home victorious with a ninth British Grand Prix success at Silverstone yesterday. The 39-year-old Brit finished ahead of fellow countryman Lando Norris and defending world champion Max Verstappen after pole sitter and Mercedes teammate George Russell [...]
How much does it cost to watch F1 at Silverstone? Too much? July 5, 2024 The British Grand Prix weekend is in full flow with Sunday’s race set to be the crescendo of four days of action at SIlverstone in Northamptonshire. But the immensely popular race is getting more expensive. A four-day pass will set you back over £400 with general admission tickets to Sunday’s race at £300. At the [...]
Tory manifesto? More drive to survive than revved up ambition June 12, 2024 Those strategists who cooked up the idea of launching the Conservative manifesto at a Formula One venue no doubt had visions of Rishi Sunak putting some forward momentum in his campaign. Unfortunately for him, the whole event begged one question: has the Prime Minister got the drive to survive? The manifesto itself is a hodge [...]
Election 2024: Rishi Sunak pledges National Insurance cut in Tory manifesto June 11, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to "keep cutting National Insurance until its gone" as he unveiled the Conservative Party's general election manifesto.