Whisky Business: A New Zealand brand blazing a trail December 11, 2025 Whisky Business: City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. If you’re looking for exciting ‘new world’ whiskies, New Zealand is a good place to start. In many respects, the country’s whisky industry is still in its infancy, but it’s carving out a niche in the market by leaning into New Zealand’s strengths. The country’s [...]
Why Sartoria Launceston Place is THE restaurant this Christmas December 11, 2025 The recent budget added over £3bn of further costs to the restaurant sector each year. Meanwhile, Jamie Oliver announced a return to the London restaurant scene with his ‘Italian’ brand – it’s been a challenging couple of weeks… More positively, the majority of London restaurants are full this week and my Evolv Collection of venues [...]
The Capitalist: Feeling Bullish Lord Cameron? December 11, 2025 David Cameron’s selective memory, a smooth landing for Andrew Bailey and a lack of Christmas spirit at ARM in this week’s Capitalist David Cameron recently celebrated the 20 year anniversary of his election as leader of the Tory party, which he won on a platform of modernising the Conservatives. His days in the notorious Bullingdon [...]
Less jargon, more advice: FCA rises to pro-growth challenge December 10, 2025 With a flurry of announcements ahead of the new year, the FCA is rising to the government’s growth mandate, writes Ali Lyon. For many of the men and women in charge of the UK’s largest financial regulator, a grey cloud will have hung heavy over any festivities last Christmas. Just a day before the seasonal [...]
2025 Year in Live Experiences: UK Fans Travel Further Than Ever and Turn Live Events Into Global Moments December 10, 2025 viagogo has released its annual Year in Live Experiences report, revealing how fans across the UK and worldwide celebrated live entertainment in 2025. The data shows fans are embracing live experiences like never before, traveling further, seeking out major global moments, and driving strong growth in live events across the entire year. This press release [...]
Covent Garden welcomes Guinness brewery December 10, 2025 Guinness has opened its fifth brand home in the heart of London as it hopes to capitalise on the growing popularity of the ubiquitous Irish stout. The mammoth £73m project in the middle of Covent Garden, which has taken six years to go from inception to completion, will see brewing return to the area for [...]
Will Andrew Bailey be Santa or Scrooge this Christmas? December 10, 2025 The Notebook, where the City’s movers and shakers have their say, Today it’s Susannah Streeter with the pen Christmas spirit seems to have spread a lot faster this year. I’ve never seen so many trees up in windows quite so early and there seem to be more lights twinkling in the streets. After months of [...]
December tis season to see Joly win gold December 9, 2025 CHELTENHAM is the scene of another big Saturday with the feature of their two-day Christmas Meeting being the Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup (1.50pm), renamed this year in honour of commentator John Hunt and family. Horses that have run in November’s Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham have a very good record [...]
The Fit Prince: Good, silly fun for the festive season December 9, 2025 The Fit Prince, now showing at the King’s Head, is a completely unhinged mash-up of Christmas rom-coms, fairytales and puppet shows. Coming off the back of a well-received run at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Fit Prince – whose full title actually reads “The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle [...]
No-zempic: Jolly Brits swap weight-loss jabs for stuffing this Christmas December 9, 2025 Brits are set to go all out this Christmas as nearly half plan to swap out their weight loss jabs for an extra helping of turkey and pudding. One in three don’t plan to return to their normal dose until after New Year in order to take full advantage of the festive season, according to [...]