A love-letter to Mykonos: Why this Greek island has it all March 14, 2022 From the sunken fire pit, guests can watch the sun setting over the neighbouring island of Delos. Gold, amber and peach streaks are scrawled across the sky, like an angry toddler has raided the crayon box. The smoke rises up, making smudges, like dirty fingerprints across the sky. A few decades ago, this outdoors spot [...]
Letters: Just Eat just working hard March 7, 2022 [RE: Just Eat revenue jumps a third as it mulls pulling out of Portugal and Norway, March 2] This week’s results from Just Eat were by no means the result of trend or chance; Just Eat worked to fill an important gap in the delivery market for consumers: experience. Their business model delivers on high [...]
Weekend Explainer: Why has Gordon Brown said Vladimir Putin should face a Nuremberg-style tribunal? March 5, 2022 Today, at an online event hosted by Chatham House, former UK prime minister Gordon Brown called on countries to set up a special tribunal, in line with the model used in the Nuremberg trials, to punish Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at the Chatham House event alongside Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, [...]
Just Eat revenue jumps a third as it mulls pulling out of Portugal and Norway March 2, 2022 Just Eat Takeaway.com enjoyed a revenue jump of more than a third in 2021, dwarfing its pandemic figure by some €1.3bn (£1bn). The Amsterdam-based delivery giant pulled in €5.3bn (£4.4bn) in the 12 months, up from €4bn (£3.3bn) in 2020 when it reaped the rewards of homebound consumers itching to eat out under lockdown restrictions. [...]
McLaren in IndyCar: How the papaya team are looking to break America February 22, 2022 When racing gets underway at the 2022 IndyCar season opener in St Petersburg, Florida, on Sunday it will herald a new era in motorsport for McLaren Racing. The British outfit and offshoot of the luxury carmaker, better known for their Formula 1 success, are embarking on their first season as majority owners of Arrow McLaren [...]
Saturday sitdown: Whistle king Simon Topman on surviving two world wars and a global pandemic February 19, 2022 With businesses around the world managing the Covid pandemic and each facing their own set of challenges, City A.M. caught up with Simon Topman, managing director of 150-year-old ACME Whistles, to blow the whistle on how this pandemic has differed from two world wars and other global disasters. Since inventing and making the first ever [...]
Villa 1870 in Corfu: A villa with benefits on the Greek island February 18, 2022 The weekend: There is so much more to the verdant Greek island of Corfu than its postcard-perfect beaches. While most Brits opt to fly and flop at seafront resorts, visitors who leave their loungers will discover stately palaces and museums, tranquil mountain villages and rugged mountains blanketed in pine trees. All this and one of [...]
Abama care: Tenerife getaway Abama is the complete wellness experience February 17, 2022 I am at a yoga camp lying on a beautifully manicured lawn in the Canary Islands, bathed in warm morning sunshine as incense and calming mood music relaxes my mind. My lycra-clad colleagues look like sculptures as their toned legs point skywards. I, on the other hand, keep losing my balance and toppling over. Trouble [...]
The dominance of high street banks is waning as they shun small businesses February 16, 2022 Shortly after the financial crisis in 2008, a wave of new UK challenger banks and fintechs began to emerge. The challenge facing this new breed of business was stark. How could these upstarts challenge the incumbent behemoths without the vast scale, established branch networks and centuries old name recognition held by the high street banks? [...]
Office return: Businesses treating teams as lunch delivery orders skyrocket February 16, 2022 The rush back to the office is in full swing with an uptick in companies ordering lunch for workers via delivery apps last month. Many firms nudged staff to come back into the office last month for the first time since the pandemic struck. Benevolent bosses even seem to be attempting to lure workers back [...]