Toyota GR Yaris 2025 review: The ultimate pocket rocket January 6, 2025 A normal new car launch goes something like this: fly to the south of France, drive for several hours on glorious mountain roads, check in at a boutique hotel, attend a brief PowerPoint presentation about the car and how profits were up in the last quarter, work through countless courses at a gourmet restaurant, imbibe [...]
The OWO London’s Mauro Colagreco: Raffles chef on the trends that will define 2025 January 2, 2025 Argentinian chef Mauro Colagreco, of Mauro Colagreco at Raffles London at The OWO, runs the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Mirazur on the French Riviera. He has restaurants in China, Thailand, Argentina and Japan, as well as the flagship restaurant at The Old War Office hotel on Whitehall in London. The Old War Office – known as the OWO [...]
Gary Neville’s hotel makes huge loss after Tom Kerridge closure January 2, 2025 A hotel owned by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs slumped further into the red after the closure of Tom Kerridge’s restaurant, it has been revealed. The Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester city centre has also posted falling sales despite the publicity it received after Madonna booked the entire hotel out while she was performing in [...]
Super prime London flats in 2025: Spas, bars and grocery picking December 30, 2024 Super-prime apartments are set to get even more swanky next year, as a host of new London developments come complete with hotel-esque amenities like spas, bars, music rooms and co-working spaces. With London’s priciest district coming in at nearly 96 times the average price of a home in the north of England (Knightsbridge, at £21.4m), [...]
Trends for 2025: Mr Lyan reckons pop-ups are back December 28, 2024 The latest in our series of articles about food trends: 2025 will see the return of the pop-up, and tropical cocktails, reckons Mr Lyan Mr Lyan’s bars have won the accolade of world’s best bar twice. He runs cocktail venues across the capital, including Lyaness, Super Lyan and Seed Library. He also writes books and [...]
Wingstop UK bought in £400m sale by private equity giant December 23, 2024 The UK franchise of Wingstop has sold a majority stake in its business to US private equity giant Sixth Street. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, it is understood that the value of the sale is at least £400m. While Sixth Street will take a majority stake in the company, the restaurant’s [...]
Will Trump mean more American expats coming to the UK? December 22, 2024 As leaders sit on the edge of their seats, bracing for the impact of Trump’s tariffs, they may find an offset – albeit a slight one – in the form of American expats joining their economies, says Bill Sedat Frater Reflecting on the US elections, it’s hard to ignore the role tax policy played in [...]
Behind the Scenes with Lisa O’Rahilly: Ten Trinity Square’s General Manager December 19, 2024 Q: To start, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you ended up at Ten Trinity Square Members Club?Lisa: “The short version! I’m Irish, and I’ve spent over 25 years globe-trotting with Four Seasons, calling three continents home—Australia, the US, Europe—and even spending a few adventurous months in Russia. I [...]
The Capitalist: Bunking off work and rationing at Christmas time December 19, 2024 Not turning up for work, an end to bonuses and mindfulness goes out the window: it’s the Christmas edition of The Capitalist Bunking off? That’s the festive spirit As the days and hours creep encouragingly towards that great long stretch of dead time we call Christmas, the topic of skiving off from work has become [...]
Wingstop more the doubles sales and returns to profit amid UK expansion December 19, 2024 Wingstop has more than doubled its sales as it continued its UK expansion, created hundreds of jobs and returned to profit, it has been revealed. The restaurant chain, which is known for its buffalo wings, has reported a turnover of £84.6m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2024, new documents filed with Companies House [...]