The Week in Business: Is Net Zero going out of fashion? February 14, 2025 Just a few short years ago BP proudly told us they were embarking on a journey – and I quote – “in support of our purpose to reimagine energy for people and our planet, and our ambition to become a Net Zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to Net Zero.” [...]
Labour’s non-dom tax raid forces Castle-owning fintech founder out of the UK February 14, 2025 The owner of a £6m castle in Kent would have set up a credit fintech employing dozens of UK workers had the reforms to the non-dom status made by “Reckless Reeves” not meant she could “no longer stay in the UK”. Reality television star Ann Kaplan Mulholland has claimed non-dom status with her cosmetic surgeon [...]
Valentine’s day in 2025: Expensive dinners, cheap gifts and ‘bruv dates’ February 14, 2025 In case it wasn’t already clear by the availability of restaurant tables in central London this February 14th, Brits are ditching expensive gifts in favour of meals out with friends or partners this Valentine’s Day. It seems decades of films and songs have encouraged both singletons and those in relationships to get out of the [...]
‘The James Bond actor was a disaster on skis’: inside the private life of 007 in the Swiss Alps February 11, 2025 Whenever I go skiing, I hum the James Bond theme tune and imagine I’m being chased down the mountain by baddies. And it is for this reason I sought out a chalet fit for a Bond villain in the Swiss hamlet that Roger Moore called home. Crans-Montana has always been an elite destination for those [...]
Compass: Revenue surges as acquisition drive continues February 6, 2025 Catering company Compass Group recorded organic revenue growth of 9.2 per cent last quarter, with all divisions contributing to growth. The FTSE 100 food service group reported 9.7 per cent organic revenue growth in North America, 8.4 per cent in Europe, and 7.9 per cent in the rest of the world, it said in a quarterly [...]
The most romantic restaurants in the City February 6, 2025 I’ve never met the intrepid Mr Gordon Ramsay, yet our lives have been semi-entwined for over two decades. During his initial peak in the noughties, as I began my own career, I recall my first experience dining in his The Londoner restaurant in NYC, where a maitre d’ complete with Dick Van Dyke accent greeted [...]
How Albania went from Europe’s socialist poorhouse to a narco-state February 6, 2025 Albania was once a socialist backwater with just 1,265 cars in the whole country. And though living standards have improved considerably since that time, it’s failure to transform into a true market economy has handed power to drug lords and driven the brightest and best to emigrate, says Rainer Zitelmann I was in Tirana, the [...]
Labour’s waning brand is a boost for the Lib Dems, not the Tories February 5, 2025 Labour has followed the Tories in embroiling itself in a crisis of trust, and it's the Lib Dems who stand to gain, writes James Reed.
‘Rachel Reeves, you must do better’: Chancellor urged to act before hospitality’s collapse February 4, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been told to take urgent action to prevent the collapse of thousands of hospitality businesses across the UK. In an open letter Sacha Lord, who was until recently Andy Burnham’s night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, said he no longer considers Labour to be the party of “business and growth”. [...]
Chap Bistro is the sort of chef London needs more of February 4, 2025 Restaurants in London desperately need to be more fun. Yes, they should serve sustainable food, but surely ethical sourcing has evolved into an expectation rather than a concept by this stage – just be sustainable and stop talking about it. What this overworked city desperately needs is more humour and light heartedness. Gloria in Shoreditch [...]