The Notebook: Turo’s Xavier Collins on why the UK needs to regain its risk appetite January 10, 2024 Where the City’s movers and shakers get a few things off their chest. Today, Xavier Collins, vice president at Turo, takes The Notebook pen.
Cheap London firms in crosshairs of trigger-happy activist investors in 2024 January 10, 2024 Activist investors are circling the London Stock Exchange this year in a bid to capitalise on the “significant valuation gap” facing UK firms, a new report has claimed.
Days: Meet the lively pair turning alcohol-free beer into more than a trend January 9, 2024 Here we go again – Dry January, the month in which avid pub-goers try to kickstart a healthier year ahead. You might think that means boom-time for brewers of non-alcoholic beer. But for Edinburgh-based Days Brewing, it’s just another month; 2023 saw the company sell more than a million of their lager and pale ale [...]
As meat free January rises we ask if plant-based can usurp meat January 8, 2024 As the meat free movement gains momentum this veganuary, we revisit our 2018 deep-dive into the rise and rise of plant based burgers and ask if meat as we know it will one day be a thing of the past. In the mockumentary Carnage, Simon Amstel imagines a future in which eating meat is as [...]
Top London steakhouse: nearly half of ‘steaks’ sold are vegan this Veganuary January 8, 2024 This Veganuary almost half of the sales from one top London steakhouse have been vegan
Veganuary: Try this ‘completely revolutionary’ vegan steak January 8, 2024 This vegan steak is available in London supermarkets this year
London Tube strikes CANCELLED following ‘positive discussions’ January 7, 2024 Tube strikes set to cause havoc for London's commuters and businesses this week have been cancelled. TfL warned, however, that there might still be some disruption tomorrow.
Bargain hunt: How many firms were plucked from London’s markets last year? January 5, 2024 London lost a wave of firms from the public markets this year - and there could be more to come.
KERB’s Seven Dials Market releases four restaurants into the City January 3, 2024 Four booming restaurants are set to depart KERB’s Seven Dials Market this month, leaving room for new and exciting talent to enter the up-and-coming hospitality industry. Continuing to build their presence in and around the City of London, the four businesses — Truffle, Club Mexicana, El Pollote and Curry on Naanstop — will leave the [...]
JD Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin: ‘Dry January becoming minor cult’ while pubs struggle January 3, 2024 The boss of JD Wetherspoon, Sir Tim Martin, has said that Dry January is turning into a “minor cult”, as publicans across Britain brace for a slow month of trade. Sir Tim, who fronts the popular budget boozer, told City A.M that people have “always overindulged at Christmas and then tried to compensate in January”. [...]