Former Whitbread bosses mastermind takeover of Beefeater restaurants October 7, 2026 Former senior managers at Whitbread have advised on a deal to buy back nearly 60 restaurants from the group, after it wound up its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre chains last month. Common Table Group, a British hospitality firm, has agreed to buy 57 restaurant sites and one Premier Inn hotel from the FTSE 100 hotels [...]
Jaguar bet its history on the Type 01, and it’ll pay off October 7, 2026 Jaguar finally showed the production Type 01 in New York last night, nearly two years after a rebrand that made it a national punchline. We think the car is a stunner, and the business case behind it is stronger than the critics allow. There are car launches, and then there are launches where an entire [...]
Black Friday Isn’t the Only Time UK Shoppers Chase a Deal, Valuedynamx Finds October 7, 2026 Three years of loyalty and rewards data show when and why consumers use offers, from holiday spikes to weather and payday patterns
Yapı Kredi Kripto Selects Integral to Power Digital Asset Trading Services in Türkiye October 7, 2026 Integral's institutional-grade digital asset trading technology will support Yapı Kredi Kripto's regulated cryptocurrency offering as Türkiye's new digital asset framework comes into effect.
Austrian whisky makes its mark October 7, 2026 This month’s issue of Whisky Business, City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky, takes a look at the whisky coming out of Austria. Austria’s spirits market is worth around €360m a year, with whisky exports accounting for about 10 per cent of that, according to figures published in 2024. That makes the company a minnow [...]
Why British entrepreneurs hold the key to the cost-of-living crisis October 7, 2026 Ahead of the upcoming Budget, entrepreneur Tom Inskip explains why rewarding risk-taking is the only way to build a thriving, future-proof British economy. For better or worse, most people in my life would call me a ferocious optimist. Someone once joked, “when Skippy sees a shit on the road, he’s immediately looking around the corner [...]
Nottingham Forest facing backlash as City Ground expansion set to hit residents in pocket October 7, 2026 Nottingham Forest are facing a backlash from local residents who could be left out of pocket by the club’s £790m expansion of the City Ground. As part of the planning permission granted to increase the capacity of their 31,000-seater stadium to 52,000, Forest have agreed to contribute £4.17m towards improving surrounding travel and transport infrastructure. [...]
The Debate: Should London offices reduce bike parking? October 7, 2026 Provisions for office cycle parking could be reduced under new London plans. But is throwing out bike racks too hasty?
Sainsbury’s merger talks mark end of supermarket big four October 7, 2026 It is approaching a decade since Mike Coupe, then Sainsbury’s boss, was caught on a hot mic singing “we’re in the money” as his supermarket announced its impending takeover of rival grocer Asda. He was forced to apologise for the outburst, which was caught on camera while he waited to be interviewed by ITV News. “This [...]
Stages of tax grief: Is it time for bankers to bargain? October 7, 2026 Banks are in the firing line at the Budget and in a meeting with bosses on Tuesday chancellor John Healey played coy on any increased rates. In this week’s column Samuel Norman looks at what trade-off could be made. Also on the cards, fresh data shows fintechs are lurching ahead of the incumbents on customer [...]