Nike and MatchesFashion.com join Hackney Walk, a new fashion district in east London March 9, 2016 Move over Bond Street, luxury retailers are flocking eastwards to grab themselves a slice of hipster cool. Big name brands like Nike and fashion website MatchesFashion.com announced they’re opening up in the heart of Hackney last week at the topping out ceremony for a new retail district called Hackney Walk. Located on Morning Lane, it’s equidistant [...]
Premier League football clubs cap away ticket prices at £30 for the next three seasons March 9, 2016 The Premier League has granted some welcome relief to cash-strapped football fans by capping the price of away tickets to £30 for the next three seasons. Supporters who travel to watch their teams will pay no more than £30 per seat after the top flight's 20 clubs "unanimously agreed" to the limit. Escalating ticket prices have [...]
Amazon to create 1,000 new jobs in Manchester with launch of new fulfilment centre March 9, 2016 Amazon is creating 1,000 new jobs in Manchester, with the launch of a new fulfilment centre opening this autumn. The etailer said it would be recruiting for a range of positions, including operations managers to engineers, HR and IT roles to associates. It follows an announcement last month that it was creating a new hub at Coalville, Leicestershire, in [...]
Both shoppers and workers back Sunday trading reform: It’s an historic opportunity to help save the high street March 9, 2016 Today, MPs have an important chance to shape the future of our high streets. In the first major opportunity of its kind since 1994, the House of Commons will vote on Sunday trading reform, which could ultimately extend Sunday opening hours and allow consumers more time to shop. High streets all over the country are [...]
I See You review: A tense exploration of identity, race and language in post-apartheid South Africa March 8, 2016 Royal Court | ★★★☆☆ Language is all tangled up in history and identity, a thick linguistic rope wound tight around an ancestral flagpole. Set in post-apartheid South Africa, I See You considers what happens when that rope breaks and a language is lost, and asks whether it’s what you speak, rather than what you say, [...]
London Cocktail Club launches £750,000 crowdfunding campaign to open more bars March 8, 2016 London Cocktail Club is tapping margarita lovers and party-goers for £750,000 after launching a crowdfunding campaign to help fund more bar openings across the capital. The company, which counts restaurateur Raymond Blanc and Dragons Den judge Sarah Willingham among its backers, has turned to Crowdcube to raise new equity, with £135,000 raised so far. It currently has five basement [...]
The 32 best barbecue restaurants in America: From Austin to North Carolina, we take a foodie tour of the American South’s top grills March 7, 2016 The best way to see America is by car, and the best way to taste America is on a driving tour of the country’s most celebrated BBQ pits. On a three week, six state and 2,500 mile journey from Texas to the Carolinas, I went in search of the best BBQ in the American South, [...]
Brent crude and WTI: Oil prices stay higher after US jobs report March 4, 2016 Oil prices rose today, as strong US employment data fed into optimism that the market may have finally bottomed out. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 1.4 per cent to $37.59 per barrel this morning, putting it on course to end the week with a gain of more than five per cent. Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate crude, [...]
Trouble in paradise? Mayfair club 12 Hay Hill faces legal action from its own PR firm March 3, 2016 RUMOUR reaches The Capitalist that all is not well at one of Mayfair’s newest watering holes for London’s hedge fund set. According to our mole in the West End, 12 Hay Hill, a private members club that offers respite for lawyers, hedge fund bosses and City boys, may need a new PR firm as the [...]
Forget HS2: Only radical education reform will rescue the Northern Powerhouse March 2, 2016 The head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, warned last week that secondary schools in Liverpool and Manchester were “going into reverse”. Too many pupils in Northern towns and cities are simply not prepared for the next phase of their education, training or employment. In Liverpool, for example, four out of every ten schools are judged [...]