Estate agents are becoming increasingly confident in the UK housing market’s recovery. They anticipate a rise in sales in the coming months amid increasing demand and more stable house prices. …
Estate Planning
Frozen, Back to the Future and Matilda boost West End theatres owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The popularity of productions such as Frozen, Back to the Future and Matilda with audiences helped sales near £200m at the theatres owned by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, newly-filed documents …
Trading resumes in Revolution Bars after firm secures £12.5m in emergency fundraising
Troubled Revolution Bars last night announced an emergency multi-million-pound fundraising backed by serial hospitality investor Luke Johnson. In a statement published after markets closed, the owner of Revolution, Revolución de …
Alpha Financial Markets: Consultancy sees trading boost despite ‘challenging market conditions’
Alpha Financial Markets Consultancy, which offers professional services to the financial services industry, has reported improved trading in recent months after “challenging market conditions” dragged on performance at the start …
Anatomy of a snack trolley: ‘Why is there always flapjack?’
Every time you go on holiday, it comes too. It’s there when you take a train from York to London, and – although it doesn’t have a passport – it …
McCain: UK’s love for potatoes helps sales pass £700m
The nation’s continued love for potatoes in all forms helped sales at McCain Foods surge to more than £700m during its latest financial year. The North Yorkshire-headquartered UK arm of …
Why reading is officially sexy
Reading is being embraced by the rich and glamorous, but is it literature or the literary look that’s so alluring, Anna Moloney asks A recent exposé on the London Library, …
‘Huge blow’: London Heathrow Airport slams new £10 transit charge despite record passenger traffic
London’s Heathrow airport has said a new £10 charge for visa-exempt passengers travelling through the hub is a “huge blow,” despite reporting a second consecutive month of record passenger traffic. …
European self-storage giant Shurgard to buy rival Lok’nStore for £378m
Belgium’s Shurgard has struck a takeover deal with self-storage group Lok’nStore worth around £378m, with the merger expected to involve job cuts. Under the agreement, Lok’nStore shareholders are set to …
What is middle age? The melancholy of life’s middle years
“Midlife is a point of no return, that place in a journey where the beginning is further away than the end.” So writes Patricia Cohen in her excellent examination of …