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“international football matches usually deliver a 40 per cent sales uplift at hospitality venues.”
“Pubs, bars and restaurants saw a 42 per cent boost in sales during England’s group stage games at the 2024 Euros, it said, with this climbing to 56 per cent for the final.”
“bookings in England and Scotland up by more than 40 per cent compared to during the tournament in 2024.”
“Earlier this year, Greene King announced that it would put 150 of its pubs up for sale in response to the “unprecedented costs” facing the hospitality industry.”
“Thousands of pubs faced higher business rates following last year’s Budget and eventually forced Rachel Reeves to offer a £300m relief package.”
“two-thirds of businesses set to cut jobs in response to higher taxes.”
“the strait sees around a fifth of the world’s oil supply flow through it”
“sitting at under $84 a barrel”
“Shell coming in third with a £180bn market cap and BP at eight with a £83bn market cap”
“FTSE 100 rallied 0.8 per cent at open before easing to a 0.3 per cent gain”
“Germany’s DAX was up 1.4 per cent, France’s Cac 40 1.1 per cent and the STOXX600 – a benchmark tracking the performance of 600 of the largest publicly traded companies across 17 European countries – rose 0.8 per cent”
“Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – temporarily breached $138”
“Petrol prices in the UK hit an average price of 159.43p a litre”
“Over in the US, inflation came in at 4.2 per cent – a three-year high”
“The 10-year gilt yield eased by around five basis points to 4.8 per cent”
“Heathrow’s third runway could boost the UK economy by just 0.05 per cent, a 90 per cent loss of the economic benefit that had been previously forecast.”
“The expansion of the UK’s biggest airport will boost GDP by 0.05 per cent at best but this impact could be as little as 0.3 per cent, government analysis has found.”
“Heathrow had previously promised that its expansion would deliver a 0.5 per cent economic boost – ten times that which is now expected.”
“Heathrow West, led by hotel tycoon Surinder Arora, has tabled a proposal for the project which he says will cost £23bn, less than Heathrow’s own £33bn plans.”
“Net present value is just one part of the overall picture – crucially, an expanded Heathrow could support over 60,000 new local jobs and deliver £40bn of benefits to the UK.”
“like-for-like sales were up 5.2 per cent at Greene King’s managed pubs in the first eight weeks of the new financial year”
“with its own-brand beer volumes up 12.1 per cent”
“its full-year retail like-for-like sales rose 1.7 per cent to £942.3m”
“it snapped up 11 pubs from heavily indebted pub group Punch Taverns”
“Heinz will next week launch a pop-up “sandwich automat” in Soho, where it will sell 800 sarnies for just 57p a pop”
“The two-day takeover of 15 Bateman Street is timed to coincide with the start of National Picnic Week”
“AutoMayoMat open from midday until 4pm on both days”
“over half of Brits no longer take a lunch break”
“Sandwich Sandwich made the list of finalists for our inaugural Toast the City awards last year”
“The ‘AutoMayoMat’ opens at 15 Bateman Street, Soho, W1D 4AQ, from 12–4pm on 17–18 June”
“The number of unemployed in Germany climbed to over three million in January for the first time since 2015.”
“It has since fallen a bit, to 2.94 million in June, but remains relatively high according to official data released Tuesday.”
“At the same time, 643,000 vacancies are registered with the Federal Employment Agency (FEA).”
“Nationwide, employers are struggling to fill around 160 types of jobs, ranging from careworkers to plumbers, according to the FEA.”
“It can take up to 300 days to fill certain positions, particularly in healthcare or transport,”
“over the next 10 years, around 13 million Germans will reach retirement age.”
“At the same time, only 7.8 million people are expected to enter the labour market, widening a gap that immigration alone is currently struggling to offset, the FEA says.”
“In Frankfurt, Samson, a maker of industrial valves, expects around 450 of its approximately 2,000 German employees to retire within the next seven to eight years.”
“Samson is struggling to recruit for a new 500 million euro factory it has built in neighbouring Offenbach, he added”
“The law firm has added a new ‘bonus boost’ to its pay structure, which will take effect in July 2027”
“which reportedly sits at around 1,000 hours”
“One of its main competitors, the US giant Quinn Emanuel, pays its most junior lawyers (NQs) £180,000”
“while those at Mishcon earn £100,000”
“after City PM revealed it added £1m into its bonus pot for staff that prompted its Microsoft Copilot”
“Jet fuel, which is usually more expensive than oil, now costs $1,710 a metric tonne, up over 130 per cent from its $742 price tag last year.”
“Air New Zealand, which cut 1,100 flights through to early May”
“Scandinavian group SAS, which is cancelling 1,000 next month.”
“Virgin Atlantic, which has said it could cut up to 1,200 jobs because of the recession, awarded its senior managers a 40 per cent pay increase last year.”
“Staff have accused Steve Ridgway, the chief executive, of a lack of moral leadership after his salary rose from £500,000 to £700,000.”
“Boeing said it delivered 125 commercial aircraft during the second quarter, four more than it delivered in the first period and one fewer than in the year-earlier quarter. The company also said it booked nine new orders over the past week,…”
“speed up its legislation by only half a year.”
“While the government has rightly recognised that a three year timeline for implementing low-value import reforms is too long, bringing it forward by just six months does not go far enough.”
“before October 2028.”
“once the EU clamps down on LVIs at the start of July.”
“We support fair, clear and consistently enforced customs rules, and we have been engaging constructively with HMRC on the UK’s proposed reforms. We are committed to complying with all applicable customs and tax requirements.”
“money raised from this tax clampdown would be funnelled into improvements of the business rates system.”
“has seen a sharp rise over the past few years, and is reckoned to be worth £750m a year.”
“less than half of those who participate end up pursuing it.”
“The company, launched by City heavyweight Clive Cowdery, revealed it spent £4m on due diligence investigations into possible buyout targets in the first quarter alone, without striking any deals.”
“The market statement said the firm’s short term investments were valued at £649m at the end of March, compared to £653m at the end of 2008.”
“Recent sales figures – first published by The Grocer – have revealed that the beer firm has been in steady decline, with supermarket sales of its beers falling by more than £10m (22.5 per cent) year on year to May.”
“Brewdog’s share of total craft beer sales in the UK is now at 49 per cent, down from nearly 54 per cent a year ago.”
“Watt – who stepped down at the start of 2024 – claimed that the beer firm outperformed its rivals by around 17 per cent every month in the two years up to his departure.”
“The firm’s co-founder led the brand to its highest ever market share – 3.8 per cent – in the last year before he quit, he claimed on LinkedIn.”
“Brewdog’s sales figures suggest its decline has accelerated since it was bought in March, with value sales down nearly 12 per cent in the past year.”
“The sale of the beer business saw it shut 38 locations in the UK and shed 484 workers.”
“When I introduced that policy [three years ago], there were one or two partners in rival law firms who deliberately criticised it.”
“He added that there have since been “one or two awful circumstances that have forced others to take mental health more seriously.””
“The law firm entered into two partnerships last month: one with the suicide prevention charity Baton of Hope, to “support people who have suicidal thoughts… and introduce the subject into the workplace,” and another with Place2Be, a UK-bas…”
“According to Griffiths, the firm’s current policy for paternity leave is the standard UK two weeks, but he added, “It’s under review at the moment.””
“There are a number of people who’ve used those things and said it was a lifesaver, including finding a dog walker within 12 hours.”
“CARPHONE Warehouse said yesterday it will offer contracts from Vodafone from next week in its 820 stores”
“The company said it now would have a total of 1,650 Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U stores offering Vodafone contracts.”
“Its UK contract churn of customers leaving is now over 20 per cent.”
“its £170m market capitalisation.”
“seven new outlets”
“Britain’s energy regulator has seen expenditure rise by 237 per cent, from £77m to £260m.”
“Its headcount more than doubled, from 907 staff to 2,276, making it one of the largest energy regulators in Europe.”
“Staff costs rose by over £100m.”
“In 2023, Ofgem was handed a statutory net zero duty requiring it to now juggle consumer protection, energy security and decarbonisation.”
“Its headcount has risen 382 per cent and costs have nearly tripled.”
“It now manages over 560 subsidy contracts, with costs expected to more than double again by 2029 as more of Miliband’s commissioned projects come online.”
“The Climate Change Committee’s income has doubled and its staffing costs have risen by 121 per cent.”
“Miliband promised this agenda would save households £300 a year but has not delivered that.”
“The UK accounts for under one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.”
“Global emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high in 2025.”
“Tony Blair, who knows a thing or two about ambitious government programmes, recently called net zero a “quixotic fantasy” and pointed out that Xi Jinping is not sitting in Beijing reconsidering Chinese energy policy based on what Britain d…”
“The King’s Speech 2026 announced yet another new energy quango while handing existing bodies additional powers and responsibilities.”
“Great British Energy, a publicly owned energy company established last year, adds another layer to an already crowded field.”
“British Sky Broadcasting has made what appears to be a knock-out bid for a package of seven digital television channels owned by Virgin Media, offering about 60 per cent higher than its nearest challenger, people involved in the auction sa…”
“United is a big user of energy, mainly for pumping, and consumes about 0.3 per cent of the country’s electricity.”
“the company grapples with a 67 per cent profit loss.”
“Monzo have broadened its sponsorship portfolio, joining Allianz in sponsoring ITV’s coverage of rugby union’s Nations Championship competition.”
“While the agreement is 50-50 between Monzo and Allianz, the German firm will fork out an additional cost to sponsor a new rugby analysis show – ‘The Debrief with Dan and ROG’ – which will be hosted by former Welsh international Dan Biggar …”
“stepping into rugby for the very first time is a big milestone for Monzo, and we’re delighted to partner with ITV and Allianz for the historic debut of the Nations Championship 2026”
“initial focus will be on two historical uranium deposits in Lombardy, northern Italy, known as Novazza and Val Vedello”
“Evidence of uranium at the locations was first identified as far back as 1912”
“The Cattaneos are set to own around one-fifth of the company following its float”
“The company expects to be admitted to Aquis on Thursday”
“Aleynikov, who earned $400,000 a year, worked at Goldman for a month between May 2007 and 5 June, when he left to join an automated trading firm, the FBI Said.”
