9 h. ago Richard Caring's Ivy Collection of restaurants serves up record sales and profits

Affordable luxury dining group is reportedly still up for sale with a £1 billion price-tag

Economics

34 h. ago Sky's TV, Netflix and 300Mb broadband bundle drops to record low in spring sale

Sky has reduced its Essential TV and Full Fibre 300 broadband bundle to £35 per month - its lowest ever price - in a flash sale that includes 300Mbps broadband for the price of 150Mbps

Culture

4 d. ago People in the US: have your tipping habits changed recently?

We want to hear from people about their tipping habitsPeople in the US are tipping less than they have in years, with gratuities falling from a Covid pandemic peak.Average full-service restaurant tips in the fourth quarter of 2024 fell to 19.3%, a six-year low and down from a high of 19.9% in the first quarter of 2021, according to data from Toast. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago 'Bittersweet' moment as racehorse fetches £1m after missile attack on investor's Ukraine home

A two-year-old, offered by a group of Scandinavian investors, smashed the record for the highest priced lot sold at Goffs in Doncaster when bought by Godolphin

Economics

5 d. ago NFL Hall of Famer and Bears legend Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael dies at 67

Former defensive tackle had been diagnosed with ALSEntered into wrestling career after football retirementSteve “Mongo” McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Bears’ 1985 Super Bowl championship team who remained a fixture in the Windy City for decades, died on Wednesday after being diagnosed with ALS. He was 67.An All-Pro in 1985 and 1987, McMichael was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024. He played in a franchise-record 191 consecutive games from 1981 to 1993 and ranks second to Richard Dent on the Bears’ career sacks list with 92.5. His final NFL season was with Green Bay in 1994. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago US trade war fears drive UK consumer confidence down to record low; Tesla’s European sales fall again – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsDonald Trump’s tariffs will make it harder for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s car division, Ineos Automotive, to reach its first profit.Ineos Automotive’s CEO, Lynn Calder, told Bloomberg that the US president’s 25% tariff on foreign cars will make it harder to hit the earnings target.“For sure, this last week has put a dent in that and, for sure, delayed it,”“We’re stubborn as mules. We’re not easy to knock down.”“With fieldwork completed just days after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, it is unsurprising that consumer expectations for the economy plummeted to a record low. The original tariff schedule, since reduced for most countries, was expected to reduce growth in the UK and elsewhere. Yet despite this economic pessimism, expectations of retail spending rose slightly as the prospect of Easter shopping drew closer.The state of the economy dropped significantly to -48 in April, down from -35 in March.Their personal financial...

Economics

6 d. ago Jess Glynne 'parts ways with record label' after blow over album sales

Brit Award nominee Jess Glynne is said to have parted ways with record label EMI - which is part of Universal Music Group - after releasing just one album together

Politics

6 d. ago Jess Glynne 'splits from her record label' in 'tough' career blow after low album sales

The Rather Be singer, 35, signed with EMI, which also represents Taylor Swift and Elton John, in November 2022

Politics

7 d. ago Restaurant branded 'tourist trap' for serving $29 sandwich which would feed 'family of four in Europe'

Many weren't convinced by the steep price tag of the sandwich, with one person commenting: 'In Europe, that'd be a meal for family of four'.

Society

8 d. ago Ayrshire restaurant serves up scrumptious scran after £200k revamp

The Loans Inn has been popular with Ayrshire foodies for almost 30 years and it is set to continue into the future after a £200k revamp.

Economics

1 week ago 'This is a lunch of heartily refined cooking with service to match': TOM PARKER BOWLES reviews a Bath restaurant

Tom falls for a Bath restaurant that has risen from the ashes of a former nightclub

Society

1 week ago Scotland's top five Easter Sunday roasts across the country this weekend

There are inns and restaurants serving up mouthwatering roast dinners across the country.

Politics

1 week ago NYC restaurateur claims Patti Smith reduced waitress to tears over bread service: ‘The James Corden of her day’

Balthazar owner Keith McNally says it’s now ‘impossible’ for him to listen to a Patti Smith song

Politics

1 week ago Kia Joorabchian smashes sales record to land exciting addition for racing team

The football agent who heads Amo Racing spent big again to secure the top lot at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale in Newmarket

Politics

1 week ago Restaurant charges customer $5 ‘b****ing fee’ for pointing out server brought the wrong drink

The customer says he paid for the fee because he found it funny

Economics

2 w. ago Britain's oldest Indian restaurant may have to shut its doors for good after lease row

Veeraswamy, hailed as the oldest Indian restaurant in the UK, has served up its acclaimed curries just steps from Piccadilly Circus since 1926.

Politics

2 w. ago Richard Madeley opens up on quitting London with Judy Finnigan after emotional realisation

Opening up about his early career outside the capital, Richard Madeley informed the Spectator's Table Talk podcast that he was "very happy" to be up in the North with his family

Politics

2 w. ago Artist inspired by Bear Grylls serves up roadkill in new London restaurant

Petr Davydtchenko launches new eatery serving dishes fox head soup and donkey prosciutto

Events

2 w. ago Chinese restaurant closed down by cops for serving street pigeon as 'roast duck'

Plucking hell... A Chinese restaurant in Spain allegedly grabbed pigeons from the street and cooked them in its filthy kitchen in a bid to pass them off as roast duck

Politics

2 w. ago Chinese restaurant is shut down after 'roast duck' is found to be dead street pigeons

A Chinese restaurant in Madrid has been shut down after it was caught serving roasted street pigeons as roast duck. 

Events