Old Vic Theatre: £20m needed to keep historic London venue running ‘a challenge’ June 12, 2024 The Old Vic Theatre said it faces a challenge to raise the more than £20m needed to keep its historic Waterloo home in working order, as it battles to create a financial model robust enough - despite the success of its record breaking musical Groundhog Day.
Disney+ price rises help UK sales surge towards £4bn on back of The Bear and Welcome to Wrexham June 4, 2024 The popularity of Disney+ in the UK helped the entertainment giant's sales take a giant leap towards the £4bn mark in the country during its latest financial year.
London’s West End gets welcome boost with return of foreign tourists May 23, 2024 An influx of foreign tourists over the past 12 months has delivered a boost for the West End's biggest landlord, Shaftesbury Capital, as it reveals its first financial results since its £3.5 bn takeover last year.
Fashion brand loved by celebrities and known for £110 t-shirts to open second store in Soho April 15, 2024 REVOLUTION, a luxury British street wear brand founded by brothers George and Michael Heaton in 2011, have just one other bricks and mortar store which is located in Los Angeles.
Frozen, Back to the Future and Matilda boost West End theatres owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber April 11, 2024 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 have revealed.
Cancelled Phantom of the Opera helps Andrew Lloyd Webber’s empire return to profit March 20, 2024 Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber entertainment empire returned to making a profit helped by a surge in ticket sales ahead of Phantom of the Opera closing on Broadway.
One clear trend from London Fashion Week? The tourist tax is failing retail February 21, 2024 London's fashion scene is envied globally, but getting rid of tax-free shopping is an own goal for our retail sector, writes Dee Corsi.
‘Mr West-End’ takes over Haymarket House in £400m hotel plot December 4, 2023 A property tycoon nicknamed ‘Mr West-End’ has bought Haymarket House in Soho, with plans to convert the upper floors into a £400m hotel. Billionaire entrepreneur Asif Aziz, has paid around £135m through his investment business Criterion Capital for the popular Piccadilly Circus building. The landmark ‘Happy’ restaurant and comedy club which occupy the ground floor [...]
Signa: Selfridges owner files for insolvency in fresh blow for billionaire Benko November 29, 2023 Fears over the future of Signa have left many analysts speculating that it could lead to the sale of London's most iconic department stores.
Even as Signa struggles, Selfridges is still the beacon of Oxford Street retail November 14, 2023 We shouldn't write off the department store, it's what the 'experience economy' was built on, writes Anna Moloney.