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Luxury Ineos Grenadier 4X4 designed by Britain’s richest man could be yours… but it won’t come cheap
THE luxury Ineos Grenadier 4X4 designed by Britain’s richest man could be yours – but it won’t come cheap.
This car is manufactured by INEOS Automotive, owned by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.
Jim – a self-made man who grew up in a council house in Manchester – drove 1,800 miles from Mongolia to Beijing in a handful of Grenadiers, 1920s Bentleys and 1952 Land Rover.
His Grenadier 4×4 starts from £59,000 and rivals the Land Rover Defender and Toyota Land Cruiser.
Available to buy now are two five-seater station wagon models aimed at private buyers and both available with petrol or diesel.
Both models have BMW motors and Brembo brakes, the Daily Mail reports.
The Fieldmaster is aimed more at lifestyle drivers, while the Trialmaster is for more hard-core off-roading fans.
They are called ‘Belstaff Editions’, after the motorsport-inspired clothing brand which Ratcliffe’s Ineos also owns.
There are two more versions classed as “light commercial” vehicles: a two seater Utility Wagon priced from £55k and a five-seater Station Wagon from around £59k.
The Grenadiers have LED front lights, a chunky front bumper and steel wheels.
Ratcliffe revealed that he had spent around £1.3 billion launching the Ineos Automotive division to date.
The CEO of INEO, Jim Ratcliffe, said to This is Money: “The idea behind the Grenadier is t develop a 4X4 that will be an uncompromising, no frills, no fuss vehicle that provides the best-in class off-road capability, durability and utility.”
“It will support those who depend on a vehicle as a working tool, wherever they are in the world.”
Britain’s best new pubs revealed for 2023 – did your favourite boozer make the cut?
BRITAIN’S best new pubs have been shortlisted ahead of an awards final.
The Publican Awards will pit the best pub companies in the UK against one another across a number of categories.
Brewdog Waterloo is one of six new sites nominated for the top prize[/caption]
These include the venues which serve the best drinks, plate up the most succulent meals and provide the cosiest accommodation.
Below are the shortlisted nominees for the 2023 Publican Awards:
Best New Site
To be in contention for this prize, the pub must have opened during the past two years and be either a new-build pub or a substantial re-development.
Entrants must demonstrate evidence of how effectively trade has been built at the site. Here’s the venues shortlisted:
- Cheshire Cat Pubs & Bars – Mainwaring Arms
- BrewDog – Waterloo
- Cheshire Pub Co. – The Churchill Tree
- Little Door – The Little Scarlet Door
- REKOM – Heidi’s Bier Bar, Cardiff
- Remarkable Pubs – The Boleyn Tavern
Best Brewing Pub Company
To qualify for this section, the pub company had to have between two and 150 sites that manage to juggle both a pub estate and a successful brewery.
To be in with a shot here, you’ll need to run a successful brewery and/or a managed or tenanted/leased pub estate. Those nominated will have between two and 150 pub sites.
- Brewhouse & Kitchen
- Salt Brewing
- Big Smoke Brew Co.
- Lincoln Green Brewing Co.
Best Community Pub Operator
This winner of this category will be the best local in the country, serving up the largest amount of pints in its area.
- Urban Village Pubs
- Greene King
- Admiral Taverns
- Stonegate – Craft Union
Best Accommodation Operator
After a bruising long walk or an aching drive with the kids in the back, this award will be presented to the company boasting excellent rooms.
- Daniel Thwaites
- Fuller, Smith & Turner
- Grosvenor Pubs & Inns
- Upham Group
Best Drinks Offer
Arguably the most important category of them all – which pub firm is serving up the best pints and glasses of vino.
With most punters entering a pub for a sharpener, this is arguably the most significant gong. Drinks retail excellence bragging rights on the table for the nominees.
- Albion & East
- Casa Hotels
- The Alchemist
Best Food Offer
Pub companies that average a two-course meal (Starter/Dessert and Main) from between £12.50 to £25 per head can enter the award, which is looking for the tastiest mainstream food on offer in the country.
- Brucan Pubs
- The Botanist
- Barons Pub Company
Best Late Night Operator
A category for the kind of pub which specialises in only ringing for last orders late into the night and can be a vibrant establishment into the early hours of the following morning.
- Nightcap
- REKOM
- Revolution
- Stonegate Group
Best Sustainable Pub Company
An award for the firm which best demonstrates a significant and concerted effort to reduce its waste and be environmentally efficient.
- Mitchells & Butlers
- Marston’s
- The Alchemist
The Boleyn Tavern in East London[/caption]
Mainwaring Arms public house in Staffordshire[/caption]
2023 Britain’s Strongest Man Results — Adam Bishop Takes The Crown
The 2023 edition of the Britain’s Strongest Man (BSM) contest saw veteran Adam Bishop capture his second career BSM title. Bishop’s first BSM win occurred in 2020 when he overcame the now two-time reigning World’s Strongest Man (WSM), Tom Stoltman, and Stoltman’s brother Luke. According to Strongman Archives, that was also Bishop’s last professional strongman win, with his…
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Britain’s poorest & richest neighbourhoods revealed – did your hometown make the list?
BRITAIN’S poorest and richest neighbourhoods have been revealed – is your hometown on the list?
New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the rankings.
Nottingham was ranked as one of the poorest areas in Britain[/caption]
Parts of London were all in the top five[/caption]
The order has been determined based on gross disposable household income (GDHI).
GDHI is the amount of money all the individuals in the home earn after they’ve paid tax and received any benefits.
The majority of the areas in the bottom five are in the Midlands.
Nottingham came out as the poorest area in the country.
Figures suggest the GDHI per head was only £13,952.
Meanwhile, the top five best earnings neighbourhoods are all London-based.
Despite this, London still suffered some of the biggest decrease in GDHI.
Westminster dropped by 8.6 per cent while Camden and City of London plummeted six per cent.
The figures were taken from the year 2020.
The bottom five areas based on gross disposable income:
- Nottingham
- Leicester
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Sandwell
- Coventry
The top fiveareas based on gross disposable income:
- Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham
- Westminster
- Camden and City of London
- Wandsworth
- Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames