Jessica Newman is a Leisure Industries Correspondent at the Times. She covers a range of topics related to pubs, restaurants, brewers, distillers, hotels, and gambling, with a focus on business and economics within the leisure sector. Jessica has been featured in several publications, including Tech Policy Press, The Post, and the BMJ.
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Jessica's articles primarily focus on investment analysis and data citations, with a significant emphasis on the stock market, retailers, mining, gambling, and energy stocks. She seems to have a keen interest in providing insights into investment opportunities and tracking market trends.
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The bakery chain sets its sights on international expansion as it reports sales grew 7.5 per cent to £800 million in the first 19 weeks of the year
The FTSE 100 testing company’s board said it was likely to recommend EQT’s latest £60-a-share proposed offer
Europe’s largest travel operator takes €61 million hit from the Iran war and hurricanes in Jamaica
Shares reflect downward trend as bookings for the 2026-27 academic year lose pace
Whitbread could face a board shake-up after it announced a sell-off of its restaurants to address the rising business costs from the budget
Despite the brand comprising more than half its off-trade sales, the pub chain is moving away its beers in shops and supermarkets
The Harry Potter publisher has a ‘strong pipeline’, including two titles by the bestselling author Sarah J Maas and a new book by the actress Gillian Anderson
By: Jessica Newman, Andy Silvester
Hospitality leaders say the chancellor’s holiday tax break on children’s meals and attractions is too complex
By: Tom Howard, Guy Taylor, Jessica Newman, Robert Lea, Isabella Fish
The shares of some of the UK’s biggest companies are still below pre-pandemic levels — wars, tariffs, hard-pressed consumers and higher costs haven’t helped
Haven chief executive Simon Palethorpe says tastes have moved on and the quality of staycation accommodation is so much better than it used to be
