News about Sarah Willingham

The Dragons' Den contestants speak out about their deception: After an entrepreneur said that the programme was edited to'make him look worse, entrepreneurs would produce a "unfiltered" podcast exposing the true story of the BBC show, entrepreneurs would unveil it

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 5, 2024
FEMAIL ex-contestants are specifically told by Abeer Iqbal (left), 33, who are also planning a podcast. It comes after John Nicholls (inset) was kicked out of the program for 'humiliating him.' Abeer took to Dragon's Den to pitch Remy, a company that sells unique products to increase comfort and reduce stress, including weighted blankets and ingenious beanbags. He said the producers changed their pitch last minute and left him hanging for nine hours to see judges.

I went on Dragons Den and was laughed at by harsh investors - but I've made millions since

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 3, 2024
The Dragons' Den denounced him "undeservedly humiliated," the dragons said, but he proved them wrong. On the BBC show in 2017, John Nicholls (right) from Ledbury, Herefordshire, pitched his clever dog poop scoop unit, charging £45,000 for a 15 percent stake in his business. However, the 65-year-old's nerves and tenacity of the inquiry all got him to him when pitching HandiScoop, which he says is a more effective and environmentally friendly method of cleaning up after your dog.'

As the bar owner says that difficult trading conditions persist, losses at Nightcap have increased

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 18, 2024
Nightcap, a hospitality company founded by ex-Dragons Den actor Sarah Willingham, admitted that trading has been challenging even as it reported first-half losses doubled. According to Sarah Willingham, the cocktail bar operator, who was founded by ex-Dragons' Denya, the trading conditions would remain subordinated for the remainder of the year.

The nightcap stocks are down a smidgeon as the bar company's poor start to the year has overshadowed

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2024
Following a statement that trading had been 'far softer' than anticipated when the year began, the bar operator, co-founded by former Dragons Den actor Sarah Willingham, saw the decline decline 8.2 percent to 4.5 percent by the late afternoon. It was blamed on continued cost-of-living pressures, workplace strikes by railway employees,'above inflation rises' in business rates, and other expenses, as well as the forthcoming rise to the UK Living Wage.

Analysts are looking at more M&A for the hospitality industry in the United Kingdom

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 9, 2023
In late October, Wagamama's parent company, The Restaurant Group (TRG), agreed to a £506 million buyout by private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management. In a £162 million contract, serial entrepreneur Clive Watson made another good income by selling City Pub Group to pub chain Young's a month later.

Sarah Willingham of the Dragons talks to ME and MY MONEY

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2023
Sarah Willingham, a multi-millionaire investor and entrepreneur, lived on such a low income that she cried when she realized she'd mistakenly blow her budget buying an expensive lettuce. Sarah, a former Dragon investor on Dragons' Den, tells Donna Ferguson that she sold her first Dragon investment for £10 million at the age of 32. The 49-year-old is judging the Extraordinary Entrepreneur award at the second Uplifting Women Awards after making a fortune in hospitality. The public can vote until April 5, and winners will be awarded £5,000 cash prizes and £500 Pour Moi vouchers.

As one in five pubgoers now drinks fancy cocktails, the nineties nostalgia fuels the craving for fancy drinks

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 26, 2023
According to Diageo, the world's largest spirits manufacturer, demand for cocktails is on the rise, with one out of every five bargoers now ordering the spirit-based drink. The company started with nostalgic Britons getting a glimpse of Nineties culture, and it has reported that Cosmopolitan, the cranberry-vodka drink popular among Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw and her colleagues, is still popular today.