Itsu: Return to the office helps boost sales Retail The move by companies to encourage their workforce to return to the office helped sales jump at East Asian-inspired eatery chain Itsu during its latest financial year. The London-headquartered company has posted a turnover of £160.7m for 2023, up from the £137.7m it achieved in 2022. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House also show the brand’s [...]
Pret founder and Itsu boss Julian Metcalfe banned from driving for using phone at the wheel Legal Julian Metcalfe, the founder of Pret a Manger and current boss of Itsu, has been banned from driving after being convicted of using a mobile phone behind the wheel. He claimed he was using the Waze navigation system for directions to visit his daughter, and that he didn’t know it was illegal to use a [...]