Founder If its clubs each generate average revenue of $25 million a year, in line with 2019 levels, turnover could reach $1.1 billion. Kettner's is an almost deified landmark and that's If youre not previously acquainted with Soho House, perhaps some of Nick Joness wisdom can set the scene. 20122023 SUITCASE Magazine Ltd., All rights But it is not surprising celebrity encounters do little to rattle Jones, who is married to Kirsty Young, the former Desert Island Discs host. 'A lot more has been discovered about dyslexia since I was at school but I've never been embarrassed about it, I just found it very difficult to read and write. There is the prospect that sentiment may soon start to turn, that investors will soon become more bullish. There are no initial plans for Soho Work, the dedicated workspace arm of the private members club but Jones teased that when the laptop thing gets out of control, then Soho Work may well come into play. Legend has it that Kirsty He admits that 'sometimes it's complicated. A bit of David Bowie, a bit of Electric Light Orchestra.. So beds need to be large and comfortable. I am not sure what my children will end up doing, I never ask them, he says. I couldn't blame the recession because people still eat in recessions - it was empty because it was shit. He reckons people like him would also like a private cinema rather than a public one, a massage that is not spooky or transcendental, a place to go at weekends, either in the English countryside or a cool foreign city. In Joness New York club he had to sack a swathe of members because they were too Wall Street. The club was formed as a hideaway for the creatives and actors who frequented the restaurant at the time and the townhouse rooms above the restaurant were accessed by a small door around the corner. , updated Film people these days include a lot of tech entrepreneurs, artists, media and PR folk. I didn't ever think, one day I'm going to have lots of houses or clubs around the world. He's previously said hedoesnt want his brand of private members clubs to be cool "because cool goes cold". The US is a side of the business that is central to Soho House, with Jones saying the country now accounts for more than half of its turnover and profits. why it was so important to save it, preserving that history and The Electric is now one of the highest-grossing cinemas in London, while the club and brasserie above have a spacious feel brought in from Babington with none of the Dickensian gloom of the Soho premises. He says that he has met David Cameron and he is enthusiastic about Samantha, but they are not friends. Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail, Vaccine trial a shot in the arm for Glaxo: Pharma giant's newCovid drug could be approved by the end of 2021, Aerospace ready for take-off:Airbus ramps up passenger jet production asRolls-Royce opens 90m engine plant, Shareholders give First Group the green light to sell US school bus and transit divisions for 3.3bn, Revving up for recovery: There are plenty of signs that Britain is not doing too badly, says MAGGIE PAGANO.