How coffee Cost-as £2,000 a year each
DANIEL Craig has changed his mind and is set to sign up for his fifth Bond movie – with Adele lined up to join him.
The actor, 48, claimed he would “rather slash my wrists” than play 007 again but his U-turn came after a host of British stars were tipped to replace him.
The Wire star Idris Elba, Peaky Blinders’ Tom Hardy, Happy Valley villain James Norton and Poldark’s Aidan Turner were all contenders.
But Bond producer Barbara Broccoli is said to have secured Craig – and we can reveal she is “determined” that superstar singer Adele will record the theme tune.
The partnership made 2012’s Skyfall the most profitable Bond ever with takings of £885million.
Her song Skyfall was the first Bond theme to win at the Brit Awards, Grammy Awards and Golden Globes. Although Adele had to cancel the final two shows of her world tour because of damaged vocal chords, Barbara is said to be “talking the singer round”.
She believes “Bond25” can start filming next year and will be a sure fire hit.
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A source involved in the project said: “Craig and Adele together are the winning team, the ultimate choice, the money spinners.
“It’s taken time but Daniel has come round and the strong con– sensus in the Bond offices is that Mr Craig is 007 again.
“As for Adele, she’s more of an unknown quantity but loved being part of Bond, so the signs are positive.”
The insider said Craig’s actress wife Rachel Weisz, 47, is “on board with the decision” for him to spend a year away filming.
Craig claimed in 2015 that if he did play the spy again “it would be for the money.”
He was said to have been offered up to £120million for two more films. Skyfall and Spectre scriptwriter John Logan is also said to be involved in the project. BRITONS spend more than £2,000 a year each in high street coffee shops, new research shows.
On average we visit a coffee shop 152 times a year and spend £13.85 on trips lasting 93 minutes.
The trend reflects the rising number of chains and our increasing use of them as “coffices” to do business.
New figures show there are now 21,000 outlets compared to 9,000 in 2006. The boom is fuelled not only by giants such as Starbucks and Costa but also by supermarkets and pubs. Researchers asked 1,036 Brits how often they went to a coffee shop, the reason why and how much it cost. Around 80 per cent said they went at least three times a week and spent £8.52, plus £5.33 getting there. The total annual amount is £2,110 – eight per cent of the average £27,000 a year salary.
Britain’s biggest coffee drinkers are in the South West, spending £9.62 each time, followed by East Anglia on £9.27, Yorkshire on £9.14 and the North West on £9.
Surprisingly, London comes in sixth place on £8.47. People in the North East spend the least, £7.39.
Market analysts Research Without Borders found four out of five of us spend part of the working day doing our jobs in coffee shops on phones, laptops and tablets.
A third of those polled, 345, said they had closed deals worth £1,732.
If that is applied across the adult working population of 31.8million, it could be worth as much as £14.5billion to the UK economy.
Chris Reily, boss of discount website MyVoucherCodes which commissioned the research, said: “It shows the rise of the ‘coffice’ as a place for Britons to work.” 1 South West...£9.62 2 East Anglia...£9.27 3 Yorkshire ....... £9.14 4 North West..£9 5 Wales ............. £8.62 6 London .......... £8.47 7 South East...£8.23 8 Midlands ....... £8.01 9 Scotland ....... £7.96 10 North East..£7.39