Inside the billionaires’ superyachts: helipads, tennis courts and a missile defence system
Boat builders can now design almost anything that the mega-rich can imagine – but most just want room for a giant TV
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Electric car sales at record high in UK, figures show
New registrations under the government’s £5,000 grant scheme were at 1,149, the highest number since it started in 2011
Overseas shoppers: who spends what in the UK
Simplification of visitor paperwork could boost UK revenues generated by Chinese shoppers by an estimated £1.2bn – but who spends the most?
British luxury car brands report record sales
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover reports 16% rise on 2012’s sales while VW-owned Bentley announces 9% growth in worldwide deliveries
Charlotte Brontë poem manuscript sells for £92,000
Minuscule handwritten work from 1829 measures just three inches square
Bentley’s first 4×4 likely to be made in Bratislava, not Crewe
Chairman and chief executive Wolfgang Schreiber says Bentley’s new SUV may be built in the Slovak capital