Charlie Gilkes is the Co-Founder of Inception Group, alongside his business partner Duncan Stirling, starting the company when they were in their mid-twenties. Gilkes and Stirling have grown the start-up into a disruptor within the industry and now have 15 sites and sales north of £30m. Pioneers in the London bar scene, Inception Group are well-loved for their unique and eclectic hospitality concepts and own and operate nine Mr Fogg’s venues across London. Other Inception Group venues include Cahoots, a 1940s-inspired bar set in a hidden underground tube station, a Chelsea speakeasy called Barts, 80s themed nightspot Maggie’s, as well as brand new bar 90s inspired bar, Bunga 90 in Covent Garden.