How to spend your bonus

Look out the window. See those murky City streets? Now think of the polar opposite. Welcome to Amilla Fushi, one of the Maldives’ finest luxury resorts. Based on the UNESCO biosphere of Baa Atoll, just 30 minutes by seaplane from Malé International, it opened in 2015 – and fuses contemporary Miami styling with traditional Maldives life. Imagine chilling out at the 1 OAK sunset lounge and cocktail bar, or receiving a massage in a private treatment pod at the Javvu Spa, or exploring the resort’s own house reef. See you later, City – it’s time for a holiday. For more info, elegantresorts.co.uk

After wrapping up the Formula One 2016 season, there was only one party Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg was going to join for his celebrations: Amber Lounge Abu Dhabi. Hosting F1’s most glamorous parties, Amber Lounge will be returning this year to the F1 hotspots in Monaco, Singapore, Mexico City and Abu Dhabi. During the day, the experience begins on a luxury VIP yacht or in Team Paddock club, then at night it continues in a high-energy nightclub. For more info, visit: amber-lounge.com

Why just charter one yacht for a week, when you can have two plus a host of watersports toys. Through Ocean Independence, charter Vantage – a 150-foot superyacht – and you’ll also get her support vessel Ad-Vantage, too. The latter carries everything from a fully-loaded fishing tender to this Triton submarine. For more info, visit: oceanindependence.com

This snarling monster is the Mercedes-AMG GT R. It is, as near as damn it, a racing car with a permit for operation on UK roads. Having spent most of its development time in the ‘Green Hell’ of the Nürburgring racetrack, Mercedes-AMG has packed in as much motorsport tech as is legally possible into a production car. Its twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 packs a 585hp punch – and the resultant 0-60mph time is sub 3.6 seconds. Its looks are every bit the GT-3 race car, too – all wide arches and double diffusers. It is, overall, unapologetic. Buy one of these and any petrolhead will be green with envy. For more info, visit: mercedes-benz.co.uk

Sure – you’ve got your bonus, but a weekend break is all the time you can afford. Make it count with a trip to Ria Park in the Algarve. Think: exclusive beaches, natural parkland, world-class golf courses, and a climate that boasts 300 sunny days a year. For more info, visit: riaparkhotels.com

Why fly commercial when you can fly private? And why fly private in anything but the best? The Gulfstream G650 is the ultimate ultra-long-range private aircraft. You can pick up a nice little second-hand number for around 50 large. Yes, that’s £50m. For more info, visit: gulfstream.com

To eat at L’Enclume is a near religious experience – even the bread is good enough to make a grown man look to the heavens. Every dish at the two-Michelin-starred restaurant is developed in partnership with chef proprietor Simon Rogan’s farm just outside the village, and Rogan is constantly working to push the balance towards the farm and the seasons dictating the menu, rather than the other way around.

To enter the holy crypt at the centre of Rogan’s domaine, head to Aulis, adjacent to the main restaurant. It’s ostensibly a kitchen table removed from the restaurant, where curious diners hungry for a top-to-bottom experience of Rogan’s operation can sit and try dishes that might be total one-offs. This is an amazing way to how see chefs at this level take some of the restaurant’s most memorable dishes from concept to execution; and, with the farm’s growers involved too, to experience just how hand-in-hand the farm’s operations are with the restaurant’s. An experience you’ll never forget. (As long as you don’t drink too much.) For more info, visit: lenclume.co.uk