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Ever wondered what life is like for the celebrities able to breeze past a queue and slip effortlessly into the latest venue? Well, thanks to concierge service Inner Place you can now find out. This is not a concierge service that’s bothered about finding a plumber or picking up your dry cleaning.

Founder, Tim Badham, says most people can take care of that sort of stuff themselves. Rather Badham is focused on sorting out his members’ social life, with the basic membership getting you access to a range of private clubs. Better still, the premium Red membership offers red-carpet treatment at some of the country’s top members’ clubs. You can just turn up (booking is for other people) and get the star treatment.

For a mere £200 joining fee and an annual membership of £1,300 a year, you get access to the A-list clubs. As Badham says: “We don’t have a set criteria [for membership], but we meet everyone and only accept high-calibre, high net worth individuals.” Memberships also gets you into a number of high-profile parties at events such as the Oscars and the Cannes Film Festival.