By: Billy Ehrenberg

Billy Ehrenberg is a Data Journalist and Content Developer at City A.M. He can be contacted at billy.ehrenberg@cityam.com. He is particularly passionate about data visualisation and telling stories with numbers.

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UK manufacturing slows to three-month low

January 2, 2015

UK manufacturing has hit an unexpected blip, slowing to a three-month low in December. The UK purchasing managers' index (PMI), from Markit/CIPS, slowed to 52.5, below the 53.7 score expected by economists polled by Reuters and lower too than the 53.3 recorded in October and November. Any score above 50 points indicates growth. [...]
Plane forced to make emergency landing at Southend Airport after blaze

January 2, 2015

A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Southend airport after a reported engine fire. According to the BBC, fire crews were called to put out flames on a plane carrying 28 passengers, but the fire was out by the time the plane landed and no one was injured. https://twitter.com/BBCLookEast/status/550967133149356033 [...]
Bank of England: Mortgage approvals fall to 17-month low

January 2, 2015

The number of mortgages rubber-stamped by banks dropped again in November, although by less than analysts had expected. Nevertheless, the figure is a 17-month low, underlining the trajectory of the market. During the month, banks approved 59,029 mortgages, down from 59,511 in October, but above the 58,500 analyst consensus. The fall has been a [...]
Uber back in business in Delhi, faces strict new rules

December 30, 2014

Uber is back in business in Delhi, but must play by new rules: regulations that mean the company will be treated much like a common or garden radio taxi firm. The taxi app firm was banned from operating in Delhi on 8 December after a woman said she was raped by an Uber-registered driver. [...]
UK house price growth slows again: Can stamp duty save the market in 2015?

December 30, 2014

We know the drill by now – slowing house price growth in many areas as demand wanes and the murmurings about a base rate rise reflect the logic that no matter what, it’s getting closer. Why exactly demand is waning remains something of a mystery (more of that later). Nationwide’s figures this month [...]
Uber Delhi: Company looks to improve security ahead of hearing

December 29, 2014

Uber is upgrading the precautions it takes when operating in India as it battles to be allowed to restart operations in Delhi. The company should find out its fate soon, with a hearing scheduled for today. The company has been under fire in the country since a Delhi woman was alleged to have been [...]
The government is failing to hit gender targets in Whitehall, but which party is the most equal?

December 29, 2014

Closing the gender gap at the top of politics is taking time. According to official data, only two government departments met the target of appointing as many women as men last year. In the 2013-14 financial year, less than 40 per cent of new appointments were women. As many as 10 departments performed worse in [...]
UK house prices: Housebuilding won’t meet demand, so will 2015 lead to a worsening supply shortage?

December 29, 2014

Despite the slowing housing market, a surplus of demand and dearth of properties could lead the housing market into crisis in 2015. A survey by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has revealed many of its members believe that government plans to build new homes will not do enough to sate demand. [...]
UK weather bomb: Despite cold snap, 2014 could be the warmest year on record

December 29, 2014

As the white shroud falls across the UK it may be difficult to believe it but, by some measures, 2014 was actually the warmest year on record in the UK. According to Met Office data, which stretches back to the 1600s, the temperature is around 1.5 degrees Celsius above the norm for this time [...]
Jennifer Lawrence was the top-grossing actor of 2014

December 29, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence has topped a list of the highest grossing actors of 2014. Forbes, famous for creating a range of measures for financial worth, compiled a list of the top 10 actors based on how much their films grossed in 2014. Lawrence’s films, Mockingjay and X-Men: Days of Future Past, gleaned a cool $1.4bn, [...]

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