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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These charts sum up everything you need to know about the 2014 Autumn Statement

December 3, 2014

It’s Autumn Statement day and George Osborne’s speech will likely focus on the UK having a fast growing economy and falling unemployment rate. Coming from the other side of the Commons will be assertions that there is a cost of living crisis and that expenditure is still too high. What is the truth? Here are [...]
UK and London house prices mapped: An average wage in Blackpool will buy you less than two square metres in Chelsea

December 2, 2014

Click on the buttons in the top right to reveal the layers The average wage in Blackpool will net you one and a half square metres of floor space in Chelsea, while a Westminster dweller could buy 42.6 metres of home in Blaenau Gwent, such is the disparity in the UK’s housing market. Westminster is [...]
Everything is awesome as Legoland boosts Merlin Entertainment

December 2, 2014

Merlin Entertainments, which recently announced it is to open a theme park in South Korea, has said it expects its full-year results to be in line with expectations, citing strong post-summer trading. The group expects to report earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of between £407m and £411m for 2014. It points to a [...]
Aviva agrees £5.6bn deal to buy Friends Life

December 2, 2014

Aviva, the multinational insurance company, is putting the finishing touches on a deal to acquire rival Friends Life for £5.6bn. According to a statement released this morning, the proposed deal for the recommended all-share acquisition will mean Friends Life shareholders receive 0.74 new Aviva shares for each Friends Life share in their inventory, meaning Friends [...]
Kier to bid for Mouchel? Housebuilder confirms “preliminary discussions”

December 1, 2014

Kier Group's share price opened slightly lower this morning after it made a statement confirming it has held preliminary discussions regarding the possible acquisition of infrastructure builder Mouchel. According to online blog Betaville the going price for Mouchel will be £400m, although other sources mention figures as high as £500m. Mouchel was forced into administration in [...]
Aberdeen Asset Management profits edge up after Scottish Widows acquisition

December 1, 2014

Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) posted slightly higher profits as it said it had weathered a "volatile" year. Figures for the year to the end of September showed underlying profit before tax of £490.3m, up from £482.7m last year. Statutory profit before tax fell from £390.3m last year to £354.6m, partly because of the purchase of [...]
UK house prices may be slowing, but October was the best month for new houses since 2011

November 28, 2014

UK house prices may be waning, but October was the strongest month for new housing in the UK since 2011. According to data from the National House Building Council (NHBC), 13,950 new homes were registered this October, beating every month since June 2011, when 14,565 homes were registered. Of this month's registrations, 11,151 were private sector; [...]
UK immigration: David Cameron to call for end to EU migrant tax credits

November 27, 2014

David Cameron is to call for measures aimed at making the UK a less attractive option for European Union immigrants, in a move that will see more claims he is imitating UKIP. In a speech on Friday the Prime Minister will say that the UK’s continued membership of the EU is dependent on the UK [...]
Jean-Claude Juncker says he should have changed Luxembourg’s tax laws

November 27, 2014

Jean Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, has responded to criticisms of Luxembourg’s tax system while he was in government. The former Prime Minister said he wished his government had legislated to to give it more control of tax deals by international companies. He said the tax structure was a way to diversify [...]
Mario Draghi makes case for for economic union

November 27, 2014

Mario Draghi has upped the rhetoric and made the strongest statement yet about creating economic union in the single currency zone. Speaking in Helsinki, the European Central Bank (ECB) president said existing powers, under the Stability and Growth Pact, do not go far enough. Draghi wants certain decisions about fiscal reform to be taken [...]

Block slashes 4,000 jobs in latest AI warning

Automatic promotion and relegation from Prem Rugby scrapped

Ministry of Sound: ‘industry is on the up’ as it reveals brand new take on The Box

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