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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London house price growth outstripped by Dublin

September 24, 2014

We thought the rate of house price growth in London was extreme – but new figures show it has been outpaced by that in Dublin. House prices in the Irish capital grew by 25.1 per cent in the year to August, easily outstripping London's 19.1 per cent rise. The two markets are, of course, coming [...]
Richard Branson unveils unlimited holiday allowance for Virgin staff

September 24, 2014

Entitled "why we are letting Virgin staff take as much holiday as they want" a Richard Branson blog post is making waves. The Virgin supremo will allow his staff to take off unlimited amounts of time with no questions asked – so long as breaks do not impinge upon individual or team targets. The approach, which [...]
In charts: Here’s what the government’s public sector borrowing figures actually mean

September 24, 2014

Figures published by the Office for National (ONS) Statistics today showed public sector borrowing has risen again – this time to £32.4bn between April and July, up from £23bn during the same period last year. These figures are slightly skewed by the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme from last year – stripping that out, [...]
London house prices make it the world’s most expensive city

September 23, 2014

London is the world's most expensive city, according to a new report. High property costs (the average price just went over £500,000 according to the ONS), high transports costs and expensive drinks have long been the bane of Londoners, and now a new report from Savills, an estate agent, has calculated London to top its [...]
World debt mapped: The UK has the fourth-highest household debt in the world

September 23, 2014

The UK had the fourth-highest total household debt in the world in 2013. According to research by Allianz, the European insurance company, the total amount of debt in the UK stood at £1.8tn last year, or 95 per cent of (then) GDP. That figure equates to a per-capita debt of €29,550: high enough to place the [...]
UK consumers have the 10th most valuable pensions, bank deposits and securities in the world

September 23, 2014

Global debt has been growing again since the crisis while financial assets have reached a new high of €118tn. According to the Allianz Global Wealth Report, the world has seen the biggest asset growth since 2003, with the UK sitting pretty as the fifth-fastest growing country listed. The newly-preserved union comes in at 10th on the [...]
Scottish independence referendum: Claims of vote rigging lead to petitions demanding recount

September 22, 2014

Claims of vote rigging durig the Scottish independence referendum have led to calls for a recount. Over 88,000 people signed a petition at change.org entitled "We the undersigned demand a revote of the Scottish Referendum, counted by impartial international parties." The accusations of vote rigging centre around videos and photos shared on social media that [...]
Phones 4u announces it is to close remaining 362 stores and make 1,697 staff redundant

September 22, 2014

After going into administration, mobile phone retailer administrators working with Phones 4u have announced that there has not been enough interest to save the company's remaining 362 stores. All told, 1,697 people will lose their jobs. EE had already agreed to buy 58 stores while Vodafone said on Friday that it was buying 140. The [...]
Ed Miliband to announce mansion tax to improve NHS health and social care

September 22, 2014

Ed Milliband is set to announce a "mansion tax" to fund new an NHS spending increase. In a speech tomorrow to party activists in Manchester the Labour leader will announce the plan to tax properties worth more than £2m, with the proceeds paying for improvements in health and social care. With the election fast approaching, Miliband [...]
Mario Draghi speech: ECB president hints at use of more unconventional instruments in fight against low inflation

September 22, 2014

The euro has fallen against the dollar after a doveish Draghi spoke before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. Consumer confidence for the single currency bloc was underwhelming at -11.4, falling short of an already bearish consensus of -10.75. In his speech the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) indicated [...]

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