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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Scottish independence interactive: All the polls in one chart

September 16, 2014

There's been a lot of talk about the results of two recent Scottish independence polls showing the Yes campaign in the lead – but does that show a sea change in attitudes? We decided to have a look at what all the polls have said so far Since the beginning of the year, there have [...]
Scottish independence: How likely is it that the Scots will vote Yes?

September 16, 2014

How likely is it that Scotland will vote yes? It's a hard nut to crack as there are so many variables in play, but luckily there are a group of people who work out such probabilities for a living: betting companies. By looking at the results for 23 different bookies, we can arrive at some [...]
UK house prices hit record highs and are now 11.4 per cent above the pre-crisis peak

September 16, 2014

The average house in the UK cost £284,000 in July – an increase of 11.7 per cent over last year. This takes the index score (February 2002 = 100) to 206 – a new record and 11.4 per cent above the January 2008 pre-crisis peak. The latest statistics from the ONS have shown that house [...]
Galliford Try chief executive Greg Fitzgerald steps down as profits rise 28 per cent

September 16, 2014

Housebuilder Galliford Try said this morning its chief executive of almost 10 years, Greg Fitzgerald, will step down by the end of 2015 – just as it reported a 28 per cent increase in pre-tax profits. The figure rose to £95.2m for the year to 30 June, while group revenue was up 21 per cent to [...]
London house prices: Average asking price in the capital reaches £558,000

September 15, 2014

The latest figures from Rightmove show London's average asking price grew by 13 per cent over the last year, the biggest rise anywhere in the country. Look at the breakdown for the rest of the UK here ONS data sees house prices reach record high It didn't top Rightmove's tables over the last month, but [...]
Scottish independence: Uncertainty over the referendum could dampen UK house price growth

September 15, 2014

House prices across England and Wales were up 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months, according to data from Rightmove. The company, which surveys a sample accounting for 90 per cent of estate agents, does not seasonally adjust its figures and so one-off monthly trends are difficult to analyse. Nevertheless, the 0.9 per cent [...]
Scottish independence: Fears of a Yes victory drive investors to ditch £17bn in a month

September 15, 2014

Investors ditched £17bn of shares, bonds and assorted financial assets in the last month as fears grow that the Yes campaign could triumph in Scotland. Click to see what the bookies are predicting According to a report in The Times, the assets were dumped after the tide of business opinion, while never with the Yes camp, has [...]
bto test

September 15, 2014

It's the week of the Scottish independence and, with the added excitement of a monetary policy meeting at the Federal Reserve European markets are expected to open down. The latest jobs numbers aside, US numbers have been generally positive and a shift in tone regarding an interest rate rise is expected from the fed sooner rather [...]
No campaign stretches lead to 8 points ahead of Scottish independence referendum – poll

September 13, 2014

A new poll by Survation has given the No camp a seven point lead, showing 49 per cent to 42 per cent disparity. Excluding don't knows, the gap stretches to eight percentage points in favour of No: 54 per cent plays 46 per cent. Any single poll can be incredibly misleading when taken in isolation, [...]
Apple reports record demand for iPhone 6 as share price levels

September 13, 2014

After what must have seemed an interminable wait for the Apple fangirls and boys, the pre-order drama was over in hours. Apple says that pre-orders of the largest of its two new handsets, the iPhone 6 plus, broke records; selling out quickly and crashing websites. With iPhones roaring off the shelves, it would perhaps seem [...]

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