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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Sports Direct share price down despite 15.6pc rise in profits, with no shareholder dividend

July 17, 2014

Sports Direct has seen its share price drop two per cent following initial gains. The sportswear retailer reported its end-of-year results today, showing £239.5m in profit before tax, a 15.6 per cent rise on the 2013 figure. Revenue came in at £2.7bn, a rise of 23.8 per cent and underlying EBITDA was up 15 per [...]
GlaxoSmithKline China: Company admits to bribery scandal in 2001

July 17, 2014

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has admitted that members of its staff were caught bribing Chinese officials back in 2001, according to the Financial Times. The new information has emerged as the pharmaceutical giant faces intense scrutiny from authorities in the UK and US regarding the alleged bribing of doctors and officials to boost drug sales to China. [...]
UK employment in graphs: Unemployment rate falls again but no boost in real wages

July 16, 2014

The UK labour market continues its recovery, with today's figures showing the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since late 2008. As today's figures from the Office of National Statistics show, the employment rate continued to surge, reaching 73.1 per cent for the three months to May. This is slightly higher than the pre-downturn [...]
Heathrow City in pictures: Designs for airport redevelopment include new homes and tech hub

July 16, 2014

Heathrow airport could be replaced by 190,000 new homes, a factory or swathes of parkland, according to plans revealed by architects. London mayor Boris Johnson is especially keen on the plans to develop a "Heathrow City", given his backing for a new airport in the Thames estuary. The designs were backed by Johnson and commissioned by [...]
UK unemployment at lowest rate since December 2008

July 16, 2014

The unemployment rate has continued to fall, dropping from 6.6 per cent to 6.5 per cent during the three months to May in line with analysts' predictions – the lowest it has been since October to December 2008. The data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that unemployment has been dropping for a [...]
China GDP: Economy grows 7.5pc in the second quarter

July 16, 2014

China's GDP grew by 7.5 per cent in the second quarter, higher than the 7.4 per cent expected and faster than the first quarter. The growth shows the success of the government's mini-stimulus and indicates that government statements that the Asian powerhouse will tolerate slower growth to accommodate structural reform were hit by slowing expansion [...]
UK house prices in graphs: London sees 50pc rise in the number of high-end properties on sale

July 15, 2014

The number of homes entering the market at above £500,000 rose by almost 30 per cent in the UK and 50 per cent in London in the last 12 months. According to research by Experian, houses between £250,000 and £500,000 rose by 16 per cent over the last year, putting volumes for both at their highest [...]
Cabinet reshuffle: For all the talk of change, the data says it’s pretty much as you were

July 15, 2014

For all the talk of winds of change as a result of the cabinet reshuffle, of younger ministers and fresher faces, of more women in higher positions, the data says there has been little change at the head of the top table. While big names such as Michael Gove and Owen Paterson have made way [...]
London house price rises reach 20.1pc, with UK prices up 10.5pc

July 15, 2014

House prices rose 10.5 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months to May 2014, outstripping the 9.9 per cent rise registered for the same period last year and higher than the 10.2 per cent expected by forecasters. Rises were largest in London where prices increased by 20.1 per cent, higher even than April's 18.7 per [...]
Land Registry sale: Decision postponed as debate over Royal Mail rumbles on

July 15, 2014

After 14 years of deliberations the government has decided it needs more time to consider the proposed privatisation of the Land Registry. The vacillation is in part down to the sale of the Royal Mail, which provoked serious conflict inside the coalition. The Registry, a 150-year-old body created in the 1860s to record land and [...]

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