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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Housebuilder Galliford Try reports record group profit

July 9, 2014

Housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try is expecting to report group profits for the financial year, according to its latest trading statement. Profit before tax is expected to be at the upper end of the analysts' current range of £92.8m – £95.2m, and in excess of pre 2008 figures. Following average sales price-increases for both [...]
JD Wetherspoon reports “slightly weaker” sales as World Cup fans drink at home

July 9, 2014

Pub group JD Wetherspoon has revealed that sales have been slightly weaker during the World Cup, reflecting suggestions fans have been drinking at home during matches instead of going to bars. The results were released as part of a pre-close statement covering the financial year, which ends on 27 July. The statement also showed that like-for-like [...]
In graphs: Country house prices on the rise as the London effect spreads

July 8, 2014

As house prices in London continue to rise, the effect is beginning to spread to properties outside the capital, including country houses. According to research from Knight Frank, a real estate consultancy company, prime country house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in the last quarter and by 5.2 per cent over the year to [...]
£160m plans to redevelop Smithfield Market turned down

July 8, 2014

London's Smithfield Market will not be redeveloped after Whitehall ruled against a plans to renovate the Farringdon landmark. Property Investor TIAA Henderson had wanted to turn the run-down Victorian market into a collection of shops and eateries – as well as an office block – at a cost of £160m. Instead, the proposal was turned down [...]
Chinese company approved to build $40bn, 172-mile canal across Nicaragua

July 8, 2014

Nicaragua looks set to get a $40bn canal that will span the country after a committee signed off on the project. The canal will be built by the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Company (HKND), headed by Chinese tycoon and lawyer Wang Jing. The waterway will be 172 miles in length, making it more than [...]
Bovis Homes see average selling price soar to £210,000 as completions rise 54pc

July 8, 2014

Bovis Homes has seen a 54 per cent rise in completions in the first half of 2014; its highest ever number of completions for the first half of a financial year. According to its latest trading update completions stood at 1,487 for the first six months of 2014, up from 963 in the corresponding period last [...]
Job openings rise by 25 pc, but salaries stagnant

July 2, 2014

The last six months may have seen a significant rise in the number of jobs created, if figures from job site Reed are anything to go by. Reed is reporting a 25 per cent year-on-year rise in the number of vacancies across its platform in the six months to 30 June. The increase in jobs [...]
Average London house price is now 30pc higher than 2007 peak

July 2, 2014

London's house prices are 30 per cent above their pre-crisis peak, according to new data from Nationwide, which also puts the average house price in the capital at around £400,000. According to Nationwide's House Price Index for June, London house prices have risen over 25 per cent in the last 12 months, as prices nationwide have [...]
JP Morgan chairman Jamie Dimon diagnosed with throat cancer

July 2, 2014

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JP Morgan Chase, has been diagnosed with a curable form of throat cancer. Dimon, 58, will now undergo an eight-week course of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. He indicated in a note to shareholders and staff that the cancer had been caught early and was considered curable by [...]
In pictures: London’s new super-yacht hotel

July 1, 2014

London is famous for its hotels; from the Ritz to the Dorchester the capital isn't lacking in swanky pillows to lay your head. On 4 August they are set to be joined by a new float. The Sunborn is a four-star super-yacht hotel with 136 rooms and suites, a cinema, restaurant, and spa treatment facilities; as well [...]

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