By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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How to learn to use new office software: We’re struggling more and more to understand new tech at work

January 3, 2016

If you find it a struggle to understand new tech and software updates in the office, it may be some small comfort to learn that you’re far from alone. In fact, it seems to be growing steadily harder and harder. A fresh survey from accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson has found that one in four [...]
iPhone 6, 5s and 6s: Best-selling UK phones of 2015 reveals Britain’s love affair with Apple continues with Samsung Galaxy S6 slipping behind

January 3, 2016

The UK’s best-selling mobile phones of 2015 have been revealed, and the top of the list is all Apple, Apple, Apple. Tim Cook will be pleased to learn that the country’s love affair with his company’s products shows no sign of letting up, as different versions of the iPhone make up no fewer than six [...]
Back to work? Shock survey finds most of us are dreading returning to the office after Christmas and New Year

January 3, 2016

Looking forward to going back to work after the Christmas break? Of course you are. But shockingly, the majority of people are less than enthusiastic about this prospect, with a full three in four workers admitting to feeling stressed about returning to their desk on Monday morning. (We can’t quite believe it either.) As the [...]
Boardroom diversity: Slow progress for gender equality at FTSE 100 executive level despite Lord Davies’ Review

December 29, 2015

For Britain’s most powerful firms, women in executive positions continue to be about as common as unicorns, new analysis has revealed. Boardroom diversity has soared in recent years, but despite this, not much has changed at executive level. Following Lord Davies’ target for FTSE 100 firms to have 25 per cent women at executive level [...]
Vowing to lose weight in the new year is a terrible idea: Dieters eat more than non-dieters

December 29, 2015

Here’s what you’ve been looking for: a reason to forego that New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds. Plenty of us may promise to lose weight come January, but new research has found despite our best intentions, dieters actually eat more than non-dieters over the festive period. Losing weight is the most common New Year’s resolution [...]
Looking for a job? Five ways to boost your CV – and land a top job in 2016

December 29, 2015

Thinking of a new job to go with the new year? As January approaches, many will have made a New Year’s resolution to take their career in a new direction. But what can you do to make sure your CV stands out enough to land you a top job in 2016? Just having the right [...]
UK tourists forecast to spend a record high in 2016

December 29, 2015

Tourists are not only flocking to the UK in record high numbers – they’re also spending more than ever before. The strong pound is doing little to deter overseas visitors from making their way to our shores: visitors to the UK spent £22bn in 2015 alone, according to new figures from VisitBritain. Visitor spend is forecast to [...]
The UK’s ethical market is worth £38bn – powered by growth in electric cars and solar panels

December 29, 2015

The UK’s ethical market is now worth £38bn, with a new report showing it soaring by £3bn in the last year alone. Inflation has barely risen above 0.5 per cent, but that hasn’t stopped the value of ethical sales growing eight per cent in the same period, according to the annual Ethical Consumer Markets Report, released today [...]
Transport for London and Boris Johnson announce £148m funding to make cycling safer and improve public spaces

December 29, 2015

London's cycling infrastructure will be getting a facelift worth £148m next year. Boris Johnson and Transport for London have announced plans to improve transport services and town centres across the capital, with a number projects designed especially to improve cycling safety. The money will be going to London boroughs to pay for local transport projects, and includes [...]
Music ban on the Tube, child-free restaurants and four-day working week: The 10 laws we most want to see introduced in 2016

December 29, 2015

Ban on being drunk in a pub, carrying a plank along a pavement or flying kites in the street. There are plenty of weird British laws that we suspect may not always be strictly enforced (not that we’ve ever seen anyone inebriated in a pub, of course). But what about laws that ought to exist, [...]

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