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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Peer-to-peer lending hits £3bn as alternative finance shakes up traditional banks

December 22, 2015

Peer-to-peer financing has soared over 50 per cent on last year, as alternative finance continues to shake up the lending world to really begin hitting the mainstream. The UK’s small businesses are growing particularly enamoured with the opportunities P2P lending presents, which makes sense when you consider that four in 10 businesses have their first [...]
How to get more women in STEM: Celebrate female talent and role models to change young girls’ perceptions

December 22, 2015

There has never been a better time to be a woman in STEM. Indeed, women now make up a record number of FTSE 100 board positions and they are increasingly represented in high profile STEM roles. The current presidents of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Engineering and Technology, for example, [...]
Charing Cross is the London train station with best mobile internet performance: Victoria biggest loser in ranking of reliability and speed

December 22, 2015

Does your phone lose internet connection at train stations? If you usually travel from Charing Cross, probably not – but the struggle is real for travellers who often have to make their way across Victoria station, after a new study revealed it's the London train station with the worst mobile internet performance. Charing Cross beat the competition both in [...]
UK house prices: Mergers, IPOs and property tech disruption – how online estate agents will change the housing market in 2016

December 22, 2015

This year has been an explosive one for the online estate agency sector. We have seen the space develop, increase in size dramatically and show that it is here to stay. It's not just a fad, as the high street so desperately claims. I believe the central plank behind the success of the online sector [...]
Diageo share price flat after completing Red Stripe sale to Heineken as the drinks giants swap emerging markets assets

December 22, 2015

FTSE-listed drinks giant Diageo has completed its $780.5m sale of Red Stripe lager to Heineken. The deal was announced in October as the pair unveiled plans to swap assets in emerging markets. Red Stripe will join other Heineken-owned beers like Desperados, Sol, Tiger and Birra Moretti, as Diageo offloaded its stake in Jamaican Red Stripe maker Desnoes & Gedden [...]
Honesty is the best policy: Companies need a transparent culture to attract and retain the best talent

December 22, 2015

As we head into 2016, the job market is soaring towards unprecedented levels of competition. Employers looking to attract and retain top talent can no longer rely on big salaries alone in the year to come. Many are already relying on a growing list of perks from flexi-working to free beer to inspiring office spaces. [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully returns its Falcon 9 rocket after sending it to space in breakthrough for reusable rockets

December 22, 2015

Activist billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sent its Falcon 9 rocket into space and back again – an important breakthrough for reusable rockets in space exploration. The first stage of the Falcon 9 gently touched down at Cape Canaveral 10 minutes after lift-off, to employees’ cheers. This was SpaceX’s first flight since June, when one of its rockets exploded [...]
Countdown to Christmas: Ways the world changed in 2015, from the refugee crisis and climate change deal to time travel and New Horizons trip to Pluto

December 21, 2015

It’s been a tumultuous year, that’s for sure. From the Charlie Hebdo attacks that shocked Paris and the world in January to the historic climate change deal signed not two weeks ago, the world is many ways a different place today than it was a year ago. Although there are still some weeks to go [...]
Why director JJ Abrams initially turned down Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens

December 19, 2015

Talk about a bold career move. When JJ Abrams was offered the opportunity to direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he initially turned it down to avoid becoming “the guy who does sequels”. The film, is already slated to become the UK’s highest-grossing film just two days after its release, but Abrams nearly missed out [...]
Jimmy Hill: Football legend turned Match of the Day broadcaster dies aged 87

December 19, 2015

Jimmy Hill, one of the most important figures in UK football, has died aged 87 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The footballer turned broadcaster’s death was announced by his agent Jane Morgan, who said in a statement: It is with great sadness that Bryony Hill and the children of Jimmy Hill have announced that Jimmy [...]

High Court to hear Reform’s challenge on cancelled council elections

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