By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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BBA Aviation sells APPH for $128m

February 3, 2014

Aviation services company BBA Aviation has said this morning that it's completed the sale of its share capital of APPH entities to aerospace firm Heroux-Devtek for $128m (£77.9m). APPH, which specialises in landing gear and hydraulic sub-systems, has an estimated revenue of $76.8m and $7.2m of underlying operating profit for the year ending 31 December [...]
What you need to know before the open – 03/02

February 3, 2014

February’s brought what January left – a lower open for European bourses. Tapering, concerns over a Chinese slowdown and uncertainty over other emerging markets are keeping investors cautious. In focus today are manufacturing PMI data. ETX Capital #morningcall: FTSE100 down 17 points, the CAC40 lower by 10 points and the DAX down 16 points [...]
Lloyds to resume dividend payments as it pledges £1.8bn more for PPI

February 3, 2014

Lloyds Banking Group has just announced that it’s set aside a further £1.8bn as compensation for so-called payment protection insurance misselling. That’ll mean the state-owned bank will have laid aside a total to the tune of almost £10bn. It's also made further provision of £130m regarding the sale of interest rate hedging products to some [...]
Barclays names Hector Sants’ replacement

January 31, 2014

Barclays has just named its new head of compliance, following Sir Hector Sants’ resignation in November, owing to stress and exhaustion. Mike Roemer (pictured), who’s been head of audit at the bank since 2012, will join the bank’s executive committee immediately and report to chief executive Anthony Jenkins. His appointment follows a series of issues [...]
Ukraine President signs anti-protest legislation repeal

January 31, 2014

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has signed a law repealing the anti-protest legislation that was passed earlier this month. On Tuesday, the country’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to annul the legislation, which banned protesters from wearing helmets and blockading public buildings. Passed less than two weeks ago, it has exacerbated ongoing protests against Ukraine’s government.
House of Fraser pigeon falls fowl in Jack Wills logo ruling

January 31, 2014

News of an avian-related logo infringement has come to light this morning. The High Court has just ruled that House of Fraser’s use of a logo on its branded clothes has infringed on Jack Wills’ famous pheasant logo, known as "Mr Wills". The pigeon logo stepped on the toes of Mr Wills, with the judge [...]
Is the Eurozone out of the woods when it comes to unemployment?

January 31, 2014

The Eurozone’s unemployment rate fell to 12.0 per cent in December – the same as it was in November (which was revised down from 12.1 per cent). The fall was the largest since April 2007 – down by 129,000. The figures, says Christian Schulz of Berenberg, show the labour market is now past the worse. [...]
Online holiday deals given helping hand from regulator

January 31, 2014

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced it’s accepted commitments from Booking.com, Expedia and InterContinental Hotels (IHG) to relax rate restrictions on hotel rooms. The agreement "clears the way" for hotels and online travel agents (OTAs) to offer discounts on rooms, the OFT said. The commitments mean that all OTAs and hotels that deal [...]
BT profits from growing sport and broadband customers

January 31, 2014

BT said its sports customer numbers passed 2.5m in the last three months of 2013, reporting what chief executive Gavin Patterson has described as an “encouraging set of results”. In November, BT paid almost £900m for the rights to broadcast Champions League football from 2015-18. Its efforts to drum up customers have saw six per [...]
What you need to know before the open – 31/01

January 31, 2014

Losses in Asia and mixed US stock futures are expected to push European markets lower this morning. Today’s main focus is EU unemployment numbers, which are expected to remain eye-wateringly high in the periphery. ETX Capital #morningcall: FTSE100 down 10 points, the DAX lower by 7 points and the CAC40 up 6 points — [...]

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