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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Any Other Business – 31/01

January 30, 2014

Yvette Cooper has dished some dirt on her husband Ed Balls to the rather aptly chosen Red magazine, out today. The fellow Labour MP spoke candidly about domestic bliss with the shadow chancellor. “The most stressful time in any parent’s day is… between 8.20am and 8.40am. It’s just… shouting. And Ed has taken to piano [...]
The market’s already come up with something that makes Nick Clegg’s electric car plan totally irrelevant

January 30, 2014

Nick Clegg’s on a drive to make Britain the world leader in electric cars. Today, he announced that the government will invest more than £9m to up the number of charging points across the country. The government’s partnered up with major car manufacturers who are backing the suspectly-named Go Ultra Low campaign – which they [...]
German inflation eases on lower energy prices in January

January 30, 2014

German inflation rose to 1.3 per cent in January from a year earlier. Economist had expected a rise to 1.5 per cent from 1.4 per cent in November. Month-on-month, the consumer price index decreased 0.6 per cent. Estimates were for a 0.4 per cent fall after November’s 0.4 per cent increase. The relatively low rate [...]
Serco sheds 16pc on tagging-related profit warning

January 30, 2014

Disgraced government contractor Serco has seen its shares plunge 16 per cent this morning, after it issued a profit warning. Serco announced that it’s expecting a fall in operating profit of up to 20 per cent in 2014, because of less work being secured and the "attrition" from lost contracts, including the government's electronic tagging [...]
Mortgages lead lending pickup but firms see less from banks

January 30, 2014

The UK saw mortgage approvals hit a six-year high of 71,638 in December, up 29.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the Bank of England (BoE). Lending for mortgages led the marginal pickup in bank lending, which was up 1.3 per cent year-on-year in December. Home lending rose by £1.7bn in December, higher than the £1.05bn [...]
Nintendo’s new business plan: A health ‘platform’

January 30, 2014

A day after Nintendo announced tumbling profits on the back of lacklustre Wii U sales, company president Satoru Iwata has announced, while speaking in Tokyo, that the video game maker is planning to work on a health product to improve customers' quality of life. Unveiling the firm's new strategy for growth, he didn’t give details [...]
Diageo shares dive on cost cutting

January 30, 2014

British spirit maker Diageo is the FTSE 100’s biggest faller this morning, down over five per cent. Recent emerging market turmoil hit the drinks firm, which has reported net sales growth of just 1.8 per cent in the first half, having seen growth of 2.2 per cent in the first quarter. In a bid to [...]
193,000 Brits had their Christmas dinner in an M&B pub

January 30, 2014

Toby Carvery owner Mitchells & Butler sold an impressive 193,000 meals on Christmas Day, as more people opted to bypass the culinary pressure. Milder weather meant more customers ventured out this year, M&B said. The pub chain, which also owns All Bar One and Browns, sold 6.9m meals in the three weeks to 4 [...]
What you need to know before the open – 30/01

January 30, 2014

European markets are expected lower this morning after the Fed’s open market committee made the unanimous decision last night to trim another $10bn off its asset purchase programme. In addition, PMI figures from China showed that manufacturing activity in the country contracted in January. Asian markets slipped on the news, with the Nikkei losing 3.2 [...]
Shell’s got to sharpen up, says chief, as earnings slide

January 30, 2014

Shell’s new chief executive Ben van Buerden has laid down a new path for the oil giant, as the company reported its fourth quarter 2013 earnings this morning. The world’s third-largest oil company made $2.2bn, compared with the $7.4bn made a year earlier. That's in line with the $2.9bn guidance Shell issued for fourth quarter [...]

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