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 – 30/01

January 29, 2014

EX-ENGLAND and Newcastle footballer Rob Lee is used to a challenge, but the retired sports star has taken on an altogether different one since November 2013, he wants to put the City through its paces and give busy finance professionals a chance to get fit using Speedflex. What the bejeezus is Speedflex I hear you [...]
ITV to bring Britain new pay-TV drama channel

January 29, 2014

Britian's about to get a new pay-TV channel that's dedicated to British drama. As part of a new four-year partnership between ITV and BSkyB, ITV is launching Encore, which’ll be exclusive to Sky’s satellite and online platforms. ITV Encore will broadcast re-runs of shows previously aired by the provider, including hits like Downton Abbey (cast [...]
Google days away from clinching EU antitrust probe settlement

January 29, 2014

The three-year EU antitrust probe into Google is nearing an end, according to Reuters sources. The internet giant and EU regulators are close to settling the investigation, which was looking into the company’s suspected anti-competitive behaviour. Google has, say the sources, offered to improve concessions to reduce competition fears. Google’s last offer, made in December, [...]
Mulberry profit warning sends shares tumbling 27pc

January 29, 2014

Luxury brand Mulberry has issued a surprise profit warning this morning, after Christmas trading in the UK got worse and wholesale cancellations in Korea were worse than anticipated. Shares have nosedived on the news, currently down well over 25 per cent. The fashion house, which has furnished the likes of Victoria Beckham and Katherine Jenkins [...]
Justin King to leave Sainsbury’s in July

January 29, 2014

Justin King is stepping down as chief executive (CEO) of Sainsbury’s in July, it's been announced. King’s been in charge for ten years; he’ll be replaced by Mike Coupe, current group commercial director. He only formally told chairman David Tyler that he was stepping down this morning. The decision, he said, was entirely his own [...]
Shell sells stake in Brazil project to Qatar for $1bn

January 29, 2014

Shell has agreed a deal to sell a 23 per cent interest in the Parque das Conchas project (BC-10), off the coast of Brazil, to Qatar Petroleum International. The deal will see the oil giant make around $1bn (£0.6bn), as it continues its two-year, $15bn divestments drive. A series of three disappointing quarterly results and [...]
What you need to know before the open – 29/01

January 29, 2014

European bourses are expected higher this morning, ahead of the Fed’s Open Market Committee meeting and in the wake of Turkey’s rates hike. Over in Asia, the Nikkei leapt the most in five months on the news that Turkey has increased interest rates from 7.75 per cent to 12 per cent. Post a measurable [...]
Healthcare specialist BTG hails strong year

January 29, 2014

International healthcare company BTG has reported “strong progress” over the last year, particularly in interventional medicine. The FTSE 250 company, which specialises in commercialising products that target critical care, cancer and vascular disease, has reiterated its revenue guidance of between £275m to £285m for the current financial year ending 31 March. During the period from [...]
UK house prices jump 8.8pc from a year ago

January 29, 2014

Figures from mortgage lender Nationwide have shown that house prices rose 8.8 per cent in January from a year earlier. UK house prices continued their forward march this month, increasing 0.7 per cent – their thirteenth monthly increase in a row – but slowing slightly, after December’s 1.4 per cent rise. This was still [...]
4 things you need to know before Apple shares open

January 28, 2014

Last night Apple reported first-quarter earnings that were near-on unchanged from a year earlier, as stronger competition dented iPhone and iPad sales. Shares tumbled eight per cent on the news. Investors might not be banking on ground-breaking products, probably expecting more of the same. So – before markets open in the US – what do [...]

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