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 – 18/12

December 17, 2013

ANDREW Sentance, senior economic adviser to PwC and a former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, is well-known for his rock’n’roll take on economics. So when The Capitalist caught up with him, we thought it was only right to talk music. The result? He put together a suggested playlist for Bank of [...]
Are things getting uglier for gold?

December 17, 2013

It's a tough time for gold prices at the moment. The $15 per ounce rise seen yesterday has been wiped out UK and Asian trading today, as the US dollar climbed and stock markets stayed cautious, in anticipation of tapering action from the Fed tomorrow. HSBC have said in a note: "The bullion market is [...]
5 facts about UK drinking that may surprise you

December 17, 2013

The Office for National Statistics has just released its latest data (2012) on drinking habits in the UK. Here are some illuminating stats: 1. Almost 6 in 10 adults responding to the survey said they'd drunk alcohol in the last week. 2. Drinking levels dropped in Britain during recession. Between 2005 and 2012 the proportion [...]
What you need to know before the open – 17/12

December 17, 2013

A string of inflation numbers today will provide the main focus for markets, with UK data for November expected to remain at multi month lows – 2.2 per cent on an annualised basis. The US consumer price index could well rise on an annualised basis, which may prove telling, given the current uncertainty [...]
Boris Island misses out on new runway shortlist

December 17, 2013

Both Heathrow and Gatwick have been shortlisted as possibilities for new runways by the Airports Commission this morning. None of the Thames Estuary options have made the shortlist, but the commission said that it will be deciding next year whether the Isle of Grain – Boris Johnson's favoured location – could provide a feasible option alongside [...]
Any Other Business – 17/12

December 17, 2013

IT’S good to see that a bit of jail time hasn’t stopped friends of Vicky Pryce (Chris Huhne’s ex-wife and member of City A.M.’s shadow MPC) from inviting her to their Christmas festivities. The Capitalist is pleased to hear that Pryce, who spent two months in Holloway Prison for perverting the course of justice, had [...]
4 reasons to be happy about the end of teaching

December 16, 2013

Skills and Enterprise minister Matthew Hancock has unveiled plans for teachers to take a backseat when it comes to "imparting knowledge", with computers and personalised online tuition leading the way. A Whitehall unit has been set up to look at how children can be taught by computers that use algorithms to pace work according to [...]
Positive manufacturing numbers bring little cheer to Eurozone GDP

December 16, 2013

Unfortunately, the modest rise in Eurozone purchasing managers' index (PMI) doesn't do much to change to view that GDP growth in the region is likely to have been weak in the fourth quarter. The headline index rose from 51.7 to 52.1, its highest level since May 2011. But a third consecutive monthly decline in the [...]
Why the World Cup is reversing the fortunes of Aggreko

December 16, 2013

Some good news for generator hire specialist Aggreko, as it announced this morning that it's been chosen to supply power for next year's FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The firm also said that its full year results for 2013 will be "slightly ahead of expectations". Underlying group revenues for [...]
What you need to know before the open – 16/12

December 16, 2013

Dispiriting numbers from China – the HSBC purchasing managers' index came in at 50.5 overnight, a three-month low – along with ongoing tapering anxiety, mean Europe's set for a lower open this morning. Of course, this is the last full week of trading before the Christmas break, and of 2013. ETX Capital #MorningCall FTSE [...]

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