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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How to make far better judgements – and why the modern world requires a certain approach in business

April 5, 2016

Judgement is one of the most vital aspects of business success – and is especially crucial when building a new venture. It is the mainstay in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty and is a valuable skill to have when experience and information alone may not be sufficient. The importance of judgement has become abundantly clear [...]
Brexit: Entrepreneurs are risk-takers – but voting for Brexit is a step too far

April 4, 2016

With most of the FTSE 100 supporting Remain and a number of entrepreneurs endorsing Brexit, some have suggested that the business community is split between corporates who support In and entrepreneurs who favour Out. But I don’t think this crude dichotomy is accurate and, as an entrepreneur who supports Remain, I believe that the UK’s [...]
Why the City’s impressive history of diplomacy is more vital than ever today

April 4, 2016

This coming Wednesday marks one of the most important events of the year at the Mansion House when I host the ambassadors and high commissioners to the UK, at the annual Easter Banquet. As well as being an important fixture on the diplomatic calendar, it also affords an opportunity for me to thank the Foreign [...]
Why America must now save tragic Europe from itself

April 4, 2016

Thessaloniki – I sit, as I write this, perched atop my glorious hotel, in this lovely, vibrant northern Greek city, staring lovingly into the wine-dark sea that is Homer’s Aegean. At the height of the euro crisis last year, things became so bad that café life – the glory of modern Greece – ground to a [...]
Why the greatest potential of virtual reality lies in business – and why not acting now could mean getting left behind

April 4, 2016

We're only a quarter of the way through the year, and it’s already clear that the rise of virtual reality (VR) is one of the most talked about trends of 2016. Research from Deloitte shows that, while the technology may still be in the early stages of its commercialisation and development, it has reached a pivotal [...]
Are global markets underestimating the strength of the US economy?

April 4, 2016

David Morrison, senior market strategist at Spread Co, says Yes. While GDP growth is somewhat tepid (annualised, the economy grew 1.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015), there is evidence that the US economy is picking up steam. Just last week we saw strong numbers for pending home sales, Chicago PMI and the all-important [...]
Cybersecurity: The steps every board member and C-suite professional should be taking now

April 1, 2016

Cybercrime is as natural and irresistible a force of digital socioeconomic life as earthquakes are to the physical world. Left unaddressed, vulnerabilities in cybersecurity can hamper the pace of digital innovation, batter shareholder confidence and public trust, and ultimately open the ground beneath your feet, swallowing up your organisation. Overcoming the threat boils down to [...]
Is a leading Spanish banker wrong in claiming that 90 per cent of the world’s banks will vanish within 20 years?

April 1, 2016

Nick Cheetham, director of FINkit business strategy at Monitise, says Yes. Banks are in a continuous state of transformation in response to changing consumer trends. To suggest that they are going to almost entirely cease to exist within the next two decades is simply playing into the hands of those trying to create an investment frenzy. [...]
Why Sadiq Khan would be London’s most pro-business mayor yet

April 1, 2016

London's prosperity depends on our city remaining an environment in which business is supported to grow and thrive. Like an increasing number of people in the business community, I believe Sadiq Khan will be the most pro-business mayor our city has ever had. Before entering politics, Sadiq helped run a business, so he understands the challenges [...]
Why Whitehall’s addiction to inaction is a threat to us all

April 1, 2016

When I heard last year that there was going be another commission to deliberate on infrastructure issues, I had a Father Ted moment. In one episode, a parody of the film Speed, rather than dealing with a crisis, an assortment of priests stand around a blackboard and someone suggests that they say another mass. Are [...]

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