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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Npower sells gas and electricity accounts to growing Telecom Plus

November 20, 2013

Npower has sold its Electricity Plus and Gas Plus subsidiaries to Telecom Plus, the latter said in a statement this morning. In a separate statement, Telecom Plus announced it's seen "significant acceleration" in organic growth, with adjusted profit before tax up 10.1 per cent to £13.7m. Growth and increased customer numbers were seen on the [...]
What you need to know before the open – 20/11

November 20, 2013

European bourses are set to open lower this morning ahead of US retail sales and minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Investors await the prospect of taper news, after the latest FOMC statement made no mention of shutdown. We're also expecting the Bank of England minutes this morning, but not with any surprises. [...]
German PPI down in October as energy prices fall

November 20, 2013

The price change for industrial products in Germany missed expectations this morning, falling 0.2 per cent in October, following a consensus of no change and after September's 0.3 per cent increase. Year-on-year, the index was down 0.7 per cent. In September, the annual rate of change all over was –0.5 per cent. While prices of [...]
Numbers that show the decline in the UK’s pigs and cattle

November 19, 2013

Data published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has shown that in both England and the UK cattle and pig numbers have declined in recent years, whilst the sheep count has risen. Cattle On the 1 December 2012, there were 5,308,000 cows, bulls and calves in England. In the UK there were [...]
Tie Rack set to shut UK shops by end of year

November 19, 2013

Tie Rack's UK presence is to be wound up. The owners of the high street name will begin closing the chain's 44 UK stores on Wednesday, reports Mark Kleinman, City editor at Sky News. The closures could threaten up to 200 jobs. Sky News' sources said that a closing-down sale is expected to start on [...]
FCA proclaims position at heart of global markets regulation

November 19, 2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said today that it intends to "reflect on and embrace" the international nature of markets, and of its approach. Chief executive Martin Wheatley says the FCA continues paving the way to a regulatory environment that "increasingly focuses on culture and conduct", as part of a "new regulatory landscape". Speaking [...]
Tagging fiasco sees G4S credit UK £24m

November 19, 2013

G4S has issued an update this morning on the scandal over its electronic tagging of prisoners. The Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) investigation into whether the outsourcing company overcharged the government for its electronic monitoring (EM) services between 2005 and 2013 is ongoing. (Release) The firm said that an internal review currently being conducted by Linklaters [...]
Germany’s growth continues but pace of acceleration could be faster

November 19, 2013

Germany's Zew Survey for November suggests that the Eurozone's biggest economy has continued to grow in the fourth quarter, albeit at a rather modest pace. The index rose to 54.6, its highest in four years, marginally above expectations and from October's 52.8. In the past, says Capital Economics' Jonathan Loynes, "such readings have been associated [...]
European car sales boosted by Spanish subsidies

November 19, 2013

European car sales have risen for two consecutive months, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). This marks the first time since 2011 where new car sales have risen two months in a row. Sales were boosted by a Spanish government scheme to incentivise automobile purchases. The scheme, which was renewed on 25 October, [...]
Media studies graduates highest employed after those with medicine degrees

November 19, 2013

Graduates with an undergraduate degree in media and information studies have the second highest employment rate but the lowest average wage, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But, their average gross annual wage was £25,000 below that of a medicine or dentistry graduate, who have the highest employment rate. (ONS) The report, Graduates in [...]

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