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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London’s Bournvilles: What the future of housing looks like in a supply-squeezed capital

April 1, 2016

As everyone who studied the Victorians knows, one of the lasting legacies of these periods are the worker villages of Bournville and Saltaire. Planned and executed by the Cadbury and Salt families respectively to provide good quality housing for their employees, and thereby promoting staff loyalty and better living standards, these villages still thrive today. What [...]
Emotional intelligence: The bits you can learn and how they’ll help you in the workplace

April 1, 2016

Many companies are becoming increasingly aware of the true impact that Emotional Quotient (EQ) can have within the business arena. Given that many professional or technical skills can be taught on the job, EQ is increasingly seen as a sought-after commodity. And research and anecdotal feedback shows that leaders and employees who have high levels of [...]
Equity crowdfunding investors: Five key tips before you take the plunge

March 31, 2016

The most recent figures from innovation charity Nesta show that equity-based crowdfunding is one of the fastest growing models of the alternative finance sector. Since 2014, it has grown by 295 per cent to £332m. Equity crowdfunding is not only providing investment for startups, early-stage growth companies and even those already eyeing a flotation on the [...]
Memo to the City: Why tackling mental health issues makes good business sense

March 31, 2016

One in four of us will suffer mental illness during our lifetime. It’s a shocking statistic that demonstrates the seriousness of this public health crisis. Treatment can be very effective, but sufferers need to be sure they will get the support and help they need. For this to happen, we need better coordination and engagement from government, [...]
Secular stagnation: Economists have drawn their battle lines – this is just the start of the low growth debate

March 31, 2016

Over recent weeks the debate over secular stagnation has been reignited (or perhaps the better analogy is that more fuel has been poured on the fire) in both the US and the UK. In the US, the Foreign Affairs journal has devoted a special issue to Surviving Slow Growth, with articles by former US Treasury Secretary [...]
Leverage is all the rage: The crucial future task for central banks

March 31, 2016

People who believe that banks just move other people’s money around, and those who draw comfort from high savings levels, will tell you that bank lending is not critical to economic growth. And they’ll argue the issue is demand, not supply. This is a very old argument. You’ll find it in the remarkable Report of [...]
Peer-to-peer lending: What will happen in a downturn?

March 30, 2016

Speak to any fund manager about their interest in peer-to-peer lending, and they all say the same: “it really needs to go through a business cycle, then I’ll look at it properly”. During the financial crisis, only one P2P lender was in existence – Zopa. Since then, it has been joined by industry heavyweights Funding [...]
The crucial lesson China teaches the West about bank lending – and economic growth

March 30, 2016

So, The Financial Times has finally questioned the wisdom of using QE to purchase good assets. You’d have thought that someone would have noticed the effect by now: new money for old assets just pushes up their price. To hope it creates a “wealth effect” and engenders confidence is a bit perverse. If bank lending [...]
Why Scotland’s fiscal fantasy will leave it high and dry if we vote for Brexit

March 30, 2016

A short visit to the Highlands last week was refreshing. The scenery is just as spectacular as ever, and the people just as welcoming. But elsewhere in Scotland, the tectonic plates are shifting. Last week, a televised debate took place among the political leaders contesting the elections to the Scottish Parliament in May. It resembled a [...]
Why banks are humanity’s most perfect socialist institutions – and why we need to talk about bank capital

March 29, 2016

Nine years after the start of the financial crisis, there has still been no rational discussion about bank capital. Blame this on the banks, who haven’t set out the arguments. Money is a figment of the human imagination. Historically, we’ve tinkered with ways of making it appear real – stamping coins, printing notes, putting up [...]

Businesses brace for costs as new workers’ rights kick in

Woods to McIlroy: How Tiger Slam at Masters reshaped economics of sport

The Lake District but thrilling, with yacht trips and 4×4 off-roading

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