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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More horse meat – this time in Home Bargains’ Romanian-manufactured tinned beef

October 31, 2013

A batch of canned sliced beef has been found to contain horse DNA, the Food Standards Agency has said today. The beef was manufactured in Romania in January of this year and supplied to Home Bargains, the discount high street store, and Quality Save stores. The product is labelled 'Food Hall Sliced Beef in Rich Gravy'. [...]
Consumer lending in September was more than double what was reported

October 31, 2013

A correction to Bank of England data has shown that unsecured lending in September was over double what was reported. Consumers borrowed money at the fastest rate since early 2008 in the three months to September, revised data from the Bank of England showed today. The news intensifies concerns that the UK's recovery is reliant [...]
Proper running and regulation will ensure fracking public health risk remains low

October 31, 2013

A new report into the public health risks associated with fracking has found that the chances of exposure to shale gas emissions are low if operations are run and regulated properly. Public Health England (PHE) says that risks identified in other countries are "typically due to operational failure." PHE's Dr John Harrison, says "good on-site [...]
London and Yorkshire lead the way in private sector employment growth

October 31, 2013

Private sector employment in the capital was up 1.7 percentage points in the second quarter of this year (April – June) – taking it to 61.3 per cent. This underpinned an increase for the Greater South East of 1.4 percentage points, to 62.2 per cent. The private sector employment indicator for England was at its [...]
Chancellor considers taxing foreign home owners in bid to curb bubble

October 31, 2013

The UK is considering imposing new taxes on foreign property owners in a move to check what many see as an emerging housing bubble in London and the South East, reports Sky News' economics editor, Ed Conway. Chancellor George Osborne is investigating the possibility of enforcing capital gains tax on foreign owners of British properties [...]
Greek retail sales fall again in August

October 31, 2013

Greek retail sales fell 7.8 per cent year-on-year in August after falling 13.9 per cent in July (revised up from -14.0 per cent).
Inflation falls in the Eurozone as CPI misses expectations

October 31, 2013

Inflation has fallen in the Eurozone as a flash estimate for the consumer price index missed expectations in October (year-on-year), rising just 0.7 per cent, after predictions of 1.1 per cent and September's increase of 1.1 per cent.
BT sees profits down but strong demand for new BT Sport

October 31, 2013

BT has announced this morning that it saw a 13 per cent fall in half year pretax profits to £948m. But the telecoms company's second quarter trading (to 30 September) was ahead of forecasts. (Release) It also saw a two per cent decline in adjusted earnings to £2.7bn in the quarter, but BT Sport, which [...]
AstraZeneca profits slide as company announces new finance chief

October 31, 2013

AstraZeneca has continued to see sales and profits slide in the third quarter, as the drugs company announces the appointment of Marc Dunoyer as new chief financial officer. Shares have fallen this morning. (Release) Profit before tax fell 22 per cent to $1.59bn (£0.99bn) for the quarter (ending 30 September), with core earnings at $1.91bn, [...]
What you need to know before the open – 31/10

October 31, 2013

The Fed's decision last night to stick with its current stimulus level wasn't a big surprise, given the probable damage caused by shutdown. US markets were dragged down, however, on the absence of discussion on shutdown, tight credit conditions and high interest rates. Asian markets were cooled by the news, too, with Seoul shares edging [...]

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