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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Workplace fraud: The key steps you need to take to stop it happening in your office

March 18, 2016

The scandals at football governing body Fifa reminded all of us about the seriousness of corruption in business. Obviously most organisations will never see anything like this scale of activity, but internal fraud is an ever-pressing problem that many businesses face, and which needs to be handled with care. When trying to take a proactive stance [...]
Four fintech lessons from Silicon Valley to London

March 17, 2016

I had an eye-opening trip to San Francisco last week, as part of a UKTI mission to showcase the Best of British in fintech. While there, we were fortunate enough to meet with some of the most influential organisations on the West Coast, to educate them on the burgeoning fintech market here in the UK [...]
How China is pioneering alternative finance and P2P lending – an analysis of the first ever Asia-Pacific industry report

March 16, 2016

The Asia-Pacific alternative finance market grew 323 per cent last year, to $102.8bn. China was responsible for 99 per cent of that, with four-fold growth to $101.7bn in 2015. Yesterday, the first regional report, Harnessing Potential, was released by Judge Business School and the University of Sydney. I spoke to co-author Bryan Zhang of the Cambridge [...]
How to push yourself even further

March 16, 2016

When I came back from the Barcelona Paralympics in 1992, luckily with six gold medals in my kit bag, I faced this question: what to do differently? How to change if I was to give myself the best chance of success at Atlanta in 1996? It’s something we all face – I’m doing well, but can [...]
The 12 fastest-growing apps in business

March 15, 2016

From email management and recruiting to collaboration and project management, the list of services available to businesses through apps today seems almost endless. At Okta, we have some unique insight into what businesses choose to turn to, as organisations use our service to securely connect their people to technology. Here are thr fastest growing apps in [...]
Gold, oil and robots: Big trend investing with ETFs

March 15, 2016

The best-performing exchange-traded fund (ETF) so far this year is a triple-leveraged gold miners product that goes by the ticker symbol “NUGT”. Aiming to deliver three times the returns of the Arca Gold Miners index in any given session, its 150 per cent increase this year is of little surprise: gold miners have rallied on the [...]
Sophia Genetics’ co-founder Jurgi Camblong talks about how to build a global genetic medicine firm

March 14, 2016

I was asked recently to present to a group of entrepreneurs about my experience. And I ended up saying to them ‘it’s just like Rocky – you take your chance, you focus and you go’. The mistake as an entrepreneur is thinking too much.” Jurgi Camblong co-founded data-driven medical startup Sophia Genetics in 2011. “I’m [...]
Dragons’ Den’s youngest entrepreneur Jordan Daykin on how you can successfully manage your elders at work

March 11, 2016

Young entrepreneurs may give the impression that it’s all smooth sailing, but with youth comes certain challenges – not least the task of managing and delegating to those older than you. Young leaders often have their authority questioned, as well as their competence or ultimate ability to lead – and often by those who feel threatened [...]
Why equity crowdfunding platforms must take due diligence more seriously

March 10, 2016

The growth of equity crowdfunding has been spectacular. It has delivered the kind of shot in the arm for the funding of small businesses that policymakers have been seeking for decades. And what is particularly interesting is that crowdfunding has done this without two components that most investors view as vital before they invest: proper [...]
What does your desk say about you? The five workplace personalities

March 8, 2016

What do your colleagues think when they look at your desk? We teamed up with the director of Space Works Consulting Lily Bernheimer to run through the secrets of office desk psychology. Clutterer Cluttered, chaotic, colourful: this is the desk of an extrovert. Extoverts are excitement seekers and get easily bored without stimulation, so they [...]

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