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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Easyjet raises annual profit forecast after good summer

October 3, 2013

Easyjet has upped its profit forecast after strong figures for the summer. (Release) Revenue per seat for the three months to 30 September is expected to grow by about six per cent, said the budget airline. Pretax profit for the year to 30 September is expected to be between £470m and £480m – previous estimates [...]
New non-nonsense FCA regulation for payday lenders

October 3, 2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today set out its vision for regulating consumer credit with stricter demands. A more stringent system with the FCA, which is due to take over from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on 1 April 2014 and will be taking on over 50,000 already licensed firms, will "create [...]
What you need to know before the open – 03/10

October 3, 2013

European markets are set to open mixed, with the FTSE slightly up. Things have calmed somewhat in Italy after Berlusconi climbed down, agreeing to support Enrico Letta. The dollar remains down as eyes are still on the US, with concessions failing to be forthcoming in budget talks and markets bracing for ongoing shutdown. ETX Capital [...]
EU aviation emission back-down after dispute

October 2, 2013

As first reported by Reuters, Britain, France and Germany are prepared to dilute the EU's position on aviation emissions in order to attempt to strike a global deal following threats from some regions of a trade way after the EU put in place restrictions of its own, said sources close to UN talks currently taking [...]
Bulgaria to seek €360m loan from German banks

October 2, 2013

Bulgaria's government said today that it will be seeking a loan of up to €360m from German banks to finance its budget shortfall this year. In a statement, the government said: The realisation of additional external financing of up to €360m (£300.3m) through placing debt under German legislation will lead to diversification of debt sources for financing and [...]
UK to test white space technology

October 2, 2013

Ofcom has announced that the UK is to be one of the first countries in the world to test white space technology. 20 public and private organisations will be participating in Ofcom's pilot program in the next six months. White spaces are the gaps in the frequency band used to broadcast digital terrestrial TV. Ofcom [...]
Potential delay on retina display for new iPad Mini

October 2, 2013

A new version of Apple's iPad Mini with a high-resolution "retina" display will not be rolled out this month, reports Reuters. This puts the tablet at a disadvantage compared to rival products from Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX. Sources said that Apple's supply chain is only now preparing to make retina diaplays [...]
Business group to PM: “If tax cuts aren’t dirty, let’s have a few more of them”

October 2, 2013

The Institute of Directors has urged Cameron to reduce the tax burden. Responding to David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today, Simon Walker, the group's director general, said: Businesses up and down the country will welcome the Prime Minister’s recognition that they are the driving force behind the economy, creating jobs and putting [...]
ECB keeps interest rate at 0.5 per cent

October 2, 2013

The European Central Bank has announced its decision to hold the interest rate for the Eurozone at 0.5 per cent. All other rates remain unchanged. Capital Economics' Ben May comments on the ECB's decision: The ongoing improvement in the outlook for the euro-zone economy had ruled out an ECB interest rate cut today. Meanwhile, the [...]
Crossrail construction digs up Roman skulls

October 2, 2013

About 20 Roman skulls have been unearthed near Liverpool Street station during work on the Crossrail project. Workers, under the direction of Crossrail's achaeologists, removed the human skulls and Roman pottery, found in the sediment of the historic channel of the River Walbrook. Construction on the site has already unearthed remains from other periods, with [...]

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