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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Losing your star performer at work? Here are four ways you can deal with it

January 15, 2016

The rainmaker is clutching a brown envelope and asks for five minutes of your time. Thoughts start racing. Surely it’s not possible? Resigning? No. Maybe? But why would they? This employee gets a great salary, they were promoted last year and you’ve treated them so well. Could they have been dissatisfied with their bonus? Could they [...]
The social impact MBA watershed: What is driving tomorrow’s business leaders?

January 14, 2016

Eighty eight per cent of students completing MBAs in the States last year said that social impact issues – from climate change and health disparities to the ethics of big business supply chains – were a priority for them. That’s according to research from Net Impact, a non-profit which works to help students shape their [...]
The certified investor: IW Capital and Money&Co’s Luke Davis on how to avoid a regulation deluge in the crowdfunding industry

January 14, 2016

Before crowdfunding, plenty of private equity and investment firms were already helping their clients to raise money and make investments in smaller firms via the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax relief. Now, some of the individuals involved have branched out into crowdfunding. Meanwhile, the newest entrants into the crowdfunding market, particularly within equity, are structuring [...]
The highest flyer: Harriet Green talks Everest, flying cars and building a hi-tech business aged 18 with Gilo Cardozo

January 11, 2016

To tell the truth, drones don’t really interest me at all – I like manned aircraft,” says Gilo Cardozo, founder of aviation firm Gilo Industries. He’s not being flippant – he’s got an army of specialist engineers working on engines for unmanned aircraft – but someone so passionate about his work can afford to be slightly [...]
After one of the worst starts to a year on record, will 2016 prove a poor year for stock markets?

January 11, 2016

Paul Markham, Newton’s global equities portfolio manager, says YES For equities overall, it is clearly too early to tell whether a bad start to the year is a sign that 2016 will be challenging. However, it is true that leadership of markets in recent months has been ever narrower, with a small number of large-cap stocks [...]
Reaching the top: The key strategies for women in the corporate world

January 8, 2016

In recent years, more women than ever have stepped into leadership roles. In 2015, 26 per cent of FTSE 100 directorships were held by women, according to the Professional Boards Forum’s BoardWatch. However, while it’s great to see an increasing proportion of women in top jobs, it’s clear there is still much more to do. [...]
Frazer Thompson of Chapel Down: Why I’m crowdfunding again

January 7, 2016

The crowdfunding industry isn’t old enough to have veterans, but it does have experienced players. Frazer Thompson, the chief executive of Chapel Down, is now on his second campaign, raising £1m in return for 5.88 per cent equity on Seedrs to fund a new, state-of-the-art brewery in which the firm will make its Curious Brew beer [...]
As China fears spark a global market rout, is the country the greatest risk to the world economy in 2016?

January 5, 2016

Rebecca O’Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor, says YES. You only have to look at the reaction to yesterday’s disappointing data and subsequent global stock market rout to appreciate just how important China has become to international investors. While the US economy is still much larger, relative growth rates mean that China is actually [...]
As China fears spark a global market rout, is the country the greatest risk to the world economy in 2016?

January 5, 2016

Rebecca O’Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor, says YES. You only have to look at the reaction to yesterday’s disappointing data and subsequent global stock market rout to appreciate just how important China has become to international investors. While the US economy is still much larger, relative growth rates mean that China is actually [...]
As China fears spark a global market rout, is the country the greatest risk to the world economy in 2016?

January 5, 2016

Rebecca O’Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor, says YES. You only have to look at the reaction to yesterday’s disappointing data and subsequent global stock market rout to appreciate just how important China has become to international investors. While the US economy is still much larger, relative growth rates mean that China is actually [...]

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