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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City Moves for 10 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

October 22, 2014

Innesco John Heawood has been appointed non-executive chairman of the marketing communications agency. Heawood is former group executive director for UK property at Segro, partner at DTZ Debenham Tie Leung and managing director of the Ashtenne Industrial Fund. KPMG The professional services firm has appointed Neill Thomas as head of corporate finance and Andrew Nicholson [...]
Why an MBA can help change your career

October 22, 2014

It's not unusual to change your career these days. A 2012 survey by Future Workplace found that 91 per cent of millennials (those born between 1977 and 1997) expect to stay in a job for less than three years. And if you are looking to make a career pivot – changing your role radically, taking [...]
City Moves for 22 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

October 21, 2014

Vue Entertainment Alison Cornwell joins the entertainment company as chief financial officer. She has previously held leadership positions at Disney, Sparrowhawk Media and Alliance Films. She was appointed to the British Film Institute’s board of governors in 2013. Holdingham Charles Harman is to join the strategic intelligence firm Hakluyt’s holding company as chief executive officer, [...]
Goal-based investing: Why it pays to look at the big picture

October 21, 2014

There’s no golden rule, but don’t be afraid to take risks. The casual observer might think that the only way to invest is to seek the highest possible return on a single pot of money, chasing the latest themes in markets and following certain star fund managers. But the experts say that goal-based investing [...]
City Moves for 21 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

October 20, 2014

Page Group Jonathan Wiles has been appointed managing director of Page Executive by the recruitment specialist. Wiles, who joined the firm in 1992, will be transferring from the role of managing director of Michael Page Human Resources. Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Jonathan Richards has been appointed equity research analyst in the financial services firm’s Financial Institutions [...]
Gimme 5: London events for entrepreneurs

October 20, 2014

Online Marketing Masterclass Small business experts Grow are hosting a masterclass on the nine areas of digital marketing you need for online success. 29 October, 2-6pm £97. £45 with the code “cityam” www.wearegrow.com How to Brand your Business Enterprise Nation’s brief but useful lunchtime webinar is done in partnership with iStock, the image specialists. [...]
Dealing in happiness: Chris Gardner talks Wall Street, Miles Davis and subway revelations

October 19, 2014

If you love London, you’ll get on with Chris Gardner like a house on fire. “I absolutely love it. It’s a clean New York. London is cool.” But then you can’t help but feel that Gardner is one of those people who would get on with everybody. You might already know some of his [...]
Shared parental leave: What it’s worth knowing

October 14, 2014

You can take it in blocks, but it won’t be the best option for everyone. Billed as Nick Clegg’s greatest achievement as deputy prime minister, from next year, parents will be able to share parental leave after the birth of their child. Designed to give more choice over how a baby is looked after [...]
Why PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel thinks luck will get you nowhere

October 13, 2014

Harriet Green explores the tech billionaire’s contentious views on setting up a business. Co-founder of PayPal, first outside investor in Facebook and seasoned venture capitalist, Peter Thiel is Silicon Valley royalty. His new book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, offers a series of insightful – and often [...]
Fintech kings talk starting from scratch, old clients and handing businesses a lifeline

October 12, 2014

In Holborn last week, a three year-old London-based company held a party to celebrate reaching £250m of business since its inception. If that doesn’t sound impressive, by the time the event was held, MarketInvoice was already nearing £270m. “We seriously underestimated repeat usage,” says co-founder and chief executive Anil Stocker. “Companies see how the platform [...]

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