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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FCA succeeds in overturning landmark fraud case ruling

May 21, 2014

The Court of Appeal has quashed a decision to halt a landmark fraud trial because of lack of legal aid barristers to represent the defendants. The prosecution of the three men was stopped after Alex Cameron QC, brother of the prime minister, argued they wouldn’t get a fair trial as they were not sufficiently represented. [...]
Carpetright in the red as Lord Harris takes his leave

May 21, 2014

Shares in Carpetright fell over three per cent this morning, after the listed company announced the end of an era this morning. Both Lord Philip Harris and his son, Martin Harris, will be leaving the company, with Wilf Walsh named as the new chief executive. The executive chairman will retire in September, while his son [...]
What you need to know before the open

May 21, 2014

A lower open for European markets this morning, with stocks expected to fall further from highs recently seen, following US and Asian counterparts. We've got central bank minutes out later today from both the Bank of England and Fed. Corporate news SSE’s reported a 9.6 per cent rise in profit before tax, to £1.55bn, despite [...]
Burberry eyes Japan as EasyJet chief joins board

May 21, 2014

Fashion house Burberry has reported record sales and profit for 2013/14. Reported pre-tax profit leapt 27 per cent to £444m, with revenue up 17 per cent to £2.3bn. Adjusted profit before tax rose eight per cent to £461m, ahead of estimates. Further investment in Japan, enhanced beauty infrastructure and a smooth management transition – with [...]
EU elections: Who should you vote for if you’re in the City

May 21, 2014

Britain goes to the polls tomorrow to vote in the European elections, but who should those in the City vote for? Here, a representative of each of the four main parties, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Ukip, give their view on why you should vote for them. Why the City should vote Labour in [...]
What you need to know before the US open

May 20, 2014

US stocks futures were flat today, following two days of advances for the S&P 500 and some fairly sombre equities releases. European shares have continued to feel the heat, as political angst ahead of the EU elections outweighed supportive noises from the ECB. Three policymakers are set to speak this afternoon, with economists hoping for [...]
G4S says goodbye to third UK chief in two years

May 20, 2014

G4S, the tagging scandal hit security services firm, has lost its third UK chief executive in two years. Eddie Aston, who joined the contract giant from Deutsche Post DHL, has left after just six months in the role, as first reported by the FT’s Gill Plimmer. The company confirmed he left at the end of [...]
How the written word is exciting businesses more than visual marketing

May 20, 2014

You’d be forgiven for assuming that original written content could become something of an underdog when it comes social media marketing. With unprecedented visual asset capacity and access, it's conceivable that businesses could be choosing to sideline blogs and written explainers for videos, infographics and memes. Not so – at least, not yet. The latest [...]
Credit Suisse shares are gaining, despite guilty plea

May 20, 2014

Shares in Credit Suisse are up 2.4 per cent this morning. That’s after it became the first global lender to plead guilty to a criminal charge in two decades, agreeing to pay a $2.6bn (£1.55bn) fine. The Swiss bank pleaded guilty in the US for helping its American clients to evade taxes, in an “extensive [...]
What you need to know before the open

May 20, 2014

A mixed open for European markets this morning. Yesterday, the Dax and Cac managed to finish on a positive note, but the 10 per cent drop AstraZeneca shares saw kept the FTSE in negative territory. On the data front, the Office for National Statistics will be releasing several key data at 9.30 this morning, with [...]

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