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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The apps bringing you the best coffee in London

May 9, 2014

Decent coffee isn’t hard to come by in London. All the same, it’s nice to know where it is, and easily – without the fun of appealing to a group of colleagues for an answer, and still be standing there 10 minutes later, as the debate rages on. London’s Best Coffee app maps over 150 [...]
What you need to know before the US open

May 9, 2014

Stocks futures suggest a lower open for US markets today, rounding off a week of bumpy trading, central bank announcements and ongoing wariness owing to the Ukraine situation. Corporate news Clothes retailer Gap has jumped 8.5 per cent in pre-market trading after announcing a nine per cent increase in comparable sales for April and a [...]
Petrofac shares plummet 17pc on profit warning

May 9, 2014

Petrofac, the energy services firm, has seen its shares plunge over 17 per cent this morning, after warning its net profit for this year will fall by as much as 11 per cent. A disappointing performance by its Integrated Energy Services (IES) division will see profit fall to between $580m and $600m. Petrofac had said [...]
What you need to know before the open

May 9, 2014

A slightly lower open for European stocks is expected today. Yesterday, they rallied on the suggestion by the European Central Bank that monetary policy could be eased as early as next month. But over in the US, the Nasdaq’s inability to gain a foothold saw a losing streak, led by the energy and utility sectors. [...]
Co-op Bank to raise £400m as it confirms chair’s resignation

May 9, 2014

It’s more upheaval for the beleaguered Co-op Bank. The lender’s announced this morning that it’s looking to raise more than £400m by the end of 2014, in a bid to bolster its finances. It's also confirmed that its chairman, Richard Pym, will step down by the end of the year, after holding the position since [...]
Any Other Business – 09/05

May 9, 2014

ANYONE debating whether or not new Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye has the energy, or indeed the innovative spirit, to lead Britain’s biggest airport into its next phase can rest assured, he’s got both in bucket loads. It turns out in a previous role as sales managing director at Bass Brewers, Holland-Kaye spearheaded the launch of [...]
City & Gild: Build, don€’t block the sharing economy

May 9, 2014

I travel to New York on business a lot and have in the past paid a small fortune to stay in hotel rooms which have the good grace to just about let you walk around the bed, carefully watching out for your shins. And then along came Airbnb. Not only could I rent a whole [...]
Why Barclays thinks investors need to go for diamonds

May 8, 2014

Barclays is feeling pretty positive about the possibilities diamonds are offering investors. With the tide turning when it comes to Chinese growth, a strong dollar and worries over the health of emerging market economies, diamond demand is resurging, it says. Demand growth for diamonds arrives relatively late in an economic cycle, post job creation [...]
What you need to know before the US open

May 8, 2014

US markets are expected to open higher today following Vladimir Putin’s more conciliatory stance towards the Ukrainian election, and better than expected initial jobless claims numbers. The number of people signing on for unemployment benefit for the first time fell by 26,000 last week, to 319,000. Over here in Europe, both the Bank of England [...]
US initial jobless claims fall by 26k

May 8, 2014

The number of people signing on for unemployment benefit in the US fell by 26,000 to 319,000 last week, figures from the Department of Labor show. Analysts has been expecting a decline to 325,000, from 345,000 the week before. Continuing jobless claims are now at 2.69m, from 2.77m. The encouraging figure gives some indication that [...]

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