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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London’s got a stack of new offices – and they’re old shipping containers

May 8, 2014

Ideas and initiatives to help fledgling start-ups are here, there and everywhere in the capital, and nowhere more than in tech-abundant Shoreditch. The area, which already has BoxPark – a row of pop-up shops in old shipping containers – is now home to ContainerVille – 30 converted shipping containers on the south bank of Regent’s [...]
The UK’s most frequent visitors are nowhere near its biggest spenders

May 8, 2014

Almost 33m people visited Britain last year – an increase of nearly 5.6 per cent since 2012. What’s more (literally), is how much tourists spent: the amount jumped 12.7 per cent to £21bn last year, according to the Office for National Statistics. Its Top 50 tourism infographic puts the number of visits to the UK [...]
Where to drink

May 8, 2014

When daylight saving time kicks in and the sun emerges from behind the clouds, the British mind often wanders to warmer climes, and, more specifically, the things that people drink there. One such area is the “Dirty South” of America. The Q Grill opened in a former petrol station in Camden last week and is [...]
Centrica shares dive on profit warning

May 8, 2014

Shares in Centrica have shed well over four per cent this morning, after it slashed its earnings outlook for this year. The Big Six energy firm now expects full year adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of 22p-23p, with growth returning next year. The average British Gas residential energy bill was about [...]
What you need to know before the open

May 8, 2014

A higher open is expected for European markets, following yesterday’s bumpy trading. A more appeasing message from President Putin yesterday, urging Ukrainian separatists to postpone plans for a referendum, has helped buoy markets. On top of that, better than predicted trade data from China – although expectations were very low – has caused some optimism. [...]
Analysts fear for Morrisons as sales plunge 7.1pc

May 8, 2014

Morrisons has reported a 7.1 per cent drop in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 4 May. That’s considerably worse than expected – and worse than the 5.6 per cent fall it saw over the festive season. Jefferies had forecast a seven per cent decline, whereas Barclays was predicting one of 6.3 per cent. [...]
Any Other Business – 08/05

May 8, 2014

NOT TO be outdone by hedge fund boss Guy Hands (who has just announced he’s donating £2m towards the construction of Mansfield College, Oxford’s new Love Lane Building) Sir Michael Hintze, chief exec of hedge fund CQS, has announced he’s donating £5m to the Natural History Museum. Hintze (who received his sir-dom for services to the [...]
Yellen: Low rates to stay as labour market still unsatisfactory

May 7, 2014

Janet Yellen has today defended the US’s central bank’s accommodative policy, saying it still remains warranted – it’s not rushing to raise interest rates. Giving her testimony to Congress, this is Yellen’s first opportunity to speak following April’s improved jobs figures. Dismissing concerns over growth stangation in the first quarter – which, she said, were [...]
What you need to know before the US open

May 7, 2014

US stocks have inched down ahead of Janet Yellen’s testimony to Congress this afternoon. Investors will be listening in carefully, looking for indications on how the Fed’s interpreting April’s economic data. Yellen’s expected to stick to the dovish rhetoric we’ve been hearing when it comes to policy, but more information will be wanted when it [...]
Co-op Bank’s Flowers fined £400 after pleading guilty to drugs offences

May 7, 2014

Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers has been fined £400 after pleading guilty to charges of possessing drugs. Flowers was also ordered to pay £125 in costs at Leeds Magistrates’ Court. The disgraced Methodist minister was arrested in November, having stepped down from the struggling Co-op Bank six months earlier.

Deloitte enters rugby league as NRL Super League investment talks near

Deloitte enters rugby league as NRL Super League investment talks near

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