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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Eurozone inflation confirmed at 0.5pc as pressure piles on Draghi

April 16, 2014

The shock fall seen in Eurozone inflation in March has been confirmed this morning. A final revision of Eurozone inflation for March has come in at 0.5 per cent – confirming the four-year low preliminary reading and stoking concerns that the economic area could slip into deflation, as disinflation continues. Below the European Central Bank [...]
How your train fare’s helping the government cut its rail subsidies

April 16, 2014

BRITAIN’S railways are being funded increasingly by passengers as the government trims back its subsidies. In the last financial year, customers stumped up £7.7bn, or 59.2 per cent of the network’s £12.3bn running costs, or even more if you include the £700m paid out in parking charges. The Office of Rail Regulation said this increase, [...]
What you need to know before the open

April 16, 2014

European bourses are expected to open higher today. After a very choppy day yesterday, US markets closed up, despite Russian claims that Ukraine’s “close to civil war”. Weak GDP data from China – growth slowed to 7.4 per cent in the first quarter – could add jitters to markets, though, but there's also UK unemployment [...]
Tesco’s 2013 pre-tax profit drops to £3.05bn

April 16, 2014

Tesco, the world's third-largest supermarket, has announced a 6.9 per cent drop in full-year underlying profit before tax, to £3.05bn. Over the next three years, it's hoping to stake a claim as the multichannel, middle-market store. But the question is how easy that'll be in a climate of booming discounters and high-end stores, where consumers [...]
Imperial Tobacco to shut factories in UK and France amid falling sales and regulation

April 15, 2014

Imperial Tobacco has announced this afternoon that it’s shutting factories in England and France, resulting in around 900 job losses. Waning sales in Europe, increased regulation and growth in illicit trade have hit the maker of Gauloises and Davidoff, which says its Nottingham and Nantes factories are now utilising less than half their manufacturing capacity. Since [...]
What you need to know before the US open

April 15, 2014

US stock futures have edged slightly lower on the back of inflation and manufacturing data. US inflation inched up in March by 0.2 per cent, meaning an annual rate of 1.5 per cent. But the New York Empire State Manufacturing index showed business conditions in the city to be disappointing in April. The index came [...]
The deals that show how fast London’s office rent race is speeding up

April 15, 2014

Competition is hotting up in the London office market, with space under offer now at its highest level since 2000, thanks to companies, who had previously shelved plans to move, kick-starting their search for new locations in the capital. Just over 4.1m square feet of space was under offer at the end of March this [...]
German investor confidence knocked by Ukraine crisis

April 15, 2014

Investor confidence in the Eurozone reached a high last seen in July 2011 this month. The Zew survey, which is released by the Centre for European Economic Research, gave a reading of 61.2 for April, down slightly on the 61.5 seen last month and above expectations of 60.7. But the survey also measures investor sentiment [...]
JD Sports shares settle after profit surprise

April 15, 2014

JD Sports has reported a profit before tax jump of 27 per cent to £77m, beating analysts' estimates of £74m. The results tell something of a mixed story, though. While its sportswear division is full-steam ahead, with profits up 20 per cent to £93.4m, in fashion it saw an operating loss before exceptions of £6.4m – [...]
What you need to know before the open

April 15, 2014

European markets are expected flat to mixed this morning, following yesterday’s turnaround on the back of a strong retail sales reading from the US, which quelled fears over the situation in Ukraine. The concern is, though, that investors have over-valued the retail sector. And meanwhile, there are worries that the EU’s somewhat muddled response to [...]

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