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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JP Morgan shares drop as first quarter disappoints

April 11, 2014

The first of the big banks to report first-quarter earnings, JP Morgan has posted results significantly below estimates. Net income fell to $5.3bn (£3.2bn), compared with $6.5bn a year earlier – that’s earnings of $1.28 per share, below expectations of analysts polled by Bloomberg of $1.46. In the first quarter of 2013, the figure was [...]
BA boss slams government for stopping airport growth

April 11, 2014

Next year, Dubai International Airport will have overtaken Heathrow as the world’s busiest international airport, according to the chief executive of British Airways and Iberia. Willie Walsh, boss of International Airlines Group, has told the World Travel & Tourism Council summit in Abu Dhabi that the UK doesn’t “have politicians who are brave enough to [...]
What you need to know before the open

April 11, 2014

European markets are set to open lower today, following the retreat of the Nasdaq yesterday, as Wall Street's tech sell-off returned. Despite more investor confidence mid-week, worries of over-priced stock have returned again, and Asia’s tech sector suffered in Friday trading. Inflation numbers from Germany have come in at one per cent for March year-on-year [...]
Co-op Bank: No profit this year or next as chief apologises to customers

April 11, 2014

Co-op Bank has, as expected, reported that it made a £1.3bn pre-tax loss last year. The struggling lender also says it doesn’t expect to make a profit this year or next. Payouts to former executives who quit having been linked to the collapse of the bank will be cut by £5m, it added, and chief [...]
City & Gild: Cities are brands too  

April 11, 2014

What is the brand of London, how is it being managed, who runs it and are we really capitalising on our greatest national asset?  On landing into Heathrow recently, I was greeted with the same multi-storey billboards for the Tower of London that have been in place for years. But a few smiling Beefeaters stirred [...]
4 unusual ways businesses are stopping employees from working

April 10, 2014

The 35 hour working week, which has become so sacred to the French since its introduction in 1999, has come under threat from the invasion of smartphone working culture. So now a new labour agreement has made it illegal for employers to expect their staff to work after 6pm. The legally-binding agreement between employment federations [...]
What you need to know before the US open

April 10, 2014

US stock futures haven’t altered much today, following the S&P 500 reaching its largest gain in more than a month. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit for the first time in the US has dropped to a May 2007 low of 300,000 – much lower than expected. Over here, the Bank of England’s decided [...]
Londoners who skip the commute once a week could be refunded £310 a year

April 10, 2014

London workers who skip their commute once a week could be handed a refund of up to £310.50 on their season ticket from next year, under a proposal set out today. Roger Evans, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, believes commuters who underuse their travelcard by walking, cycling or working from home should be [...]
Regulator poised to probe UK’s £8bn overdraft market

April 10, 2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says that consumers are paying too much for overdrafts, as it publishes research it’s done into the traditionally unpopular, £8bn market. The regulator, which recently seriously bungled an announcement about an insurance products investigation, says overdrafts still don’t provide good value for money, with many people confused about costs. It’ll [...]
Royal Mail’s facing a nasty threat, and it’s set to grow

April 10, 2014

Royal Mail warned yesterday that an Ofcom review into wholesale mail prices will mean a period of uncertainty. This morning, shares in the FTSE 100 firm have fallen to 502p – down nearly three per cent. The investigation will look at Access market contract charges – Access mail is the type that’s pre-sorted, before being [...]

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