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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BBC unveils the new iPlayer. Here’s what you need to know

March 11, 2014

The BBC has unveiled its new iPlayer today. The new version will see the service get a design overhaul, along with plans to roll out a 30-day catch up availability. Speaking this morning, Dan Taylor, head of BBC iPlayer, said: We've got ambitious plans for later in the year including extending the standard availability window from 7 [...]
Yanukovich blames opponents for Crimea and says he’s still president

March 11, 2014

Viktor Yanukovich, former Ukrainian president, has said today that he remains the country’s president and commander-in-chief of its armed forces. Speaking in public for a news conference, the ousted leader said he blames his opponents for Crimea’s breaking away from Ukraine. The region’s holding a referendum on joining Russia on Sunday. He said the Ukrainian [...]
Here’s why the UK’s food sector has a rocky road ahead

March 11, 2014

With some dire Christmas sales, heavy discounting and a ramping up of online shopping, the UK food retail sector feels unloved. That’s according to Barclays, which points out that the UK’s sector is now trading at a clear price-to-earnings discount when compared with continental Europe. It hasn’t always been like this for UK companies. Expansion [...]
Co-op’s Sutherland writes letter of resignation

March 11, 2014

Co-op Group’s chief executive Euan Sutherland has penned a letter of resignation, reports the BBC’s Robert Peston. Sutherland says in the letter that he believes the group to be “ungovernable”. Sky News understands he's resigned on a point of principle. Speaking on Radio 4, Peston said the group's board are trying to persuade him to [...]
What you need to know before the open

March 11, 2014

European markets are expected to open higher this morning, with more economic data to focus on today – although there are still concerns over Ukraine and growth in China. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has said it’s starting a new review into retail banking, focusing particularly on banking for SMEs. Corporate news Barratt Developments [...]
New competition regulator to begin review of banking

March 11, 2014

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK's new competition regulator, has announced today that it’s starting a short programme of work into the banking sector, with a decision on whether or not to make a market investigation by the autumn. It’ll publish its work on person current accounts and SME banking in the summer, [...]
Any Other Business – 11/03

March 11, 2014

TODAY marks the start of the horsey-betting-booze fest that is Cheltenham. One City figure who is unlikely to miss a day is former Barclays executive Rich Ricci who has got no fewer than six horses running this week. Noticeably absent from the line-up is Fatcatinthehat, the controversially-named bay gelding the banker entered into the festival [...]
UK pension funds’ £400bn gamble

March 10, 2014

We’ve written here before about how UK pension funds are woefully failing in their duty to hedge investment risks, and today fresh analysis sheds new light on the problem. Aon Hewitt, one of the country’s top pension fund advisers, has issued a stark warning that UK schemes lack protection against long term interest rate rises worth [...]
Here’s what Parliament’s selling to swell its coffers

March 10, 2014

The Houses of Parliament are doing a roaring trade in the new official guidebook, with sales of the book giving a boost to retail takings at a time when money is tight for the Palace of Westminster. The Westminster Hall shop, which offers mint creams and tea towels to visitors as well as books, made [...]
Mothercare announces interim boss Mark Newton-Jones

March 10, 2014

After Simon Calver’s sudden departure last month, Mark Newton-Jones has been named as the interim chief executive (CEO) of babycare specialist Mothercare. Newton-Jones will take over next Monday, minding the group while it looks for a permanent new boss. He won’t, therefore, join the board. Calver left six weeks after the company issues a profit [...]

‘There’s a kind of romance to it’: Cubitts opens King’s Cross hub on site of Victorian stables

Brentford in talks to host Shakhtar Donetsk Champions League fixtures

New City venue rethinks competitive socialising… again

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