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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EC ups Eurozone growth outlook but slashes inflation forecast

February 25, 2014

The European Commission just published its winter economic forecasts, with stronger economic growth and lower inflation projected for most of the Eurozone and EU generally. Growth is stronger in every large European economy except Italy, and still projected to rise in Greece, which would end a recession that has run since 2008. Olli Rehn, the [...]
Google’s fight to scupper driver headset restrictions

February 25, 2014

In what’s most likely one of the first fistycuffs of many, Google is lobbying officials in at least three US states, in a bid to prevent proposed legislation on driving with wearables worn on the head – like Google Glass – reports Reuters. Eight states are considering imposing regulation on Google Glass glasses because of [...]
MPs just realised their SME lending probe is pointless

February 25, 2014

Tight-fisted banks have crippled small firms and held back the recovery by choking off the oxygen of credit to Britain’s entrepreneurs – or so the story goes. But MPs this morning were surprised to find the rampant recovery may have come to the rescue. The Treasury Select Committee launched a probe into the state of [...]
The UK’s oil and gas paradox

February 25, 2014

As the UK’s oil and gas resources continue to be at the centre of the political debate on Scottish independence, a new report by Oil & Gas UK warns that the industry is facing its biggest challenge in 50 years, due to a steep decline in exploration wells. In its Activity Survey 2014, the industry [...]
Fullerton Fund Management set to open London office

February 25, 2014

Fullerton Fund Management, the Singapore-based investment management firm, is working to establish an office in London, the Treasury has confirmed. Fullerton, which specialises in Asian and emerging market investment solutions, will soon by applying for a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority. Its move to London follows the launch of the government’s Investment Management Strategy [...]
Former Asos director to head Boohoo for £500m IPO

February 25, 2014

Ex-Asos director Peter Williams is to become chairman of Boohoo.com – a rival online fashion store – as it finalises listing plans valuing it at £500m, Sky News understands. Williams, a seasoned retailer who left the Asos board last year, is to take the reins as the company prepares to float on the stock market. [...]
Chart: British women take more sick days than men

February 25, 2014

It seems we're becoming more willing to soldier on. Over the past 20 years, we've been taking less and less time off work for sickness, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. The average sick days taken per worker has fallen from 7.2 in 1993 to 4.4 in 2013. But women still take [...]
3 ways corporate Britain rode out the financial crisis

February 25, 2014

With the springs of economic recovery in the air, and resilient stock markets and burgeoning M&A deals becoming the norm, 2014 could be the year when the fug of the financial crisis finally lifts for good. It’s too early to tell what economic historians will write about the financial crisis era in decade to come, [...]
UBM and De La Rue see shares fall after director upheaval

February 25, 2014

Directorate changes are seeing shares slide this morning. Media company UBM announced this morning that Tim Cobbold has been appointed as its new chief executive, ending its five-month search for someone to replace David Levin. Shares lost almost one per cent at the open and are now down around 0.5 per cent. Roddy Davidson, analyst [...]
St James’s Place eyes up Asian business as profits jump

February 25, 2014

Wealth management group St James’s Place has announced a 42 per cent increase in profit before shareholder tax to £190.7m in 2013. The FTSE 250 firm saw total new single investment rise 22 per cent to £7.2bn, with funds under management up 27 per cent to £44.3bn. It said its full-year dividend increased 50 per [...]

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