By: Helen Cahill

I report on retail and property for City A.M. I have covered the investigation into BHS and London's housing crisis. You can email me on helen.cahill@cityam.com with tips or commentary.

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This is the City employer students most want to work for

January 6, 2017

Goldman Sachs has knocked Google off the top-spot as the place students most want to work. The firms have switched places in a survey compiled by salary benchmarking site Emolument that looked into the career aspirations of 600 soon-to-be graduates. Google was the only business in the top 10 that was not a consultancy firm or [...]
Important: EasyJet is trying to reunite this lost teddy bear with its owner

January 6, 2017

Stop everything – there's a lost teddy bear that needs to be reunited with its owner. The bear, which has been temporarily nicknamed Shackleton, was left on an EasyJet flight and has been travelling around Europe ever since. Read more: Easyjet passenger numbers are on the up despite a tough year But aircraft captain Matthew Clutterbuck (also a [...]
Jamie’s Italian to slim down with restaurant closures

January 6, 2017

Jamie's Italian is slimming down. The celebrity chef's restaurant group is shutting six of its outlets, which are likely to be sold in the first quarter of this year. The Brexit vote has been weighing on the business, and Jamie's has decided to close the restaurants which aren't getting enough people through the door. Campaign group [...]
Already thinking about summer? These will be the most popular tourist destinations of 2017

January 6, 2017

If being back at work is already getting you down, why not give yourself something to look forward to by planning your summer holiday right now? Staycations are set to be a big trend in 2017 due to the fall in the value of the pound, but Gatwick airport is confident that weary workers will [...]
Easyjet passenger numbers are on the up despite tough year

January 6, 2017

EasyJet had a rough ride in 2016, but has kicked off the new year with a bit of good news, reporting this morning that passenger numbers were up in December. The budget airline transported 5,579,978 passengers around the globe in December, up 15 per cent on the year before. That brought the company's passenger number [...]
Donald Trump threatens Toyota with high tax tariff in tweet

January 6, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump has hit out at Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, saying that if the firm builds a car factory in Mexico, it will be forced to pay a hefty tax. In a tweet – Trump's preferred method of political communication – the President-elect demanded Toyota build a car factory in the U.S. Toyota Motor said [...]
Christmas spending splurge fails to push high street sales into positive territory

January 6, 2017

High street shops ended a disappointing year with a dismal performance during the festive season, failing to land positive sales despite bumper spending in the week before Christmas. Christmas fell on a Sunday this year, meaning shoppers had an extra day to spend, but like-for-like sales growth on the high street still came in at [...]
Independent shareholders vote to boot Sports Direct chairman, but Mike Ashley saves his right-hand man

January 5, 2017

The independent shareholders of Sports Direct have voted to boot the retailer's chairman Keith Hellawell, but the company's boss Mike Ashley has saved his right-hand man. Fifty-four per cent of independent shareholders voted to get rid of Hellawell, who has presided over several profit warnings at the company. Read more: Shareholder advice group calls for [...]
Government opens bidding for £7bn affordable housing fund

January 5, 2017

Bidding has started for housebuilders looking for a slice of a £7bn government fund for affordable housing. As part of its commitment to get would-be homeowners on the housing ladder, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is inviting housing associations, local authorities and other developers to apply for funding to build the homes [...]
A Lidl competition: Aldi becomes the highest-paying supermarket in the UK

January 5, 2017

Aldi has given its employees a late Christmas present as it unveiled new pay rates this morning – and boasted that the new deal will make it the highest-paying employer in the supermarket sector. The supermarket is known for offering the cheapest groceries in the UK, but is now insisting it won't settle for a [...]

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