By: James Nickerson

I am a reporter at City A.M. looking at the stories, people and data behind political events from the UK, Europe and further afield. I also write about infrastructure and transport, as well as broader issues around global business.

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Greek election September 2015 results: Syriza might have won, but turnout falls and Alexis Tsipras’ share of the votes cast has dropped

September 22, 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has hailed a clear victory and claims he feels “vindicated” after winning Sunday’s general election, designed to garner a fresh mandate. https://twitter.com/tsipras_eu/status/645691361753063424 Polls had the race between Tsipras' Syriza party and the centre-right group New Democracy as much closer than it transpired. He heralded the result as "a mandate to [...]
AA share price falls as company reports pre-tax loss and warns of future bumps in the road

September 22, 2015

AA's share price tumbled this morning after the car group revealed a £63.6m loss following its refinancing. The figures The so-called fourth emergency service, which in March raised £935m to cut down its debt mountain, has had a difficult first half, with revenues down 1.4 per cent to £484.6m in the six months to the end [...]
EU migrant crisis: EU interior ministers to meet to discuss binding quotas

September 22, 2015

European ministers will meet later today to attempt to come to a decision on how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who are already in Europe. The meeting in Brussels later today is an attempt to reach a consensus ahead of a meeting tomorrow of European leaders. Read more: The European Parliament has approved a relocation [...]
Pan European Wi-Fi air passengers coming after partnership announced by Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom

September 21, 2015

European air passengers will now be able to Skype, shop online and send emails in-flight after Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom announced they will team up to provide "in-flight high-speed internet access", providing greater connectivity than Wi-Fi currently offered on some flights. Under the partnership, Inmarsat, the FTSE 100-listed satellite communications company, will provide "pan-European" satellite [...]
Tom Watson: Leaving Labour for Liberal Democrats is “like quitting Beatles for Bananarama tribute band”

September 21, 2015

Leaving Labour for the Liberal Democrats would be like "quitting the Beatles for a Bananarama tribute band", Tom Watson has said. Speaking on the Today Programme this morning Watson rubbished claims that a number of Labour MPs were unhappy with the new direction of the party under Jeremy Corbyn. He said: "I don't think anyone [...]
French Connection share price falls seven per cent after company reports “tough trading period”

September 21, 2015

French Connection has reported a “tough trading period” for the first six months of the year, with pre-tax losses widening on the back of a poor performance of the spring 15 collection. Shares in the company fell by seven per cent in early morning trading on the news. The figures The retailer reported loss before [...]
RSA share price plummets 20 per cent as Zurich Insurance says talks are off for possible takeover

September 21, 2015

RSA Insurance Group's share price plunged this morning after rival firm Zurich revealed it was walking away from the £5.6bn takeover bid. RSA's share price was down 21.9 per cent in early morning trading as investors digested the shock news. Zurich's share price was also down, albeit a less remarkable 2.3 per cent. Zurich [...]
Scottish independence: The Barnett formula has outstayed its welcome

September 19, 2015

By any objective measure, the Barnett formula’s time is up. It was a temporary solution that was never intended to last thirty years and the time to do away with it was reached long ago. Scottish independence will probably not happen any time soon, but the Barnett formula remains and continues to allocate a premium [...]
Jeremy Corbyn does not look like a future Prime Minister, according to poll

September 19, 2015

Almost three quarters of voters do not believe Jeremy Corbyn, the new Labour party leader, looks like a Prime Minister in waiting, according to a poll. Just 28 per cent of people agreed with the statement “Jeremy Corbyn looks like a Prime Minister in waiting”, with some 72 per cent having disagreed. The ORB poll [...]
First Great Western apologises to customers for underestimating need for services for World Cup game

September 19, 2015

Train company First Great Western has issued an apology after acknowledging it did not prepare a sufficient amount of service to take customers to Cardiff for a world cup game. https://twitter.com/FGW/status/645178705980063744 Rugby fans at Paddington were attempting to travel to Cardiff to a rugby world cup match between Ireland and Canada, held at the Millennium [...]

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