By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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UK economy on track for growth despite global turmoil, EY Item Club forecasts

January 17, 2016

Consumer spending will help fuel UK economic growth in 2016, according to new forecasts, painting a more positive picture amid global market turmoil which has wiped trillions from global equities this year. The economy is expected to grow at an accelerated rate of 2.6 per cent in 2016, up from 2.2 per cent last year and previous forecasts [...]
Bexleyheath line will finally reopen after landslides in Barnehurst disrupt Southeastern services to Charing Cross, Victoria and Cannon Street

January 14, 2016

Trains will finally start running again after nearly a week of disruption caused by landslides at Barnehurst which prevented hundreds of trains from running into London from the south east and Kent. Commuters wll have to endure a further evening of chaos before the Bexleyheath line, which runs trains heading for Victoria, Cannon Street and Charing Cross, is up [...]
Twitter share price plummets to fresh low for third day in a row as lawsuit claims Twitter helped Isis terrorists

January 14, 2016

Twitter shares have hit fresh all-time lows for a third day in a row, plummeting as much as seven per cent in early trading in New York. After touching $18.57 on Wednesday, shares today touched $17.27, the lowest they have ever traded at. They have closed down on every day of 2016 after sliding more than 30 [...]
Hatton Garden heist: Three men found guilty of involvement in biggest burglary in British history

January 14, 2016

Three men have been found guilty of involvement in stealing £14m worth of jewels from a Hatton Garden jewellers in the biggest burglary in British history. Carl Wood, 58 of Cheshunt, William Lincoln, 60 of Bethnal Green and known as "Billy the Fish" to friends, and Hugh Doyle, 48 of Enfiled, have been convicted at Woolwich Crown Court after a [...]
Is Tesco saved? A small victory for Dave Lewis in the supermarket’s Christmas results, but 2016 remains a challenge

January 14, 2016

Tesco reported its best Christmas trading results since Dave Lewis has been at the helm but does this really mean that ‘Drastic Dave’ and his management team can breathe a little easier? The dynamics of grocery shopping has changed with value and convenience the two biggest factors for consumers. Competition has never been fiercer so it would [...]
End of Southeastern, Southern and South West trains? Think tank calls for TfL to run south London train services as Overground

January 14, 2016

South London's train operators Southeastern, Southern and South West Trains should be scrapped and turned into the Overground with Transport for London running services. The shake-up is the only way to keep up with increasing demand for transport in south London, according to a new think tank report. The Centre for London concludes scrapping the rail [...]
How to be a billionaire in four charts: Men over 65, self-made and working in finance make up the super-rich ranks

January 14, 2016

If you're dreaming of becoming a billionaire, being a self-made man over 65 working in finance will help. New research on the wealth of more than 500 billionaires in the US by Wealth X reveals the most common traits they have giving us an insight into the anatomy of the super wealthy. 1. Be self-made When it [...]
Burberry share price jumps on third quarter sales rise with China bounce

January 14, 2016

Burberry has cheered investors with a bounce in troubled China. The figures Burberry's revenue inched up in the third quarter by one per cent to £603m, with like-for-like sales flat year-on-year, in line with analyst expectation. That compares to four per cent decline in the previous quarter. Shares in the designer brand jumped as much [...]
London had 1m contactless Tube journeys in a single day

January 14, 2016

The number of contactless journeys on the Tube made with Visa surpassed one million for the first time in just a single day in the lead up to Christmas as paying with just a swipe of a card or phone grows in popularity. The use of contactless Visa increased 166 per cent annually in December alone and commuters spent £339m taking 7.75m [...]
Sky’s helping fund London’s Garden Bridge and will name part of it

January 13, 2016

Sky has been named as one of the private backers of the controversial Garden Bridge, and will name part of the new structure. The undisclosed donation to the Garden Bridge Trust is part of £85m raised from private sources in an effort to fill the funding gap between public funding allocated to it and the £175m it [...]

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