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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Sterling outperformed four out of five currencies this year – but exotic holidays to the Seychelles and the Maldives became more expensive

December 30, 2015

The strong performing UK economy, a global commodity rout and the economic slowdown in China led to sterling outperforming four out of five currencies in the past year, giving British holidaymakers more bang for their buck when they're abroad. The pound increased in value against 48 of 61 currencies, including the euro, Brazilian real, Turkish lira and Australian dollar, [...]
UK house price growth hit an eight month high in December, Nationwide House Price Index finds

December 30, 2015

December was a bumper month for property as house prices experienced their biggest monthly rise in eight months, new figures reveal. House prices in the UK grew 0.8 per cent on November, the largest increase since April when prices rose one per cent on the previous month, with the average price coming in at £196,999 at the [...]
Amazon share price touches record high after adding three million Prime members over Christmas

December 29, 2015

Shares in Amazon have touched a record high after a stellar performance over the Christmas period. In morning trading, Nasdaq-listed shares in the online retailer and increasingly jack-of-all-trades touched $694.55, an intraday all-time high, after reporting record sales of devices and Prime membership over the festive season. More than three million members joined Amazon Prime in the third [...]
Funding Circle’s lending has just surpassed £1bn

December 29, 2015

UK fintech unicorn Funding Circle has surpassed the milestone of lending £1bn to thousands of small businesses across the UK. The peer-to-peer lender, now the third biggest in the UK for small business loans, racked up £500m in loans this year, bringing the total lent since it started in 2010 to more than £1bn. More than 40,000 investors [...]
Six free online courses to improve your career prospects in 2016 – from learning Chinese to the art of persuasion

December 29, 2015

New year, new you? Resolutions for 2016 don't always have to be long-winded, life changing or expensive. One of the simplest ways to kick start the year is to look at how you can edge ahead in the career jungle to improve your job prospects in 2016. And what better way than by learning a [...]
Three reasons New Year’s resolutions are terrible for your health and happiness

December 29, 2015

Like most people, you might be tempted to make a resolution for the New Year. Also like most people, you are likely to fail to keep to that resolution. Hopeless New Year resolutions may seem somewhat amusing, were it not for the fact they could actually do you harm. The intriguingly named "what the hell effect", explains why. It refers [...]
London train travel: One simple way to find a happier commute by identifying the optimum journey and avoiding delays

December 29, 2015

With the new year fast approaching and the return to work imminent, there's also the spectre of the much-dreaded commute to contend with. The return to crowded trains and, quite likely, delays, is not something anyone looks forward too. You can't change it, but there is one simple way to make your commute a little happier at [...]
ArcaBoard is a real-life hoverboard that’ll set you back $20,000

December 29, 2015

The craze for hoverboards may put some people into a technicality tizz, considering the devices do little – well, actually no – hovering at all. But now, the future envisioned in Back to the Future is really here, with the invention of a real-life hoverboard. The floating device (not simply a self-balancing scooter like the Christmas craze, which has been blamed for [...]
UK weather: Brace yourself, storm Frank is coming, bringing severe gales and more rain in flood-hit areas, warns the Met Office

December 29, 2015

The UK is facing further misery as wet and windy weather is due to hit the country with storm Frank, the Met Office has warned. The sixth storm to hit the UK this season, Frank will arrive on Tuesday evening and throughout Wednesday, bringing unsettled and stormy weather. Gales wil arrive in western parts of the [...]
UK weather: Brace yourself, storm Frank is coming Met Office warns, bringing severe gales

December 29, 2015

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Britain takes first steps on journey to 2040s North of England Olympics bid

Britain takes first steps on journey to 2040s North of England Olympics bid

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