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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Back to the Future 2 Day October 21, 2015: Seven of tech’s biggest entrepreneurs and what they were doing back in 1985

October 21, 2015

It’s not just the technology that’s different on Back to the Future Day (the day which Marty McFly travels to from 1985 in the second instalment of the film). The world’s best known entrepreneurs who have changed the way we live in the last 30 years were living very different lives back in 1985 when [...]
Sky shakes off competition with profit rise despite Champions League loss

October 21, 2015

Sky has shaken off rivals with a 10 per cent rise in profits while a 77 per cent surge in broadband subscribers was its biggest quarterly growth in four years. Operating profit across Sky Europe of £375m was slightly ahead of expectations for the three months to the end of September on revenue of £2.8bn, [...]
Funding Circle buys German startup Zencap from Rocket Internet for European expansion plans

October 20, 2015

UK fintech unicorn Funding Circle is continuing its world domination with the acquisition of German lender Zencap, to fuel European expansion plans. The peer-to-peer lender picked up the startup from incubator Rocket Internet for an undisclosed sum, giving it access to the small business lending market, which is worth one trillion euros across Europe – more than [...]
Google splashes $60m on Chinese AI startup Mobvoi signalling return to China after five years

October 20, 2015

Google has splashed a reported $60m on a Chinese startup specialising in Artificial Intelligence, taking a minority stake in the company. Mobvoi, founded in 2012 by former Google employees, makes Chinese language voice recognition software which is available on Android, Android Wear, and Google Glass devices as well as iOS and Wechat. While the exact amount has not [...]
UK and London house prices: How long does it take to save a deposit for a property? 104 years for people in Brighton

October 20, 2015

Wannabe homeowners in Brighton are worse off than Londoners when it comes to jumping onto the first rung of the property ladder. A resident in the town would need to save for more than 104 years to amass a deposit for a property in the area, based on average salaries and property prices, The average cost of a [...]
The top 20 best jobs for work-life balance in the UK include web developer, commercial manager and research assistant

October 20, 2015

Getting the right combination of work and life can be a tricky balancing act. And let's be honest, there are some jobs out there which are better than others when it comes to tipping the scales in a favourable direction. In fact, the work-life balance for workers is gradually getting worse, according to data from Glassdoor. Back in 2009, the collective [...]
Costa Coffee adds shot to Whitbread despite Living Wage costs

October 20, 2015

The figures Pre-tax profits at Whitbread jumped 13 per cent to £291.3m in the six months to the end of August, beating expectations. Underlying profit at Costa Coffee steamed ahead 28.4 per cent to £67.3m while Whitbread's hotel and restaurant business ticked up 10.8 per cent to £249.4 per cent. Meanwhile, total revenues came in at £1.4bn, a [...]
Now Virgin Money is getting into the money transfer business

October 19, 2015

Challenger bank Virgin Money is expanding its services and getting into the money transfer business for the first time, underpinned by technology from fintech startup World First. The new service will let customers make international transfers with no transfer fees and Virgin promising to offer better rates than quotes offered by high street banks. Virgin Money [...]
How much does a pint of beer cost in the UK? Where to find the country’s cheapest and priciest pints

October 19, 2015

How far do your pennies stretch for a pint? If you're in London, it'll be no surprise to find that the you'll have to make them go the furthest, with a pint in the capital coming in at the priciest in the country. A pint will set you back £3.92 in the capital, while bargain hunters will [...]
Barclays settles US mortgage claims for $325m with National Credit Union

October 19, 2015

Barclays has agreed to pay $325m (£210m) to settle two civil lawsuits with the National Credit Union in the US relating to mortgages. The bank will include the provision in its third-quarter results, due at the end of October. The claims are related to residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) sponsored or underwritten by the bank between 2005 [...]

WTA tennis chief Portia Archer leaves after less than two years

WTA tennis chief Portia Archer leaves after less than two years

Inside the most outrageous car Rolls-Royce has ever built

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