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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These are Britain’s most complained about energy suppliers – Scottish Power, Npower, E.On, British Gas and SSE ranked

May 15, 2015

Complaints about the energy supplier Scottish Power rocketed an astonishing 588 per cent in 2014 with the company receiving the most complaints ever recorded by a single energy firm. Customers of Scottish Power have suffered issues with a new billing system that meant some didn't receive their bill while others struggled to resolve problems. It spurred [...]
Carl Icahn just invested $100m in Uber rival Lyft valuing it at $2.5bn

May 15, 2015

The well-known activist investor Carl Icahn has made a massive investment in Uber rival Lyft. The underdog taxi hailing startup is getting a $100m (£63m) from the outspoken investor's Icahn Enterprises. It's an unusual move for Icahn who holds stakes in larger companies such as Apple and eBay Lyft has exclusive membership of the so-called [...]
A pop-up “Breaking Bad” cocktail bar is coming to London… and it’s from the creators of the owl bar

May 15, 2015

London shows no signs of going off the fickle concept of pop-ups or novelty bars, cafes and restaurants. The latest to join a string of limited-time-only haunts this summer is a pop-up themed around the hit TV show Breaking Bad. From the organisers of the controversial bar which hosted live owls, comes a new cocktail [...]
UK train strikes: Network Rail, DLR strike action and further taxi driver protests spell May bank holiday travel hell for Londoners

May 15, 2015

London is speeding towards a bank holiday that could bring utter misery to commuters with the prospect of strike action looming. Workers for Network Rail, the company which keeps the entire UK rail network running, have voted in favour of strike action over pay which has the potential to bring rail services in London and [...]
Chuka Umunna’s odds on becoming Mayor of London were just slashed after withdrawing from Labour leadership contest

May 15, 2015

The odds of Chuka Umunna becoming the Mayor of London have been slashed after the shadow business secretary withdrew from the contest to become the next leader of the Labour party. Umunna is now 12/1 to become the new Boris, shortening from previous odds of 33/1, Paddy Power said. The MP for Streatham had been favourite [...]
Budget 2015: Here’s Britain’s wish list for George Osborne – more spending on NHS, education, tax cuts and transport, slash pensions and benefits for older people

May 15, 2015

[infographic id="117"] The British public want the government to spend more on the NHS, education and tax cuts, and slash the cash set aside for welfare and older people's benefits such as pensions, bus passes and the winter fuel allowance by £75bn. George Osborne is expected to announce his second Budget of the year shortly [...]
Avon shares just went berserk after PTG Capital claims it made $8.2bn offer

May 14, 2015

PTG Capital Partners, a private equity firm, claims it made an $8.2bn (£5.2bn) offer for cosmetics company Avon. Famous for its "Avon lady" representatives, PTG said the offer was worth $18.75 per share – more than three times the value of the company on yesterday's closing price of $6.67 per share. Shares in the US firm [...]
Ukip crisis: The best reactions so far to the Nigel Farage infighting – and that BBC c**t slip up

May 14, 2015

Ukip is in turmoil as some very public in-fighting grabs the headlines. We all love a real-life political drama, but this is no House of Cards and that means there may be some ridicule of the embattled party which appears to be imploding. Of course, photoshop (which surely must have become the thing most feared [...]
Meet Britain’s biggest film buff who has seen over 7,000 films in the last 70 years visiting Swiss Cottage Odeon every week

May 14, 2015

A London man can lay claim to the title of being Britain's biggest film buff, having gone to the cinema every single week for the last 70 years. John Gale has taken in more than 7,000 films at the Odeon in Swiss Cottage, which he calls a second home after visiting at least every week, [...]
Ukip crisis: Party’s biggest donor Stuart Wheeler wants Nigel Farage to resign as aide Matthew Richardson offers his resignation

May 14, 2015

Ukip has been sent spiraling into crisis after the party's campaign chief attacked leader Nigel Farage, calling him "snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive". Now Ukip's biggest donor Stuart Wheeler, a millionaire who gave the party £500,000, has called for Farage to resign – again – telling the BBC "If he wants to put himself up in an election [...]

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