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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Sajid Javid’s busy first day as business secretary – here’s what he said on the BBC, strikes and the EU

May 12, 2015

Not even 24 hours into his first day as business secretary in David Cameron's all-Tory cabinet, and Sajid Javid is on the front foot with a media blitz having appeared on three different morning TV and radio shows. Notably, the government's business secretary chose the BBC (appearing on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live and Radio [...]
This London house in Ilchester Place, Kensington, earns more than you

May 12, 2015

A plush Kensington house nestled next to leafy Holland Park has earned more in the past eight years than most London workers. The three-storey eight-bed house in Ilchester Place, which is on the market with a £13m price tag, has raked in £130 an hour since it was last sold in 2007. The rising value of [...]
General Election 2015: The best reactions to Nigel Farage’s unresignation

May 11, 2015

In his autobiography, The Purple Revolution, Nigel Farage said it was curtains for him if he failed to win in Thanet. "The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the Commons would be significant for both myself and the party. It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to [...]
General Election 2015: Nigel Farage remains Ukip leader after resignation rejected by party

May 11, 2015

Nigel Farage will remain the leader of Ukip – despite handing in his resignation after being defeated in South Thanet in the General Election last week. Ukip members have rejected the leaders attempt to quit because they did not want him to go. "As promised Nigel Farage tendered his official resignation as leader of Ukip [...]
General Election 2015 reshuffle: Chris Leslie is the new Ed Balls as Labour’s shadow chancellor in Harriet Harman’s shadow Cabinet

May 11, 2015

It's not just David Cameron putting his cabinet together today. The Labour party may have had an utterly disastrous election, but a shadow cabinet still needs to be formed by the acting leader Harriet Harman – and that's just what she's been up to this morning. Harman has opted to keep the shadow cabinet largely unchanged [...]
General Election 2015 reshuffle: Sajid Javid as business secretary gets a thumbs up from the City

May 11, 2015

David Cameron's appointment of former treasury man Sajid Javid as business secretary has received a positive welcome from the City. “This is a solid appointment and one that will bring a wealth of experience to an important office," said the Institute of Directors' head of communications and campaigns Christian May. "Sajid Javid is respected by [...]
Tesco splits with auditor PwC after 32 years choosing Deloitte for turnaround

May 11, 2015

Tesco has split with PwC, ending a 32-year relationship with the accounting firm following the worst year in the supermarket's near-century history. A Tesco spokesperson said: “We have issued an invitation to tender for the appointment of an auditor. Taking into account the term for which PWC has served as auditor, we have agreed with [...]
General Election 2015 cabinet reshuffle: Sajid Javid – three things you need to know about the new business secretary in David Cameron’s cabinet

May 11, 2015

David Cameron has lined up Sajid Javid as his new secretary of state for business in his first all-Conservative government. 1. In government Javid has had a meteoric rise in politics, having gone from parliamentary candidate to secretary of state in less than five years. Javid was culture secretary in the last government, a role he [...]
UK Oil and Gas Investments share price jumps on another Horse Hill oil estimate upgrade

May 11, 2015

Shares in UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG), the company behind the oil discovery at Horse Hill near Gatwick, were up six per cent in early trading after estimates for how much oil there is in sandstone rocks in the area were upgraded. The new estimates are separate to the one made last month claiming [...]
General Election 2015: Six of the best quotes from the past 24 hours

May 8, 2015

It was a long election – and what felt like an even longer night (and morning), with unexpected twists and turns worthy of any Hollywood thriller. No one predicted the outcome of the General Election and no one even imagined the week ending with a majority government and the scalps of three party leaders being [...]

Cirque du Soleil OVO, Royal Albert Hall review: Amazing tricks, okay clowns

Premier League boom ‘masking’ English football’s financial woes, says BDO

Cirque du Soleil OVO, Royal Albert Hall review: Amazing tricks, okay clowns

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