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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Tesco share price slides as Sir Martin Sorrell confirms WPP’s Dunnhumby interest

March 17, 2015

Sir Martin Sorrell, the boss of the world’s largest advertising group WPP, has confirmed the company is interested in buying Tesco’s data arm Dunnhumby. Speaking at the Media & Telecoms conference in London, Sorrell said he was interested in the business behind the supermarket’s Clubcard loyalty scheme which was essentially put up for sale in [...]
Uber’s finance chief Brent Callinicos is leaving the taxi startup

March 16, 2015

Uber’s finance chief Brent Callinicos is driving off into the sunset and leaving one of the most highly valued tech startups in the world in the rear-view mirror. The former Google executive who has been with Uber for less than two years will stay on as an advisor, chief executive Travis Kalanick told investors. “Almost [...]
Brussels Airlines adds stunning Tintin livery to plane and renames it Rackham

March 16, 2015

Fans of Tintin, classic comic book art, or anyone who just appreciates a little colour being added to their flight, should book a ticket on this new Brussels Airlines plane. The most famous creation of Belgian artist Hergé is gracing the livery of one of the airline’s A320 planes – now renamed Rackham after the [...]
London Bridge station hit by delays and cancellations as commuters face another evening of travel chaos

March 16, 2015

Commuters travelling through London Bridge faced another evening of delays cancellations and disruption – on the same day new efforts to ease overcrowding were introduced. Rush hour commuters have been hit with severe delays and cancellations to services running from the station to the south of London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex due to a signalling [...]
Adidas NBA sponsorship will end after multi-million dollar 11-year deal not renewed

March 16, 2015

Adidas will end its sponsorship of the US National Basketball Association (NBA) after deciding not to renew its multi-million dollar decade-long deal with the sports league. It’s a big retreat from the US market for the German sportswear giant which is facing increasingly tough competition from rivals Nike and Under Armour. "We feel with a [...]
Tesco share price spikes as Dunnhumby sale speculation mounts

March 16, 2015

Tesco shares spiked four per cent in afternoon trading amid mounting speculation of a potential sale of its lucrative data business Dunnhumby. A deal, which could be worth as much as £2bn to the supermarket according to analysts, is moving ahead, with WPP and a host of private equity firms vying for the data company [...]
Cheap Ryanair flights across the Atlantic are coming with routes to 14 US cities are being planned within the next five years

March 16, 2015

Ryanair has set its sights on new horizons, with ambitious plans to provide long-haul budget flights across the Atlantic The low-cost Irish airline is planning new routes between as many as 14 cities in the US and Europe within the next four to five years. The Ryanair board has approved growth plans which include transatlantic [...]
Budget 2015: Business rates could get a major overhaul in the budget as George Osborne reveals reform review plans

March 15, 2015

A long-overdue review of how business rates are calculated could be in the chancellor’s package of budget promises designed to woo businesses in the run up to the General Election. George Osborne pleased British businesses by initially pledging that a review would take place in his Autumn Statement last year. Now further plans are set [...]
General Election 2015: The Conservatives have outlived their usefulness – it’s time for a Southern Party

March 15, 2015

I feel gloomy about the outcome of the General Election. If you could choose your enemy in politics, I presume David Cameron would pick Ed Miliband ahead of anybody else on the Labour benches with the possible exception of that portly prat Tom Watson. But I look at the issue from the other end [...]
General Election 2015: IOD slams Labour’s “obviously counterproductive” profit-sharing policy plans

March 15, 2015

Potential Labour party plans to force companies to share profits with staff have been slammed by the Institute of Directors as “counterproductive” and a deterrent to investment. The policy to force firms with over 50 employees to set up profit-sharing schemes in the style of John Lewis is reportedly being considered by Ed Miliband in a bid [...]

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