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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Mike Ashley and Rangers board draw fan protests over £10m Ibrox loan offer

January 17, 2015

The board of Rangers football club and shareholder Mike Ashley have drawn the ire of football fans over a potential £10m loan to the struggling Scottish club. Hundreds of Rangers fans gathered at the Ibrox Stadium last night to protest against the offer made my the Sports Direct and Newcastle United owner who wants the [...]
Cameron tells business to pass on falling oil price benefits to staff through higher wages

January 17, 2015

Businesses reaping the rewards of plummeting oil prices have been urged to pass on the savings to staff in the form of higher pay by David Cameron. Asked about the matter on a visit to Washington, the Prime Minister told reporters: "Obviously I want to see companies’ success passed through in terms of wage increases. [...]
Which London business pays the highest business rates? Harrods, Citigroup and HSBC- but it’s not as much as the government’s Home Office bill

January 16, 2015

Harrods is paying the biggest business rates bill of any business in London while five banks are in the list of top 10 highest payers thanks to their Canary Wharf based UK headquarters. The Knightsbridge retailer is paying £12.04m for it's in-demand and high-end location while fellow luxury store Selfridges is also paying the seventh largest [...]
China’s making a naughty list of badly behaved tourists

January 16, 2015

China has had enough of its citizens heading abroad, being badly behaved and giving the country a bad name. To curb the bad behaviour, Chinese authorities have decided to draw up what can only be described as a tourist naughty list, a national database of travellers who make a habit of causing offence when they [...]
Google Glass: Four cool things the explorer programme did (other than create the Glasshole)

January 16, 2015

Google Glass' "explorers" did more than just invent the Glasshole. Early adopters testing out Google’s smart glasses may have been given that less-than-kind label, but many of those involved in the programme were actually working on some pretty cool things. Will these beta ideas ever become mainstream? According to reports, Glass in its current form [...]
Conflict is the single biggest threat to global stability, business and the world economy say the World Economic Forum

January 15, 2015

International conflicts are the biggest threat facing the world over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) – and the issue be at the top of the agenda at its annual meeting in Davos next week. Geopolitics and its risks to world stability and the global economy have returned to the agenda [...]
Higher expectations are stopping women getting top jobs, not family commitments and motherhood

January 15, 2015

The lack of female leaders and top executives in business isn't down to the reason you might think. Research has shown that more women are needed at the top of business, not just on principle, but to make businesses better, and it's motherhood which usually gets the blame as the main reason preventing women from [...]
Savills share price surges on profit outlook upgrade thanks to Stamp Duty changes

January 15, 2015

Estate agent Savills has upgraded its profit outlook for 2014 after changes to stamp duty came into effect at the end of last year, sending shares surging almost nine per cent in early trading. Revenue and profit exceeded forecasts in December after a sales boost from the rise in Stamp Duty for properties priced over [...]
Cameron isn’t trying to ban Snapchat, WhatsApp, iMessage and encrypted messaging

January 14, 2015

If the reports were right, David Cameron this week was trying to succeed where Kim Kardashian failed: to break the internet. The reaction against his comments implying the government might ban encryption was loud, angry and fast. This is entirely understandable – even setting aside the civil liberties arguments, any attempt to ban encryption would probably [...]
The finance sector is doing digital better than any other industry

January 14, 2015

The financial services industry can give itself a pat on the back. Customers are seriously happy with the digital services on offer from banks, building societies, insurance companies and other financial institutions and they also love doing their banking online just as much as they love doing shopping. The surprise findings from a new report [...]

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