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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Stamp duty calculator: Don’t try it if you just bought a house- you don’t want to know how much you missed out on saving

December 4, 2014

If you have just bought a house and are patting yourself on the back for getting in at the right time in an ever pricier market, the new stamp duty just rained on your parade. Do you enjoy seeing your hard earned cash disappear before your very eyes? No? Then don’t try out HMRC’s Stamp [...]
Unilever spins off Flora and Bertolli spreads into a separate business

December 4, 2014

Unilever is spinning off its butter division into a separate standalone business as it dragged on the consumer giant’s growth. Its spread brands, including Flora and Bertolli, will form a new division by the middle of 2015 run by a separate management team following a separate strategy, Unilever’s head of finance Jean-Marc Huet told investors [...]
Ryanair just revised up its 2015 profit forecast by €60m

December 4, 2014

Ryanair’s share price soared more than eight per cent this morning as it revised its full-year profit forecast upwards by €60m (£47m). The budget airline said customer numbers increased in November, which it credited to its "Always Getting Better" campaign and it now expects more than 1m additional passenger numbers over the year. The firm [...]
Tui share price rises ahead of merger with German parent

December 4, 2014

Tui Travel has reported a three per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £472m ahead of its merger with parent company Tui AG. The travel company behind Thomson and First Choice posted operating profits of £612m, up four per cent on last year and an increase of 11 per cent to £654m on a constant [...]
Sky offloads online betting business Sky Bet for £800m to private equity firm CVC Capital

December 4, 2014

Sky has sold off the majority of its online betting business Sky Bet to private equity firm CVC Capital for £800m to concentrate on its new Europe-wide TV business. The deal will net Sky £600m in cash and a further deferred £120m, giving CVC Capital an 80 per cent stake in the business. Sky has [...]
Which London borough will pay most stamp duty under Osborne’s new rules?

December 3, 2014

Buyers moving to Kensington and Chelsea will contribute more stamp duty than any other London borough under new plans revealed by George Osborne in his Autumn Statement today. More than 12,500 homes in the borough will be subject to a higher rate of stamp duty after the changes come into effect. New Westminster residents would [...]
What colour was George Osborne’s tie? Ladbrokes pays out on green, grey and black odds

December 3, 2014

George Osborne confounded consensus in his Autumn Statement today, choosing to wear a magical colour-changing tie. The odds were naturally on Tory blue neckwear in the lead-up to the general election, but Osborne this year took inspiration from a magical Mr Benn (the cartoon character, not Tony), digging deep in the back of the wardrobe [...]
Osborne gets last minute economic boost: UK service sector growth surges again while Europe hits 11-month low in latest PMI

December 3, 2014

The UK’s service sector surged ahead of expectations in November as growth hit an 11-month low in the Eurozone, telling two very different stories of economic activity. The latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) came in at 58.6 for November, ahead of the 56.5 expected and 56.2 in October, in another boost for the UK economy [...]
Singapore stock exchange hit by 3.5 hour delay after computer glitch – and the regulator isn’t happy

December 3, 2014

Traders in Singapore were treated to a lie in, of sorts, after the Singapore Exchange (SGX) delayed trading due to a computer glitch. The index opened at 12.30pm local time, three and a half hours later than the usual 9am start, after a delay caused by updates to the exchange’s computer system made over the [...]
YouTube ranking: John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Burberry and Marks and Spencer have the best Christmas ads of 2014

December 2, 2014

It’s only the second day of December, but we've already been treated to a sneak peak of the joy ahead for the Christmas season via the medium of advertising. This year, retailers battled it out with penguins, soldiers and celebs in a bid to get the public into the festive spirit and spend their pennies- although [...]

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