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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Barclays share price leaps and bank shares rise as Bank of England recommends raising leverage ratio for UK banks

October 31, 2014

The Bank of England (BoE) has revealed proposals to increase the leverage ratio of UK banks to ensure they have a larger safety net to fall back on in the event of another financial crisis. The tough new measures will force banks to keep capital of up to 4.95p for every £1 they lend by [...]
New Verde SW1 development in Victoria will have six roof garden terraces with amazing London views

October 31, 2014

It’s the perfect weather for it today, but anyone wanting to relax and enjoy the views from this stunning office roof garden will have to wait until spring 2016. Lucky office workers will be able to see stunning views of Buckingham Palace, St James’ Park and across central London from six, yes six, roof gardens [...]
Balfour Beatty completes $1.24bn sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff to WSP Global

October 31, 2014

Balfour Beatty has completed the sale of its design arm Parsons Brinckerhoff to Canadian firm WSP Global for $1.24bn (£753m). The deal, which derailed merger talks between the construction firm and Carillion, gained shareholder approval earlier this week. Balfour Beatty expects to spend the proceeds on returning £200m to shareholders through a share buyback programme [...]
How much have RBS, Barclays, JP Morgan, Citigroup, UBS and HSBC set aside for potential costs from the FCA forex market rigging probe?

October 31, 2014

RBS is the latest bank to set aside a hefty pot of cash for the potential costs of settling with the City regulator after a major investigation into the manipulation of forex markets. The bank revealed that figure stands at £400m in its third quarter results today. It’s a large sum, but by no means [...]
“Amazon is like IS” terrorist group says Andrew Wylie, literary agent of Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie

October 31, 2014

One of the most powerful people in the publishing world has compared Amazon to the Islamic terrorist group IS. Andrew Wylie, agent to literary stars such as Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie, called the online retailer a “sort of Isis-like distribution channel” in a speech at the International Festival of Authors on the future of [...]
London property prices: More million-pound properties have been sold in London this year than ever before

October 31, 2014

London house prices might be cooling, but things are certainly hotting up at the premium end of the market. Sales of properties costing more than £1m have reached record levels in the UK with 6,143 houses sold in the first half of the year- 70 per cent of which were in London. That’s nearly 2,000 [...]
WPP share price rises after unexpected sales slow down

October 31, 2014

Growth at the world’s largest advertising group, WPP, has unexpectedly slowed in the third quarter as geopolitical tension and global economic woes take their toll. Like-for-like net sales in the three months to 30 September grew three per cent, compared with expectations of 3.3 per cent and 4.1 per cent in the first half of [...]
Bonfire night 2014 London: Where to watch Guy Fawkes firework displays in the capital this weekend

October 31, 2014

It’s that time of year, the fifth of November- remember? And that means the skies across London will be lit up with stunning firework displays. More fireworks this week: Where to watch 5 November and 7 November So get your sparklers ready, here’s where you can watch the best firework displays in the capital this [...]
UK Vs Ireland: Where’s the best place to do business? Here’s how they compare on ten factors

October 30, 2014

When it comes to doing business, which country is more favourable? Singapore has, once again, been named the best place to do business according to the World Bank’s annual rankings. It’s the ninth year in a row the Asian city has topped the league, but closer to home, the UK and Ireland have both become [...]
Tim Cook: “I’m proud to be gay” says Apple boss

October 30, 2014

Apple boss Tim Cook has said he is proud to be gay, publicly acknowledging his sexuality for the first time. “While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God [...]

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