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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Kier lands £50m Greenwich house building contract

September 1, 2014

Housebuilder Kier has picked up a £50m contract to build luxury apartments at London's Greenwich Peninsula development. Kier will design and build 224 luxury apartments in four blocks on the Thames riverside as part of the areas regeneration project that aims to deliver 10,000 homes by 2039. Kier was chosen as the preferred bidder for [...]
Angry Birds maker Rovio replaces chief executive Mikael Hed amid profit fall

August 29, 2014

News flapping its way out of Finland – the maker of hit game Angry Birds Rovio, has replaced chief executive Mikael Hed in a bid to stem falling profits. Pekka Rantala, the game studio’s chief commercial officer who joined in May, will replace Hed at the beginning of 2015 with the pair working together until [...]
PPI claims to be reassessed by banks: 2.5 million cases may not have been handled fairly

August 29, 2014

PPI has reared its ugly head again as the financial conduct authority ordered more than 2.5 million claims to be re-examined to ensure compensation was "fairly made". The financial regulator said banks, credit card providers and personal loan companies have agreed to reassess complaints about mis-sold payment protection insurance made in 2012 and 2013. An [...]
Tesco share price: What the analysts are saying

August 29, 2014

Tesco's profit warning – its second in just over a month – came out of the blue this morning, but its sentiment has been known for a while. The supermarket's struggles are well documented, from loss of market share against Lidl and Aldi, and growth at a 10-year low. Here's how analysts have responded to Tesco's [...]
Bardarbunga volcano ash cloud is “unlikely” to affect UK for next few days – UK air traffic control

August 29, 2014

As the aviation alert rises to red over the risk of an ash cloud from Icelandic volcano Bardarbunga, the UK’s air traffic control has issued an update on its potential effect on air travel over Britain. The short explanation: the current weather means even if ash started spewing from the volcano, it's unlikely to affect us [...]
Iceland volcano ash cloud alert raised to red again as risk of explosive Bardarbunga eruption grows

August 29, 2014

Iceland has raised warnings of a potential ash cloud from the Bárðarbunga volcano to red after eruptions over night near the Dyngjujokull Glacier. The red aviation alert, its highest alert level, means significant emissions are "likely", though no ash has yet been detected. The Icelandic met office said: “No volcanic ash has been detected with [...]
Tesco share price plunges on profit warning, dividend cut – and Dave Lewis to start early

August 29, 2014

Tesco's share price plunged 8 per cent in early trading after issuing a shock profit warning this morning. The struggling supermarket reduced full-year forecasts from £2.8bn to £2.4bn amid tough trading conditions and expects to reduce its dividend by 75 per cent on last year’s interim payout to 1.16p per share when it reports interim results [...]
London restaurant Chilango raises tasty £2.2 million with crowdfunded burrito bond

August 28, 2014

London burrito restaurant Chilango has raised a tasty sum through its so-called “burrito bond”, which it funded through crowd funding platform CrowdCube. The Mexican food chain raised £2.2m, more than double the amount it was aiming for with the retail bond. Almost 750 investors bought into the four-year mini-bond, which offers a fixed-rate of eight [...]
Watch: Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to Ukip raising possibility of party’s first Commons seat

August 28, 2014

Senior Tory backbencher and MP for Clacton Douglas Carswell has become the first Conservative MP to defect to Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party in six years, coming ahead of next year's general election. Carswell, who has been MP for the Essex constituency since 2005, announced he was jumping ship today, saying David Cameron and senior [...]
Deutsche Bank fined £4.7 million by FCA for failing to report transactions correctly

August 28, 2014

Another day, another fine. This time it's Deutsche Bank which has received a slap on the wrist, to the tune of £4.7m, for incorrectly reporting transactions. The Financial Conduct Authority handed out the penalty just a day after handing RBS a £15m fine over mortgage mis-selling. Deutsche Bank failed to properly report nearly 30 million [...]

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