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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Deliveroo launches corporate service in fight against Uber and Amazon

September 26, 2016

Deliveroo is ramping up its fight against rivals such as Uber and Amazon with a new corporate service squarely aimed at business workers. The food delivery startup will launch the new dedicated "Deliveroo for Business" service this week with British Land, Innocent Drinks, Survey Monkey and Eventbrite already on board. Read more: Cheers! Now Deliveroo's delivering [...]
A stake in Rolling Stone magazine has been sold to a startup

September 25, 2016

The owner of iconic music magazine Rolling Stone has sold a stake in the publication to a Singapore startup to push it beyond media and into live events and more. BandLab technologies, a social music making startup, will take a 49 per cent stake in the music magazine owned by Wenner Media, which also publishes US Weekly and Men's [...]
BBC defends Brexit bias accusations

September 25, 2016

The BBC has defended itself against claims that it was bias in its coverage of Brexit. The broadcaster's head of news James Harding has hit back at claims by the Leave camp that post-referendum coverage has been "gloomy or hysterical" while Remainers have accused it of being too impartial. "The BBC’s coverage of the EU referendum was [...]
Boris Johnson hints Article 50 should be invoked before May 2017

September 25, 2016

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has indicated Article 50, the official signal for Britain leaving the EU, should be triggered before May next year to avoid Britain having to participate in European elections and send new MEPs to Brussels. Britain is due to participate in electing candidates to the European parliament in elections set for May 2019, but [...]
EU funds for 600 startups have been unfrozen after Brexit pause

September 25, 2016

Millions of pounds in funding for startups from the European Union that were put on hold after the vote to leave Europe have been unfrozen. Cash from the EU Regional Development Fund was paused by the Treasury almost immediately following the vote for Brexit putting at risk a shot in the arm for the country's tech [...]
BHS is back

September 25, 2016

The British high street stalwart BHS is back, as new investors emerge with a refreshed online incarnation of the retailer which spectacularly slid into administration earlier this year. BHS will return with a new website, BHS.com, after Qatari business group Al Mana Group snapped up BHS' 70 overseas stores and the website in June. Read more: Insolvency Service quizzed Chappell consultants over £1 BHS purchase It's now [...]
On Her Majesty’s secret servers: GCHQ taps startups to fight cyber attacks

September 23, 2016

Britain’s spooks are tapping startup geeks to help fight the growing battle against cyber threats, opening the insular intelligence agency to innovation and kickstarting ambitious plans for Britain to become a world leader in cyber security. GCHQ will begin the hunt for under the radar startups working on cutting edge technology to fight cyber crime, in a landmark partnership [...]
More staff than ever are working on fintech at the City regulator

September 22, 2016

The City regulator's team of staff working with fintech startups has grown tenfold in the last two years, it's been revealed, as it increasingly looks at the implications of technology on finance. The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Project Innovate scheme, which kicked off in 2014, now has more than 20 staff focused on the crossover [...]
This new proptech startup wants to help generation rent buy their first home

September 22, 2016

Zoopla and top investor Robin Klein are backing a new property technology venture designed to help first time buyers hop on to the incredibly difficult first rung of the property ladder. Wannabe homeowners can invest in a property Isa with Bricklane.com which launches today. Cash will go into a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which will invest in rental [...]
The UK is second in the world for tech startup exits

September 21, 2016

More tech startups in the UK went public or were acquired than in any other country in the world behind only the US at the start of the year, new research reveals. The high-profile acquisitions of Swiftkey by Microsoft and Magic Pony by Twitter helped send tech merger and acquisition (M&A) surging across Europe. Read more: Why companies like [...]

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