By: Shruti Tripathi

I am City A.M.'s news editor. I love interviewing entrepreneurs, carrying out investigations through freedom of information requests and covering all the latest goings on in the world's great city, London. I started my career as an intern at LondonLovesBusiness.com in 2011 and became editor in 2015. I joined City A.M. as deputy night editor in July 2016.

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PM’s takeover test may do more Arm than good

July 29, 2016

We're less than a month into Theresa May’s administration but there’s already a worrying air of economic policy schizophrenia drifting through Whitehall. The new Prime Minister has the most daunting in-tray of any incoming Premier for decades, but she needs to flesh out her vision for corporate Britain fast; what she has offered so far [...]
Hinkley Point C: Prioritising the politically sexy over the economically rational is a waste of money

July 29, 2016

The new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point, which has finally been approved by EDF’s board, will be the most expensive power station anywhere in the world. Beset by delays (first proposed in 2006, it was meant to come online in 2017), it won’t be operational until 2025 and EDF will still receive its enormous £30bn [...]
City Moves for 29 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 29, 2016

Gumtree Gumtree, the UK’s largest classifieds website, has recruited Matt Button to the newly created role of head of customer relationship management. Matt will work with the Gumtree marketing team and its agencies to devise and deliver a CRM strategy that acquires and retains customers across all its categories. The strategy will be focused on engaging customers [...]
Nuclear fallout: Government cools on Hinkley Point after EDF approval

July 29, 2016

A decision by the board of French energy giant EDF to approve construction of two new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset was given a lukewarm response by Theresa May’s government last night. In a shock move, business and energy secretary Greg Clark said the government will now review the details and make a decision [...]
City Airport expansion is a boost for London

July 28, 2016

Recent political events have thrown any decision on UK airport expansion further into doubt. Even before the referendum and subsequent resignation of David Cameron, it was tough to pin down exactly what the government was minded to do about the pressing need to expand capacity in the south east. Throughout the debate (which looks set [...]
City Moves for 28 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 28, 2016

JLL Alistair Meadows has been appointed head of UK Capital Markets at JLL where he will oversee the strategic direction of investment for the firm’s UK clients. Alistair has over 20 years of international real estate experience in Asia Pacific and Europe and heads up the firm’s International Capital Group. In this role he specialises in [...]
Take off! London lifted by green light for City Airport expansion as markets touch post-Brexit highs

July 28, 2016

The City received a double boost yesterday as London City Airport was given the go-ahead for a major expansion while the latest GDP data beat expectations and lifted the FTSE 100 to a 12-month high. Chancellor Philip Hammond, transport secretary Chris Grayling and communities secretary Sajid Javid gave the green light to the multi-million pound [...]
City Moves for 27 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 27, 2016

Kingston Smith Kingston Smith has appointed its not-for-profit partner Anjali Kothari to its executive board. Anjali has been a partner at Kingston Smith since 2011, having joined as a manager in 2001. Well known as a specialist in the charity and education sectors, her client base includes charities, independent schools and academies. Among her various voluntary [...]
Hermes must stamp out its negative brand image

July 27, 2016

As the online shopping boom has evolved, companies providing ad hoc deliveries have expanded quickly. However, this growth may have come at a price. A probe by the Guardian into parcel company Hermes underlines the impact of the ‘gig economy’ on workers across several industries. The paper’s investigation suggests that workers were, on occasion, effectively [...]
Fancy a top up? AB InBev raises its bid for SABMiller as plunging pound hits Megabrew deal

July 27, 2016

The Megabrew deal has got even frothier after beer giant AB InBev raised its offer for rival brewer SABMiller. The move reflects a fall in the pound after last month’s Brexit vote made the original offer less attractive to some SABMiller investors. The new offer is an increase of £1 per share on the £44 [...]

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