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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William Hill shows the gaming tables can turn

July 26, 2016

It's eat or be eaten in the gaming sector, and 888 and Rank have decided they would rather be predators than prey. Once takeover targets themselves, the two gambling firms have joined forces to consider bidding for William Hill, which is down on its luck. They have pounced with a preliminary approach following last week’s shock [...]
City Moves for 26 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 26, 2016

Allfunds Bank Allfunds Bank has appointed Nick Emmins to spearhead its new investment research services to UK wealth managers and other third party fund buyers. Until recently Nick was a director at RBC where he helped develop its Luxembourg-based global fund trading platform. In that role he implemented new product capabilities while establishing a fund manager [...]
Labour’s in a hole and it just keeps digging

July 25, 2016

This is the time of year when the City starts to feel a little quieter. Indeed, the desire to find a bit of post-referendum down-time is likely proving irresistible. But spare a thought for one group of people who are already dreading the return to work: Labour MPs. Their party will spend the summer locked [...]
City Moves for 25 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 25, 2016

Towergate Insurance Towergate Insurance has appointed Neil Pearce as managing director of Towergate London Market. Neil will join Towergate in September this year and will report directly to group chief executive David Ross. He joins Towergate from RKH Specialty where he was executive director responsible for the UK and international liability team. He was previously [...]
Requests for cyber crime information up threefold since 2013

July 25, 2016

The number of information requests concerning cyber crimes made to the UK government has increased threefold since 2013, according to data obtained by Thomson Reuters. Foreign law enforcement agencies made a record 1,652 requests to the UK government for information relating to cyber crime investigations in 2015, up 44 per cent on the 1,141 requests in 2014. The increase in requests has been attributed [...]
City Moves for 22 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 22, 2016

Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its recently-created UK healthcare advisory team, led by Martin Robb, with Tom Robinson joining as a director. Tom joins from Savills where he was a director in the healthcare team and brings a wealth of sector experience and a client base spanning the spectrum from funders to operators [...]
Nobody wins from a house price crash

July 21, 2016

The full effects of the referendum on Britain’s economy are still unknown. Stocks are faring relatively well, with the FTSE 100 bursting over 6,700 and the FTSE 250 hitting a post-vote high. The pound remains slumped below $1.32, however, while consumer confidence appears to have taken a tangible knock. Many business leaders are worried, and some [...]
City Moves for 21 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

July 21, 2016

Covington Elaine Whiteford is set to join Covington as a partner in the European dispute resolution practice in the firm’s London office. Elaine’s practice focuses on litigation, including contentious competition law matters and follow-on damages litigation, challenges to regulatory decisions, cartel and other regulatory investigations. Over the last decade, she has been involved in many of the most significant competition damages cases brought in [...]
Nintendo back in the game as Pokemon Go-es bananas

July 20, 2016

Pokemon Go has already established itself as the viral hit of 2016 – and it could not come soon enough for Nintendo. The game has taken a life of its own, as young smartphone users are able to act out a game from their childhoods in an ‘augmented reality’. Nintendo’s share price has risen sharply, [...]
BT needs to be open about Openreach aims

July 20, 2016

When it comes to Openreach, the arm of BT that runs the UK's cables, fibre and network infrastructure, the telecoms giant is hovering outside the door of the last chance saloon. On the eve of a pivotal decision on the future of Openreach, MPs on the culture and media select committee have upped the ante [...]

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