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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London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry

June 5, 2017

Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called [...]
The UK’s buy-to-let hotspots: Liverpool and Nottingham named best areas for buy-to-let investments while Southwark and Newham among top 20

May 31, 2017

London areas including Southwark, Newham and Tower Hamlets are among the top 20 buy-to-let hotspots in the UK, according to a study by mortgage brokers Private Finance. However, the capital lagged behind Liverpool, Nottingham and Coventry which were named the three best cities for buy-to-let investments. Liverpool offers rental yields of eight per cent once [...]
UK house prices: The average price of a UK flat has risen by nearly £85,000 since 2009

May 21, 2017

Flat prices in the UK have soared over 50 per cent or nearly £85,000 since 2009, according to data from Halifax. The study found that growth in flat prices has upstaged growth in prices for other property types (39 per cent) in the last seven years. The average price of a UK flat has increased [...]
Mergermarket appoints EY advisers to sell its life sciences arm for £20m

March 19, 2017

Data giant Mergermarket Group is mulling a £20m sale of its life sciences arm Infinata. The group, which publishes financial news website Dealreporter and runs data services like Debtwire, has appointed EY to advise on the deal, the Sunday Times reported. The sale is expected to conclude within weeks. Private equity giant BC Partners, which owns [...]
Apple’s British design chief Jonny Ive invests in tech accessory startup that counts Victoria Beckham and Beyonce among customers

March 19, 2017

A London-based phone case startup, that counts Victoria Beckham and Beyonce as customers, has attracted investment from Apple's British design chief Sir Jonathan Ive. Chaos, a fashion consultancy run by Charlotte Stockdale and Katie Lyall, has launched a tech accessory division which includes products like a £185 personalised initial case and a £170 phone cover that has [...]
Financial data giant MSCI denies receiving £9bn takeover offer from S&P Global

March 15, 2017

Market index compiler MSCI has insisted it has not received a takeover offer from financial data giant S&P Global. The company’s response came after media reports suggested the firm behind the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and the S&P 500 index is plotting a $11bn (£9bn) bid for MSCI. Read more: Berkeley boss gives up [...]
Audi’s HQ raided by German police in Dieselgate swoop as its CEO Rupert Stadler announces earnings for 2016

March 15, 2017

Audi's two biggest plants were searched by German prosecutors today while its chief exec was announcing the car giant's earnings at its annual press conference today. Prosecutors from several jurisdictions and state police from Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Lower Saxony carried out the raids, according to Reuters. VW, Audi's parent company, has drawn criticism amid the so-called [...]
Hikma Pharmaceuticals shares soar and lift FTSE 100 despite fall in profits

March 15, 2017

Hikma Pharmaceuticals was the top gainer on the FTSE 100 today as its profit drop was smaller than expected. The figures Hikma's group operating profit stood at $302m (£247.6m), down 21 per cent and down nine per cent in constant currency. Group revenue hit $1.9bn, up 35 per cent and up 39 per cent in constant currency. The group proposed a final dividend [...]
Tony Pidgley on Berkeley Group’s demotion from FTSE 100, giving up his six-figure salary and solving London’s housing crisis

March 15, 2017

Berkeley Homes bowed out of the FTSE 100 following the Brexit vote last year but founder and chairman Tony Pidgley CBE isn’t perturbed. “I don’t run Berkeley for whether it's in or out of the FTSE 100. I run Berkeley because Berkeley does what it does well,” Pidgley tells City A.M. “I couldn’t control Brexit [...]
Meet Aaron Simpson, the man building the world’s biggest superyacht for billionaires – and take a peek inside it

March 13, 2017

A billionaire recently wanted to watch a romantic movie with his girlfriend on the beach, but did not want to get sand on his feet. What did he do? He covered the entire beach with carpets. The man who made this bizarre fantasy possible is Aaron Simpson of Quintessentially, a concierge service for billionaires. Founded [...]

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