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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JJB boss flexes muscles to snap up Fitness First’s UK operations

June 27, 2016

JJB Sports founder Dave Whelan is in talks to buy the British operations of gym chain Fitness First. The multi-millionaire business tycoon's DW Sports is set to fork out £70m for a takeover of the business, Sky News reported. Whelan, who also owns Wigan Athletic FC, has been in talks with Fitness First for over a [...]
City Moves for 27 June 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

June 27, 2016

Qube Global Software James Lavery has been promoted to marketing director at Qube Global Software, a City-based supplier of property and facilities management software. James joined Qube Global Software in 2004 as its customer relationship team leader, before being promoted to head of marketing in 2010. In his new position he will be responsible for spearheading the company’s [...]
Britain needs a liberal post-referendum plan

June 27, 2016

Does the country feel different to you? Do you feel it stands a little taller in the world or has it already shrunk in status? Whatever your perspective on the referendum result, Britain now finds itself at an historic and unprecedented juncture. First and foremost, the outcome of this vote must be accepted as the democratic [...]
Shadow business secretary Angela Eagle set to quit as Corbyn faces leadership revolt

June 26, 2016

Shadow business secretary Angela Eagle will be one of the next high profile members of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet to quit, City A.M. understands. In total, 11 members of the shadow cabinet have resigned while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn was sacked in the early hours of Sunday morning for allegedly encouraging ministers to resign. Senior Labour MPs [...]
Forget the Nexus, Google is set to launch its own smartphone by the end of the year

June 26, 2016

Tech goliath Google is expected to release it own smartphone by the end of the year in a bid to get a bigger slice of the smartphone market. The search giant has approached mobile operators to discuss manufacturing a Google-branded phone, sources told the Daily Telegraph. Currently the tech giant provides operating systems for smartphones [...]
Lord Sugar slams Boris Johnson for “misleading” the British public “with lies”about Brexit

June 25, 2016

Lord Sugar has pointed a finger at Leave champions Boris Johnson and Michael Gove for "misleading" the British public "with lies" about benefits of Britain leaving the EU . In a series of tweets, the Apprentice boss said that the "Leave fuelled by a festering sense of betrayal among legions of working class voters". Leave fuelled by [...]
Here’s why a petition for a second referendum is a “waste of time”, according to Britain’s election expert John Curtice

June 25, 2016

The petition to hold a second referendum, which has attracted nearly two million signatures, is a "waste of time", a top expert has said. Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University, whose exit poll last year accurately predicted the Conservatives would win the general election, has branded the petition a "waste of time". Curtice told City A.M.: "The point of [...]
Sadiq Khan: London must have a seat around Brexit negotiating table

June 25, 2016

London mayor Sadiq Khan, who was a prominent Remain supporter, has said the capital "needs a seat around" the Brexit negotiating table. Speaking to LBC Radio, Khan said: "London was the one city in England that voted to remain in the EU. We didn't just vote by a small amount, 60 per cent voted to remain, that's a big big win." [...]
Tata Steel bidders could abandon takeover talks over Brexit impact

June 25, 2016

Bidders for Tata Steel's embattled British operations are expected to drop plans of pursuing a takeover following Britain voting to leave the EU. US turnaround king Wilbur Ross, who is among the seven bidders eyeing Tata Steel's UK operations, is set to abandon the deal. "Wilbur has been reasonably open that this deal is far less [...]
Labour Party has suffered under Corbyn’s leadership, says top Labour donor John Mills

June 25, 2016

The Labour Party has lost touch under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, Labour's biggest individual donor John Mills has said. Mills, the founder of shopping firm JML Group and chair of Labour Leave, told City A.M. that Corbyn's views don't necessarily reflect that of the party. Mills, who donated £1.65m of shares in his shopping channel company to the party, said the Labour leader [...]

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