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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Phone-menal: Brits waste £811m on unnecessary mobile charges

June 9, 2016

Brits collectively wasted a stonking £811m in the last 12 months on unnecessary costs on top of their monthly mobile tariffs, a study by price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com has found. More than one in four (42 per cent) British mobile users paid out an extra £39.72 per year on unforeseen mobile charges. The study found that exceeding mobile data limits (39 [...]
Sadiq Khan’s key campaign pledge hits the buffers

June 9, 2016

Shouting was never Zac Goldsmith’s style but if he were moved to raise his voice it would probably be at the revelation that his former opponent (and new mayor of London) has already abandoned a key campaign pledge. Sadiq Khan hasn’t just distanced himself from a flagship promise to freeze rail fares; he’s practically forgotten that [...]
City Moves for 9 June 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

June 9, 2016

InvestSure Online property investment platform InvestSure has appointed Andrew Pratt (pictured) as a non-executive director as it continues its expansion. Andrew will remain a senior residential consultant at Patrizia, one of the world’s top four residential real estate investors. Andrew was previously the UK managing director at Grainger and a property consultant at CBRE. Maseco [...]
Tory MP Sarah Wollaston ditches Vote Leave over “untrue” NHS claims

June 8, 2016

Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has quit Vote Leave claiming the Brexit group's assertion that leaving the EU would free up £350m for the NHS "simply isn't true". The health select committee chairman told the BBC: "For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on [...]
BHS collapse: Sir Philip Green set to appear before MPs next week

June 8, 2016

Billionaire retailer Sir Philip Green will be given the chance to present his side of the remarkable story of BHS’ collapse when he appears before MPs next week. The former BHS owner, who will answer questions from two Westminster committees, faced a wave of criticism during today's parliamentary sessions. Green sold the business to Retail Acquisitions, [...]
Food billionaire Ranjit Boparan set to buy Tesco’s Giraffe restaurants

June 8, 2016

Ranjit Boparan, owner of Harry Ramsden's restaurants, is set to buy Giraffe from Tesco. Sky News reports the food tycoon's private investment vehicle Boparan Ventures, which also owns London-based chain Fishworks, is snapping up the restaurant chain for a "modest sum". Boparan, whose known to be worth £1.35bn, is the founder of Britain's biggest chicken supplier 2 Sisters Food Group. Read [...]
Investing in culture boosts operating profits at FTSE 350 firms

June 8, 2016

Over half (55 per cent) of FTSE 350 companies saw their operating profits jump 10 per cent or more after investing in their organisations's culture. In a survey by EY of 100 board members from FTSE 350 companies, 86 per cent respondents said that culture was fundamental to their company’s overall performance and strategy and 92 per cent said that investing in culture had improved [...]
Oil just gained market share for the first time since 1999 – here’s why

June 8, 2016

Oil remained the world’s leading fuel in 2015, accounting for 32.9 per cent of global energy consumption, BP said in its benchmark industry report today. The report found that prices for all fossil fuels fell in 2015. This led to adjustments in the energy markets including boosting demand for oil which gained market share for the first [...]
Airports and houses: Both stuck in the mud

June 8, 2016

It was a Wednesday, like today, nearly a year ago – 1 July 2015. Greece was gearing up for an historic referendum that many predicted would see the debt-riddled country crash out of the Eurozone. Andy Burnham was still favourite to become Labour’s new leader. Rumours were beginning to circulate that Leicester City would appoint Italian [...]
City Moves for 8 June 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

June 8, 2016

National Football League UK Melissa Brown, a sales and marketing executive with more than 15 years’ experience in the entertainment industry, has joined the National Football League’s London office to take responsibility for further growing the league’s commercial performance in the UK. Melissa joins the NFLUK office as vice-president of commercial partnerships following a stint [...]

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