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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Immigration should be part of Brexit debate

May 27, 2016

Back in the early days of the referendum, when (on the pro-Brexit side, at least) different factions were vying for the official designation, we heard a lot about the different tone of the contenders. One group, Leave.EU, was said to be associated more with UKIP and, therefore, would represent a campaign based more on the [...]
City Moves for 27 May 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

May 27, 2016

Payne Hicks Beach Central London law firm Payne Hicks Beach has announced that Virginia Farquharson, a chartered accountant, has been appointed to the newly created director of management role, following the retirement of Peter Black, as managing partner. Virginia has enjoyed a long career at Payne Hicks Beach for over two decades, principally as director [...]
Pensioners could lose £32,000 if Britain leaves the EU, says Osborne

May 26, 2016

Pensioners could lose £32,000 if Britain leaving the EU shocks markets, a Treasury analysis has found. The Treasury suggests that Brexit will lead to an increase in inflation and financial market turmoil which will, in turn, lead to millions of current and future pensioners being worse off. The study, which is the latest in the string of Treasury [...]
China raises £300m in London as part of first ever overseas RMB bond

May 26, 2016

China's finance ministry today issued a three billion yuan (£312m) international bond, its first ever outside China or Hong Kong. The bond, set to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, was managed by HSBC and China's finance ministry. In October last year, China's central bank debuted on London markets with the sale of its first [...]
Facebook and Microsoft dive underwater to create gigantic cable across the Atlantic

May 26, 2016

In a bid to fulfil the insatiable demand for high-speed cloud and online services, tech titans Microsoft and Facebook are together building a 6,600 kilometer underwater cable across the Atlantic Ocean. Dubbed "MAREA", Spanish for “tide”, the cable will carry 60 terabits of data per second. The cable's speed is expected to be 16 million times faster than the bandwidth of the average home internet connection. Construction of [...]
M&S needed a roar from Rowe, but all it got was a whisper

May 26, 2016

It was Steve Rowe's opportunity to deliver something big. Analysts had forecast it, and, most importantly of all, M&S' customers were expecting it. But the man from Croydon adopted the softly-softly approach that you might expect of a lifer rather than the more radical path that newcomers tend to take. There was no Dave Lewis-style [...]
City Moves for 26 May 2016 | Who’s switching jobs

May 26, 2016

Ayming International business performance consultancy group Ayming has appointed Alejandro Alvarez as UK director for operations performance. Alejandro has been brought in to launch Ayming’s UK operations performance business unit, which will focus on helping clients to improve their operational efficiency, procurement & supply chain performance and working capital. Prior to joining Ayming, Alejandro was [...]
EU referendum: Business titans clash over the value of the single market to British industry

May 26, 2016

Business figures have clashed over the value of the single market to British industry, at a crunch EU referendum debate hosted by Ladbrokes at the Institute of Directors. The former head of the British Chambers of Commerce and the president of the Confederation of British Industry crossed swords at the event last night. The panel also included [...]
Sajid Javid to launch proposals that could slash billions of pounds from British Steel pension fund liabilities

May 25, 2016

In a bid to make Tata Steel more attractive to buyers, the government is set to reveal proposals this week that would potentially cut billions of pounds from the liabilities of British Steel's £15bn pension scheme. Sajid Javid, UK business secretary, is reportedly launching a consultation on Thursday that will discuss proposals including altering the annual uplift in [...]
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May 25, 2016

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