By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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Queen Elizabeth II and Britannia: This is what the Royal Mint’s new £50 coin looks like

November 30, 2015

The Royal Mint is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II becoming the UK’s longest-reigning monarch by releasing the country’s first ever £50 commemorative coin. Collectors will be able to nab one of 100,000 coins, each weighing around 31 grams with a 34mm diameter, with a design featuring images of two of the country’s most recognisable female portraits: [...]
Gender pay gap: Proportion of female high earners remains stubbornly unchanged at 27 per cent

November 30, 2015

Just over a quarter of the UK’s high earners are women, and new research shows this proportion hasn’t budged in years, despite initiatives to shrink the pay gap between men and women. In absolute numbers, there are more women earning a high salary, as the number of high earners among both sexes has gone up [...]
A “lack of interpersonal skills” is costing accountants £550m every year

November 27, 2015

The UK’s skills gap is old news. But did you know that our lack of “soft” skills is costing us dearly too? With the first generation to have grown up with automation entering the workforce, our verbal communication skills seem to be crashing fast. And it appears to be showing in our pay checks already. [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: 1 in 5 ecommerce websites including John Lewis, Boots, Boohoo and Argos went down before 9am this morning

November 27, 2015

UK retailers’ online shops are buckling under the strain of Black Friday, with one in five crashing before most of us had finished our morning commute. Argos, Boots and Game were among those that had downtime before 9am, showed data from commerce agency Ampersand. The agency is tracking what websites are currently live, showing how [...]
Bitcoin Black Friday 2015: Get your bitcoin wallets ready as the cryptocurrency gets in on the retail bonanza

November 27, 2015

Get your bitcoin wallets ready: Bitcoin Black Friday is here again. Because of course, this year’s biggest shopping frenzy is hardly restricted to high street shoppers, and bitcoin spenders will be able to make the most of slashed-price bargains until midnight today. Over 150 merchants are offering discounts to mark the event, as the sale [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne’s gamble relies on unreliable forecasts

November 27, 2015

When City A.M. asked Robert Chote, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, how much the OBR’s borrowing forecast depends on its economic growth outlook, he quite rightly pointed out that it is not real GDP, which economists tend to focus on, but nominal GDP that is more important for predicting tax revenues and state [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne’s spending plans slammed by leading economists from the Institute for Fiscal Studies

November 26, 2015

George Osborne’s spending plans have taken a hit from leading economists, who say it is unlikely that the chancellor will be able to keep his fiscal promises. The Treasury was forced to defend this week’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review announcements last night after the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), an independent research institute, [...]
Portugal’s anti-austerity government led by Socialist PM Antonio Costa sworn in after tumultuous period

November 26, 2015

After eight tumultuous weeks of political upheaval, Portugal’s anti-austerity left took power yesterday, marking a pivotal moment for the eurozone as Germany’s firm grip on economy policy is broken. The country’s new Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa has sworn to end austerity for the country, saying on Thursday that the new government’s programme was “a [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: John Lewis deals revealed on Miele vacuum, Sony TVs, Amazon Fire tablet and more ahead of 27 November launch

November 26, 2015

John Lewis has finally revealed a handful of the many deals the retailer will be offering at this year’s Black Friday sale, just hours before the midnight kick-off as bargains go on sale online. Many retailers have already begun revealing their offerings, but John Lewis has been very secretive about its bargains, keeping them hush-hush [...]
COP21 Paris climate summit: Climate change is much more than an environmental problem – it threatens our financial stability

November 26, 2015

Next week Paris will again be the focus of world attention. This time in the face of another global threat to us all: climate change. Over 100 world leaders, including Presidents Obama, Xi, and Putin, Chancellor Merkel, Indian Premier Modi and our own Prime Minister will attend. This will be the largest gathering of world [...]

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