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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Worldpay: Mobile payments will “leave growing pains” in 2016

November 25, 2015

Get ready for the “third age of digital payments” coming next year, according to payments processor Worldpay. In its Global Payments Report released today, the company predicts that the technology will really hit mass appeal in 2016, as major banks and brands begin rolling out their own mobile payments apps. The company also forecasts that [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: Chancellor George Osborne must reconsider ringfencing

November 25, 2015

"The structural deficit will be eliminated by 2014-15.” So said George Osborne’s emergency Budget back in 2010, which also predicted that the national debt would “peak at 70.3 per cent of GDP in 2013-14”. Full marks for optimism. The debt – now 80.5 per cent of GDP – is not falling and the deficit has not [...]
Christmas adverts 2015 UK: John Lewis’ Man on the Moon faces stiff competition as Sainsbury’s hopes its Mog the Cat is not just for Christmas

November 25, 2015

In the race for the most memorable TV ad campaign, it has been cat versus the man on the moon. John Lewis’ Christmas advert, usually a hands-down winner, has faced stiff competition this year from children’s favourite, Mog the Cat, the star of Sainsbury’s effort. Last year, Sainsbury’s advert was set in the First World War [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: Chancellor George Osborne banks on UK housebuilding boom as experts warn of looming £30bn black hole

November 25, 2015

Chancellor George Osborne will vow to double the national housing budget when he presents his five-year spending plan later today, despite new warnings that the Treasury is facing a £30bn “black hole” in its finances. In a statement to parliament combining the Spending Review and the Autumn Statement, Osborne will say that public finances “come down [...]
Turkey shoots down Russian plane: Investors seek safety after Vladimir Putin’s strong remarks

November 25, 2015

Vladimir Putin’s strong worded remarks following the downing of a Russian jet along the Turkish-Syrian border saw investors turn to safe havens and caused market jitters yesterday. The Russian President called Turkey’s actions a "stab in the back" and accused the country of being an "accomplice of terrorists". Putin, whose country has close economic ties [...]
Chinese insurers to splurge $73bn on real estate

November 25, 2015

Chinese insurers could splash out as much as $73bn (£48.4bn) on the global real estate market by 2019, new research shows, as companies look to protect themselves from volatile equity markets and take advantage of relaxed rules on overseas investment. According to Cushman & Wakefield, top insurance companies in China had just 0.8 per cent of [...]
TalkTalk hack: 18-year old boy becomes fifth person arrested over the alleged data theft

November 24, 2015

An 18-year old boy was arrested in Wales earlier this evening, bringing the total number of people being investigated over the alleged data theft from TalkTalk up to five. TalkTalk was hit by a hacking crisis last month as over 150,000 customers had their personal details exposed, in the third data breach the embattled telco [...]
Stereophonics and Overtones light up the City

November 24, 2015

Christmas is officially one month away, and companies all over London have started getting the big guns out in time for their festive drinks gatherings and charity fundraisers. Boogying brokers from Aviate Global headed to Camden last night where the Stereophonics were on hand to entertain staff following a day of bumper fundraising for selected [...]
Flirting, gossip and brainstorming: This is what people working from home miss most about the office

November 24, 2015

There’s just no good substitute for a good gab over the water cooler. At least according to a recent survey revealing what people miss most when they work from home. The number of people working from home has hit a record-high, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. 4.2 million people were doing it [...]
Tesco threatened with Christmas strike action after Unite denounces frozen pay for delivery staff in Belfast and Doncaster as “pitiful”

November 24, 2015

Tesco faces a new headache as over 700 of its drivers and delivery staff are threatening to strike right over the busy Christmas period. Belfast and Doncaster staff are gearing up to vote on strike action over a pay dispute, as the supermarket giant has frozen pay for its delivery staff in both regions. Unite [...]

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