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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Intellectual property crime falling in the UK – but social media has soared up to become a major market for counterfeit trade

September 24, 2015

Social media is becoming the new market for intellectual property crooks, as new government figures released today show that intellectual property crime is falling in the UK – everywhere except social media. Some 2,272 IP crimes were reported to the independent charity Crimestoppers, a decrease of 7 per cent compared to last year. Auction sites [...]
Breaking down vertical banking silos: Our outdated payments industry should look to Apple and BMW’s supply chains

September 24, 2015

We depend on payments as the underpinning fabric of almost every aspect of cross border commerce. Yet the payments industry is still fundamentally built on a model which suited the needs of a world circa fifty years ago, rather than the dynamic, agile, hyper-connected world of 2015. The problem behind this is that individual financial [...]
Are boring bosses the culprit behind the UK’s productivity problem?

September 24, 2015

As UK productivity figures continue to slump, new studies suggest that more inspiring bosses could be the key to reviving the country’s production. What affects your productivity at work? More than half of UK employees say feeling inspired and engaged makes them work better. Six in 10 agreed with this statement when surveyed by Oracle, [...]
How much are employees really worth to their companies? Apple, Google, and Microsoft show tech companies have highest revenue per employee

September 23, 2015

How much are employees really worth? And how much would every person in a company get paid if they earned their value? Shell’s workforce would consist of 94,000 multi millionaires, according to a study by Expert Market, and every Apple employee would get paid just over £1m. The value of employees at the world’s top [...]
Wednesday is the day when we’re glummest on Twitter – and work week happiness peaks on a Friday

September 23, 2015

Feeling blue today? Wednesday is when we’re feeling most negative, according to analysis of emotions expressed on social media. But don't worry, we'll soon perk right back up again. Work week happiness peaks on a Friday, you’ll be unsurprised to hear – but it can’t come close to the joy we feel when the weekend [...]
Uber’s new carpooling service Uber Commute could change your commute

September 23, 2015

Uber is trialling a carpool tool which allows people on longer drives to pick up extra passengers they can split the cost with. The new service, called Uber Commute, will be piloted in Chengdu, China first, but the plan is to expand to the rest of the world, Uber said in a statement: Over time [...]
To tackle the UK’s cybercrime problem, we need to address the recruitment problem: Cyber security isn’t just for geeks in darkened rooms

September 23, 2015

Yesterday it was revealed that some 15 per cent of businesses have faced a cyber attack in the past year, with the EU taking the worst of the £200bn a year global hit. With such a phenomenal amount of money at stake each year, how can businesses help to slash these figures in the future? [...]
FTSE 100 carbon reporting: After the Volkswagen emissions scandal, how do Britain’s blue chip companies stack up?

September 23, 2015

Still reeling from the Volkswagen emissions scandal, FTSE 100 companies’ own carbon reporting has now been put to the test – and financial companies have been found wanting. BT has been named the FTSE’s greenest company, as the telecoms group was lauded for its “rigorous and far reaching carbon strategy” by Carbon Clear, the organisation [...]
The VW car emissions scandal is doomsday for Volkswagen: When your business is built around the promise of reliability, this is the one thing you cannot afford to do

September 23, 2015

“Everyone must have something in life he can rely on.” Prophetic words from the iconic 1987 ad from Volkswagen, a business that made its name by being on our side. “This is the man who put a million on black and it came up red…this is the man who drives a Volkswagen.” Having lost the lot, [...]
UK cider producers fizz upwards to hit record high as sales near £1bn

September 22, 2015

The UK cider industry is enjoying the sweet taste of success, as producers have climbed by 50 per cent in the past five years. Medium and large-scale producers numbered 150 across the country last year, up from 97 in 2010, figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show, which also show there are also some [...]

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