By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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I was a Remainer. This is why I’ve just changed my mind

June 22, 2016

I have changed my mind – and you can too. Every relationship is built on trust – from the first moment you catch that special someone’s eye, through a whispered “I do” of a marriage proposal, to the last comforting moment holding hands in old age. Trust helps us look past others’ shortcomings and binds [...]
What the doctor ordered: London Doctors Clinic’s Seth Rankin talks Papua New Guinea, crowdfunding and bringing choice to patients

June 20, 2016

If you’ve ever needed to pop to the doctors that same day, and you didn’t have the time or inclination to go to a walk-in centre, you may well have found yourself going to a London Doctors Clinic. If you’re based in central London, there’s one within ten minutes of where you work. At £55 for 15 [...]
If you’ve been appointed whistleblowing champion at work, there’s no need to panic

June 20, 2016

The strength of public and political concern regarding misconduct scandals in banking and financial services means the regulators are determined to ensure that there’s a stronger whistleblowing culture within the sector. One requirement on firms is the appointment of a senior manager as “whistleblowing champion”. Read more: Banks will need to appoint a whistleblowing champion The [...]
Why Avant’s Al Goldstein is excited about partnering with big banks

June 16, 2016

Despite being just four years’ old, Avant Credit is one of the largest marketplace lenders in the alternative finance industry. The US firm has been operating in the UK since 2013, and has issued over half a million loans to consumers, totalling more than $3bn in originations. Avant isn’t a P2P lender – it uses [...]
Why is Amal Clooney at EY Entrepreneur of the Year?

June 11, 2016

Amal Clooney says she and her husband, George Clooney, are looking for businesses to help them launch their first projects within a foundation that will help fight human rights abuses. Speaking at EY's World Entrepreneur of the Year in Monaco this morning, the international human rights lawyer made an appeal: "I actually have a couple [...]
Here’s why banks have – and can keep – the upper hand over P2P lenders

May 26, 2016

I asked a former chief investment officer of a huge bank a couple of years ago which bank would buy up P2P firms first. They replied: “no, which P2P firm will buy a bank?” Deloitte’s report this week on marketplace lending (MPL) suggests they were wrong. It concludes that the success of P2P lenders is [...]
The big squeeze: Should you consider VCTs as part of your retirement planning?

May 24, 2016

A total of £429m of new money was raised by Venture Capital Trust (VCTs) managers in 2014-15 – the fourth highest yearly figure ever. Introduced back in 1995, these listed investment vehicles enable investors to access pooled funds of smaller, higher risk firms in a tax-efficient manner, while providing a crucial lifeline to fast-growing UK [...]
The key to a good meeting: Why you need to start doing things on the move

May 23, 2016

We all know what it’s like. A meeting is called and you can see at least an hour disappear from your day. Unfocused meetings are a drain on productivity, with research estimating that only 44 per cent of meeting time is actually valuable to a business. What’s more, the average office worker spends nine hours each [...]
US elections: David Cameron deserved his slapdown – his cosy politics won’t wash with Trump

May 20, 2016

Donald Trump’s ability to offend both individuals and mass groups of people should not come as a surprise to anyone anymore. That said, while what he says no longer shocks me (that’s not a challenge, Donald), it often upsets me, and causes me to empathise with the groups targeted. His accusation that Mexican immigrants are rapists [...]
The City is irresistible for scores of firms – and we’ll keep doing business regardless of Brexit

May 20, 2016

We hear most days how the City will be ruined if Britain votes for Brexit. It is said that there will be flight of capital to Frankfurt, trade will plummet, and international businesses will lose faith in London’s financial predominance. In the last week, Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced that, in the Bank’s view, a [...]

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