By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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Government will let homeowners add two storey extensions with planning reforms to ease housing crisis

February 4, 2018

The government has said it will loosen planning rules in a bid to ease the housing crisis, with homeowners being given permission to build upwards. "The answer to building new homes isn’t always an empty plot, or developing on a derelict site," said housing secretary Sajid Javid. Read more: These are the UK's 20 least [...]
Amazon overtakes Google as world’s most valuable brand

February 1, 2018

Amazon has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand in the latest tussle of the tech giants. The retail and technology behemoth which just yesterday announced a move into healthcare, is valued at $150bn (£106bn), new research reveals, a rise of more than 40 per cent which helped it leapfrog Google. Apple maintained its [...]
Global MBA rankings 2018: The best places to study in the UK

January 29, 2018

Cambridge has fallen out of the top 10 best places to study for an MBA, leaving just one location in the UK – London Business School – among the very best in the world. University of Cambridge: Judge fell from fifth last year to 13th in the Financial Times' annual global MBA rankings. London Business [...]
The FCA’s issued a fresh warning on bitcoin, cryptocurrency and binary option scams as fraudsters move online

January 28, 2018

The UK's financial regulator is issuing a fresh warning to consumers over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that are luring people into scams online. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said investors are now being targeted by fraudsters on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, more than they are over the phone, tempting people to put cash into [...]
London foodie startup Grub Club acquired by VizEat and rebranded EatWith in social dining startup deal

January 22, 2018

An app for finding pop-ups and super clubs to eat at across London has been acquired by a larger rival. The UK's Grub Club, founded by food friends Olivia Sibony and Siddarth Vijayakumar in 2013, has been snapped up by VizEat for an undisclosed sum. VizEat operates in 130 countries and is backed by several [...]
Shell just made its first investment in blockchain with UK startup Applied Blockchain

January 18, 2018

Shell has made its first investment in blockchain, the technology eliciting interest around the world because it underpins bitcoin, but which has far wider applications. The oil giant has taken a minority stake in London startup Applied Blockchain to help it explore how the technology might be applied to its business. The value of the [...]
Open Banking explained: Everything you need to know about the initiative but were afraid to ask

January 12, 2018

You'll be hearing a lot of talk about Open Banking, which is set for take off this Saturday. Here's everything you need to know about it but were afraid to ask. What exactly is Open Banking? The markets watchdog told nine of the biggest banks that they must open up the information they hold so [...]
UK house prices: 10 Locations where property values have risen most in 2017

December 28, 2017

A seaside town in Somerset is the biggest winner from rising property prices this year, growing more than 10 per cent since January, new research reveals. Homes in Cleveland grew in value by 11.6 per cent, more than any other place in Britain and ahead of the 3.5 per cent average growth across the country [...]
The 10 most in demand jobs in 2018, according to a recruiter

December 27, 2017

New year, new job? If your eyeing up a new gig for 2018, you're not alone. More than half (55 per cent) of the UK workforce are doing just that, research from recruiter Hays reveals. And the good news is that an even greater proportion doing the hiring (71 per cent) are on the look [...]
Open Banking: Here’s what fintech startups think of delays after HSBC, Barclays and more given deadline extension from CMA

December 20, 2017

Entrepreneurs at fintech startups have been left little surprised after more than half of the UK’s banks revealed they would miss a deadline for Open Banking – but how they implement it is of more concern. Nine banks have been forced to make their data open to third parties – many of them fintech startups [...]

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