What you need to know about the future of restaurants

Last week saw the final collapse of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire after a year of struggling with mounting debts and insufficient funds. As one of...

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Why this big development is significant for ETF investing

Typically cheaper to own than traditional funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become a core part of portfolio construction and their popularity with investors continues to...

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Why you should buy S & U for growth, income and value

Motor finance and bridging lender S & U (SUS) offers a winning combination of growth at a reasonable price and a high dividend yield...

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Huawei technology ban fallout threat to IQE semiconductor earnings

Compound semiconductor technology designer IQE (IQE:AIM) has become the first UK-listed business to confirm that its revenue is at risk from the US...

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The week's big news: Galliford Try, Mothercare and Serco

Investors were excited by the prospect of merger activity potentially heating up across the UK housebuilding sector with shares in Galliford Try (GFRD) gaining...

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Scottish Mortgage remains a prime pick for the long-haul

SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST (SMT) 507.5p

Gain to date: 5.4%

Original entry point: Buy at 481.4p, 18 October 2018


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Why you should buy shares in Ibstock

Ibstock (IBST) is the UK’s leading clay brick manufacturer and we think it could be a useful building block in any balanced investment portfolio....

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Rollercoaster ride for Merlin amid shareholder call for sale

Shareholders in theme park operator Merlin Entertainments (MERL), have plenty to digest at present, not least a downgrade by investment bank HSBC on...

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Polarised Brexit views leave investors in the dark

If investors had hoped for clearer direction of the UK economy and its stock markets they have been left sorely disappointed in the wake of...

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magazine 30 May 2019

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This week’s Shares looks at ways of spotting quality companies and finds eight UK stocks which meet a testing set of financial criteria.

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