MIDAS UPDATE: Our translation specialist tip RWS has more than doubled in four years By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Translation specialist RWS is another AIM stock with a long track record of dividend payments. The firm has increased dividends … Read more
A cannabis tycoon dubbed ‘Dr Pot’ and his business partner earned £13million last year as their company’s medicinal drugs were approved for use by the NHS. Dr Geoffrey Guy, who earned the nickname after founding Cambridge-based GW Pharmaceuticals in 1998, made £5.8million in 2019 as the company’s chairman. GW’s chief executive Justin Gover pocketed an … Read more
The loosening of lockdown is leading to a resurgence in ‘cat crime’ – not of the feline variety, but thieves stealing catalytic converters from cars. I know first hand – as earlier this month, just before dawn one Friday, a crook brazenly cut mine out of my Toyota Prius in a matter of moments. I … Read more
Sir Chris Hohn makes more than £100m from Wirecard’s collapse By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Sir Chris Hohn’s fund is likely to have made about £100million from Wirecard’s share price collapse Chancellor’s Rishi Sunak’s former boss has made more … Read more
Should Chinese firms be allowed to take charge of building vital parts of Britain’s infrastructure, such as our 5G phone networks and nuclear power plants in Suffolk and Essex? Senior Tories increasingly think they should not. Sceptical MPs believe Britain cannot cede control of such important assets to firms that must ultimately bow to the … Read more
IMPAX ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS: Green fund that knows how to stay in the black By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Investment house Impax Asset Management has been investing in environmentally-friendly companies for more than 20 years. Listed on London’s Alternative Investment … Read more
TONY HETHERINGTON: Credit where it’s due… as Barclays cancels your debt By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Make cash with tech wizards at Concurrent Technologies who help print it By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 When the Alternative Investment Market was launched on June 19, 1995, there were just ten companies, worth £82million. Today, … Read more
‘Scandalous’ RBS helped fraudsters cheat the taxman as High Court rules it was involved in £45m VAT fraud By Adam Luck For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland was last night accused of ‘scandalous’ behaviour after the High Court … Read more
One of Britain’s most powerful investors has told bosses to take the axe to their bloated pay packets first if they intend to cut costs by slashing jobs. Aviva Investors, which manages £346billion of investments, has revealed it is urging boards to cut executive pay before making large scale redundancies. It comes as a survey … Read more