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SMALL CAP MOVERS: Number of AIM firms paying dividends more than halve, but miner Base Resources soars as it keeps payout By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:28 BST, 28 August 2020 | Updated: 14:28 BST, 28 August 2020 Miner Base Resources shot up 32 per cent to 15p this week after … Read more
Electricity firm UK Power Networks pays £237m divi to Hong Kong tycoon By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 A British electricity company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and his family has paid out its biggest ever dividend. UK … Read more
Figures show savers denied £22bn in quarterly dividends after coronavirus prompts ‘unprecedented’ cut to payouts By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 19 July 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 19 July 2020 Savers have been denied £22billion in quarterly dividends after the virus crisis prompted an ‘unprecedented’ cut to payouts, figures show. … Read more
Investors breathed a sigh of relief after equipment rental giant Ashtead pledged to pay out its £151million final dividend. The FTSE 100-listed group hailed a ‘resilient’ performance in the year to April 30. Ashtead, which rents out everything from generators and portable cabins to tools and cranes, suffered in the initial downturn in March and … Read more
Shareholders in Serco are getting their first dividend in six years after the outsourcing giant triumphantly returned to growth. It will pay investors 1p per share after its recovery plans finally hit ‘escape velocity’, with boss Rupert Soames hailing it as an important milestone. The payout has been a long time coming, and lifted shares … Read more