Growth

SMALL CAP IDEAS: Blue Whale Growth Fund’s impressive returns put it in exalted company

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‘The philosophy is quite straightforward; we invest into high quality businesses at attractive prices,’ says Stephen Yiu, chief investment officer of Blue Whale Capital. That superficially simple approach has paid off in spades for Yiu and the Blue Whale Growth Fund he heads, which finds itself in exalted company. Its performance since inception two-and-a-half years … Read more

Merchants rewards investors with 4.8% income and growth

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MERCHANTS: Investment trust rewards investors with 4.8% income and growth as it benefits from UK shares on the rise £700m fund invests in UK stocks and is on track for 38 years of dividend growth Over the last 12 months it has returned 21% Only 3 rival UK equity income trusts have delivered better total … Read more

Careful selection underpins four decades of dividend growth at Brunner Investment Trust 

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If you want to invest in the world’s largest companies without doing the legwork yourself, Brunner Investment Trust might just fit the bill. Brunner has been around a long time and is a balanced fund focusing on income allied to capital growth. Formed in 1929 by the Brunner family, who still have a 29 per … Read more

Port Talbot had highest growth in house prices in 2019

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Revealed: Port Talbot had the highest growth in house prices in 2019, as towns offering homes for bargain rates top list of property hotspots South Wales town was identified as Zoopla’s top property hotspot for this year  Cwbran, Wales, and Leigh, Manchester also saw high house price growth  But Aberdeen and Witney in Oxfordshire saw … Read more

Serco to pay first dividend since 2014 after returning to growth

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Serco to pay first dividend since dead criminal monitoring scandal as UK operations return to growth By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 Serco is poised to pay its first dividend since 2014 Serco is poised to pay its first dividend since … Read more

House price growth drops to its lowest level in 7 years as London slowdown spreads out to regions

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House price growth drops to its lowest level in seven years as London slowdown spreads out to the regions Annual house price growth slows to just 0.7 per cent, the lowest in seven years House prices are now falling in the North East and the South East London sees small monthly uptick in price growth … Read more

Tangle Teezer proves BBC Dragons wrong after posting strong growth in sales

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Tangle Teezer posts strong growth in sales, making it the most successful Dragons’ Den reject ever By Sarah Bridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 10:08 BST, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 10:36 BST, 25 August 2019 It was mocked by all five judges on BBC’s Dragons’ Den but the detangling hairbrush made by Tangle … Read more