Gosden’s pair primed to give trainer second Investec Derby May 26, 2015 PATRICK CALLAGHAN REPORTS FROM YESTERDAY’S BREAKFAST WITH THE STARS EVENT AT EPSOM THE successful rekindling of the partnership between John Gosden and Frankie Dettori has been one of the stories of the season. And the first-named holds all the aces ahead of the Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday 6 June as he looks to [...]
Robot worker specialist Blue Prism announces IPO after raising £21.1m and is now due start trading on Aim on Friday morning March 15, 2016 The robots are coming to the London Stock Exchange, after virtual workforce specialist Blue Prism today revealed it had raised £21.1m ahead of its initial public offering. Shares in the company, which is due to be listed on Aim on Friday under the ticker PRSM, have been given a placing price of 78p. Market capitalisation when the company [...]
What will Stelios say? EasyHotel first half profits fall on costs – but revenues climb above-expectations May 24, 2016 EasyHotel is enjoying the easy life: revenues were above expectations for the first half of the year – although profits more than halved on costs. The figures Total sales were up 10.4 per cent to £9.66m for the six months ended 31 March, while total revenues climbed 11.6 per cent to £2.59m, slightly ahead of the board's [...]
Investec Comment: What the election could mean for SMEs May 4, 2015 THE RISE of smaller parties across the UK has made this the most difficult General Election to forecast in at least a generation. We know that the SNP is likely to make major gains across Scotland, winning upwards of 40 seats, mostly from Labour. An increased Ukip vote will likely hit the Conservatives harder than [...]
Investec Comment: Pensions: The role of structured products April 19, 2015 THE government’s pension reforms have arrived – and attention has inevitably shifted from the technicalities of the new rules to what those at retirement will do with their new-found freedoms. The reforms have given people unprecedented control over their pensions: you no longer have to buy an annuity, you can keep your money invested and [...]
WANdisco hopes for government contracts as turnaround takes hold April 24, 2016 Software developer WANdisco hopes to pick up a raft of government contracts this year as its strategic turnaround takes hold. While no government contracts have been secured yet, WANdisco is planning to pounce on Whitehall plans to move data from physical servers to cloud based storage. The company has recently bagged contracts with two of [...]
RBS warns of “significant risk” that it will not make the Williams & Glyn disposal deadline, share price drops April 28, 2016 Royal Bank of Scotland, which remains 73 per cent government owned, has warned there is a significant risk it will fail to meet a deadline to dispose of challenger bank Williams & Glyn. The bank has warned the costs are likely to be "significantly greater than previously estimated." Shares in the bank instantly fell by over five per cent [...]
Elm Park to cement his Investec Derby claims in classy Dante Stakes May 13, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE SECOND DAY OF YORK’S DANTE MEETING IT HAS been an extremely odd build-up to this year’s Investec Derby with contender after contender falling by the wayside. Hopefully, this afternoon’s Dante Stakes (3.15pm) will shed some light on what is a fairly confused picture at present. John F Kennedy was the ante-post [...]
Investec Comment: Asset finance: Everything you need to know April 26, 2015 TOO many small businesses see their expansion plans quashed by a lack of finance. Their bank doesn’t have the confidence to lend them the money they need, so business owners end up trying to fund their companies’ growth on overdrafts and credit cards, storing up trouble for when the next downturn comes or not proceeding [...]
Sterling slips again after latest opinion polls show strong support for Brexit June 6, 2016 The pound has yet again borne the brunt of the twists and turns of the EU referendum campaign, with another big drop in the value of the currency today after more opinion polls showed the Leave side on top. Sterling has lost 0.7 per cent against the US dollar today, falling to a three-week low of $1.4406, [...]