Property companies have been hit hard by the lockdown and its aftermath. Shops and restaurants are struggling. Offices are largely empty. No one wants to pay expensive rents, set before Covid-19 upended life as we know it. Some property firms are more resilient than others, however, and one is Triple Point Social Housing, founded in … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Economic prospects remain uncertain, but is a fair wind blows for Vent-Axia? By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 August 2020 Volution chief executive Ronnie George has been at the helm for eight years and has worked at the ventilation … Read more
It seems hard to believe, but 23 years ago, just one in six UK households had a mobile phone. Today, 95 per cent have one. In Africa, less than half the population has a mobile and most of those are old-fashioned, slow and simple, rather than the all-singing, all-dancing smartphones that consumers in the developed … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Poultry firm Cranswick lays a golden egg as Britons consume 20m chickens every week By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 22 August 2020 Britons consume 20million chickens and several hundred thousand pigs every week. During lockdown, we ate even more. … Read more
In 1999, a Canadian mining company, Taseko, bought a mothballed copper mine in the middle of British Columbia. At the time, copper was trading at 50c (38p) a pound, the mine was uneconomical and the vendors were keen to dispose of it. Taseko paid a dollar for the asset, known as Gibraltar. Today, the mine … Read more
Walk into any branch of Boots and chances are that the pharmacy’s own-brand anti-viral hand foam will be on prominent display. Hand sanitiser is today’s must-have item, products are flying off the shelves and Boots is still limiting sales because of high demand. All hand-cleansers are not created equal, however. Many only work for a … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Our games tip Codemasters rises 42% in seven months By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 Video game specialist Codemasters is another British company to have defied the prevailing economic gloom. Best known for its F1 series, Codemasters … Read more