Go to the BT corporate website and the company says it uses ‘the power of communications to make a better world’. The firm’s 20 million-plus customers and 750,000-plus investors may not agree. Customers, including me, have to put up with disjointed call centre service and ineffectual engineers. Investors, again including me, have seen the shares … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: AFH, the firm offering finance for the over-50s, could give YOUR investments a brighter future By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 16:47 BST, 14 May 2019 The UK is growing older. Around 40 per cent of the British population is over 50 … Read more
MIDAS UPDATE: Vital signs are healthy for our medical tip LiDCO By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 There are strong signs that the Covid-19 is becoming less virulent in Britain but thousands of people are still falling ill with the … Read more
About 90 per cent of international trade is carried by sea, with thousands of ships transporting goods across the globe, ranging from oil and wheat to cuddly toys. London is at the centre of this trade. Shipping magnates come from far and wide to arrange deals, secure finance and seek advice in the capital. Braemar … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Begbies Traynor is another insolvency specialist that should benefit from gloom and doom By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 16 May 2020 Begbies Traynor is another insolvency specialist that should benefit from the gloom and doom. Focused on small and … Read more
Wherever you turn, the numbers are shocking. The economy shrank by nearly 6 per cent in March alone, the worst fall since monthly records began in 1997. The Bank of England expects an economic slump of 25 per cent in this quarter and 2020 is set to suffer from the deepest recession since 1706. Even … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Drugs packager Mpac is healthier after giving up cigars By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:15 BST, 9 May 2020 | Updated: 16:18 BST, 12 May 2020 If you’ve not heard of Mpac, you might remember Molins, a tobacco-packaging business founded by a cigar-maker in Havana. In a … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Hip replacement company Smith & Nephew can ease the pain of lockdown for investors By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:15 BST, 9 May 2020 | Updated: 16:20 BST, 12 May 2020 It is a painful business being a hip replacement company in a pandemic, and Smith & Nephew, … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Storage in this old ammunition depot? It could earn you a bomb! By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 13:58 BST, 3 May 2020 In 1936, when tensions were rising across Europe, the War Office acquired Monkton Farleigh, a disused quarry near Bath. It … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: ‘You can be sure of Shell’ was one of the most famous advertising slogans of recent decades – now you cannot By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 13:59 BST, 3 May 2020 Royal Dutch Shell has maintained or increased its dividend every … Read more