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    • Friday, 1 November, 2019
      News in-depthUK small companies
      The small UK businesses hoping for an election boost

      Pollsters, marketers and leaflet-printers turn their attention to Westminster

      The general election on December 12 will give small-cap companies a slice of the action
    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      News in-depthMining
      UK small-cap miners hold promise for investors

      Mining stocks can offer high returns but they can also be very volatile

      FILE PHOTO: An employee holds a sample of polyhalite taken from the Sirius Minerals test drilling station on the North Yorkshire Moors near Whitby, northern England July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis/File Photo
    • Friday, 11 October, 2019
      News in-depthUK retail industry
      Three UK retailers seek to buck the Brexit gloom

      Card Factory, ScS and Vertu are investing in new sales channels and techniques

      Card Factory has struck deals with Aldi, The Reject Shop and Matalan
    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      UK small companies
      Woodford’s small-cap journey led to liquidity woes

      Investor’s smaller and unlisted stock picks led to huge losses and an investor exodus

      FILE PHOTO: British fund manager Neil Woodford is seen in this undated handout image released July 18, 2019. Jonathan Atkins/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
    • Friday, 27 September, 2019
      UK companies
      Companies offer alternative to fossil fuel investment

      Simec Atlantis, Good Energy and RedT aim to build a more sustainable economy and future

      Power transmission lines hang from electricity pylons near Uskmouth power station, operated by Simec Uskmouth Power Ltd., in Newport, U.K., on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The former coal-fired station based on the east bank of the Usk estuary, will be converted to generate energy using biomass. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 20 September, 2019
      News in-depthFuller Smith & Turner PLC
      UK pub groups toast renewed investor interest

      Expansion into food, bigger premises and accommodation sustains business

      The average turnover per pub in the UK has increased from £469,142 in 2009 to £538,658 in 2016,
    • Friday, 13 September, 2019
      UK property
      Property agents seek to put market malaise behind them

      UK house prices have not risen since 2016 and Brexit uncertainty continues to weigh on activity

      FILE PHOTO: Estate agent boards are displayed outside a property in London, Britain July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
    • Friday, 6 September, 2019
      News in-depthUK manufacturing
      Testing times for UK specialist manufacturers

      How might Aim-listed minnows cope with the effects of Brexit and a global trade war

      After a turbulent three years, management at Accrol declared the company was now 'profitable, cash generative and fit for purpose'
    • Friday, 23 August, 2019
      News in-depthTelecoms
      Telecoms investors reach for the cloud 

      Small UK groups offer higher growth in communications technology arena

      The Inmarsat network operations centre in London.
    • Friday, 2 August, 2019
      News in-depthOil & Gas industry
      Investor disdain for fossil-fuel producers creates takeover bargains

      Flurry of merger activity in UK small-cap oil and gas sector looks set to continue

      An oil drilling platform sits on board the world's largest construction vessel, the Pioneering Spirit, in the Bomla fjord near Leirvik, ahead of its transportation to the Johan Sverdrup oil field, Norway, on Friday, June 1, 2018. Equinor ASA has reduced the break-even price to below $20 a barrel in its flagship Johan Sverdrup oil project in the North Sea. Photographer: Carina Johansen/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 26 July, 2019
      News in-depthFood & Beverage
      Small UK drinks makers find their pep

      While growth for some is fizzling out, for others such as Nichols it is bubbling over

      Marnie Millard
    • Friday, 19 July, 2019
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Global factories feel the fallout of trade war

      German, Chinese and US manufacturing output have all contracted

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      UK retail industry
      Retailers take alternative approach to leases

      Chains are looking beyond CVAs and instead seeking to renegotiate rents at time of renewal

      FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk past a Ted Baker store on Regents Street in London, Britain December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      Retail & Consumer industry
      In a high street downturn, some restaurants still whet the appetite

      Closures have been averaging 15 a week, but casual diners have a taste for growth

      Picture shows Franco Manca Pizza, Unit 4, Market Row, SW9. Pics for House & Home. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANIEL JONES 2013 07815 853503 CM9 5DZ info@danieljonesphotography.co.uk www.danieljonesphotography.co.uk
    • Friday, 28 June, 2019
      News in-depthOil & Gas industry
      Investors look to Argentina’s oil sector despite looming election

      Small-cap activity triggers renewed interest from majors

      View of an Argentinian oil company YPF's pumpjack to extract oil from a well at Loma La Lata, near Vaca Muerta Shale oil reservoir, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, some 1180 Km south-west of Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 4, 2014. YPF has an agreement with US Chevron to exploit Vaca Muerta, the world's second largest reserve of shale gas and fourth largest reserve of oil, estimated to contain the equivalent of 27 billion barrels. AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATA (Photo credit should read JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 7 June, 2019
      News in-depthPharmaceuticals sector
      UK biotechs seek to speed up cancer detection

      Small-cap groups battle to develop new technologies that could save lives

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    • Friday, 10 May, 2019
      News in-depthUK banks
      UK’s smaller banks navigate competition and tepid economic growth

      Metro Bank, Secure Trust and Arbuthnot have had contrasting fortunes this year

      A series of controversies have caused Metro Bank’s shares to shed more than two-thirds of their value since the start of the year
    • Friday, 3 May, 2019
      UK small companies
      The UK auto industry fights for its place on the electric front

      Small businesses regroup to better exploit the drive towards cleaner forms of transport

      Soldiers follow a British Mark IV tank at Ribecourt la Tour, near Cambrai, during the Battle of Cambrai, November 20, 1917. World War One pioneered many "firsts" in technological, scientific and societal innovations. Tanks were invented as a means of breaking the trench warfare stalemate. REUTERS/Handout/Files - TM1EA7M16YA01
    • Friday, 26 April, 2019
      News in-depthUK small companies
      Big tech presents next chapter for UK gaming companies

      Independent developers see opportunities and hurdles on multinational platforms

      Jade Raymond, head of Google's Stadia Games and Entertainment, speaks on stage during a keynote address announcing Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
    • Friday, 5 April, 2019
      News in-depthUK small companies
      UK biotechs lead the way in early detection of deadly diseases

      There is a global call for the fast diagnosis of deadly conditions, from cancer to strokes

      Flasks with growing cancer cells are seen in a lab at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, July 15, 2013. Picture taken July 15, 2013. To match Insight CANCER-DRUGS/       REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: HEALTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E99Q13EF01
    • Friday, 22 March, 2019
      News in-depthThomas Cook Group PLC
      Clouds gather over UK travel companies

      Heatwave last year hits Thomas Cook, On the Beach and Hostelworld

      B0DE51 Ruins on the Shore. The main temple or lighthouse Castillo or Castle at Tulum is sited on a spectacular beach
    • Friday, 15 March, 2019
      News in-depthSustainability
      Eco-friendly upstarts face tough challenges to build trust

      New entrants to the market need to prove that their products work

      Student holds a placard as she demonstrates to demand global action on climate change as part of the "Fridays for Future" movement in Riga, Latvia March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
    • Friday, 8 March, 2019
      News in-depthHealthcare
      Tech helps small players break into healthcare market

      Medical device start-ups must go far beyond proof of concept even before they have built a customer base

    • Friday, 1 March, 2019
      Property sector
      Diversity pays in a struggling housing market

      Estate agents focused on London and rentals worst placed to weather storm

      A pedestrian looks at residential property on display at Foxtons Group Plc estate agents offices in the Muswell Hill district of London, U.K., on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. U.K. house prices bucked their recent trend with a modest pick up in growth in July, according to Nationwide Building Society. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 22 February, 2019
      News in-depthTechnology sector
      Reinvention is key for small tech companies

      WANdisco, CentralNic and Forbidden seek to keep pace with industry

      cloud computing
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