The number of DIY investors is on the rise as the internet provides information and opportunity aplenty for those seeking to grow their wealth. Information on businesses is as accessible as ever, and for those willing to put the hours in, success on the stock market is attainable for budding investors. This article, with insight […]

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A recent research report from broker Peel Hunt suggests that dividend payments are set to bounce back this year and there will be plenty of attractive dividend payers in the FTSE 250 index in particular. Dividend payments will not go back to the peak achieved in 2018, though. There was £14.4bn paid in dividends by […]

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BP announced a loss of $5.6bn for the year as the industry took a year-long beating from the coronavirus pandemic. As reported earlier this week, BP said the results were caused by falling energy prices, significant exploration write-offs, reduced demand and weaker refining margins.  A number of question marks remain for investors over the company. […]

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Shell’s performance badly impacted by pandemic Shell announced a $21bn loss for the year as the pandemic decimated demand for oil. The results are a significant drop-off from 2019 when the company made a profit of $15bn. Shell’s results followed its rival BP which confirmed an overall loss of $5.69bn in 2020 earlier this week.  […]

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The energy company will recommend dividend between 80p per share SSE, the multinational energy company, intends to recommend a full-year dividend of 80p per share plus RPI for the coming year.  According to the company’s trade statement, this is based on two assumptions. “Normal weather conditions prevailing”, causing renewables to be just over 5% below […]

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With bank pay-outs on ice, Q3 dividends hit their lowest level since the financial crash aftermath in 2010 – down by 49.1% on a headline basis, to £18.0 billion. Of the estimated £14.7 billion of cuts during the third quarter, some two fifths of this number came from bank dividend reductions, due to Bank of […]

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Tesco has announced plans to repay the £585m of business rates relief it received during the pandemic. The UK’s biggest supermarket revealed the news following pressure on supermarkets to do so. Supermarkets in the UK were criticised for not needing financial support as sales were boosted and profits increased. Most recent results at the supermarket […]

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British Land shares (LON: BLND) were down on Wednesday after the group revealed a loss and a reduced dividend. For the half-year to September 30, the group posted a pretax loss of £757m, which widened from the £440m loss posted in the same period a year previously. Revenues at the group were also lower, falling […]

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Sainsbury’s (LON: SBRY) has announced plans to cut 3,500 jobs. The supermarket will closes meat, fish and deli counters as well as 420 standalone Argos stores. The news came as Sainsbury’s posted a pretax loss of £137m for the six months ended 19 September. This loss is down from a £9m profit a year earlier. […]

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FTSE 100 listed packaging and paper company Mondi plc (LON:MNDI) saw its shares tick higher on Thursday, even as its half-year fundamentals lagged behind the performance of the previous year. Likely already pricing in lower paper and pulp prices, as well as COVID challenges, today’s optimistic response to the company’s results is likely led by […]

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The European Central Bank has called on Eurozone banks to continue scrapping dividends and to be “extremely moderate” with its bonus payments to staff, until at least the beginning of next year. Today’s call by the ECB is expected to be mirrored, at least in part, by the Bank of England. The move by Europe’s […]

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Despite the rough end to the year caused by Coronavirus, renewables asset management company JLEN (LON:JLEN) reported on its ability to remain a dependable source of income for its investors, and on recent additions to its portfolio, in its full-year results published on Thursday. The company reported that power price forecasts had driven down its […]

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Blue-chip oil extraction and refinement company Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSB) has long been known as a reliable sit and hold stock, but recently the company has been at the forefront of the Coronavirus-led commodities crash, with its share price falling at a rate not seen since the start of 2015. Value for money The company’s […]

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You’d have to be living under a rock, or some other equally weighty and soundproof implement, to not be aware of climate activist Greta Thunberg and the uproar caused by the unshakeable extinction rebellion. Greta laments elites and corporations alike, for focusing wholly on myopic ‘economic growth’ without any concern for the long-term implications of […]

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