cyber security firm NCC Group is onto a real winner. Or is it? The company is charged with protecting the online privacy of people who make a living from living very public lives – online. There are thousands of these people in various states of manufacture. They’re like new cars – they roll off the reality…

UK Housebuilders and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are delivering a surprise bounce this morning despite a seventh fund saying it had bolted its gates to investors wanting to cash out. This takes the value of frozen real estate funds to more than half of the sector’s £25bn total; both a good and bad thing….

It’s a great question and one that, despite a great deal of uncertainty in the markets, has a longer answer than simply ‘buy Gold.’ There are plenty of options that aren’t simply safe ports in a storm and that could deliver decent capital gains as the UK re-adjusts to a new life ex-EU. While we’re…

The UK 100 is doing its best to keep the post-Brexit recovery alive in spite of the understandable uncertainty that has arisen following the referendum. But clients keep throwing the same question my way – how can the index be up if my beloved banks, financials, miners and housebuilders are all on their arse? This…

UK booze behemoth Diageo has garnered the attention of the public recently, following its foray into the non-alcoholic soft drinks business with an investment in UK startup Seedlip. Most entrepreneurs will be kicking themselves for not thinking of making a truly sophisticated non-alcoholic drink (well, all those except the one that did) – as was I when someone…

Persimmon shares are delivering a textbook lesson to investors this morning, highlighting the dangers in relying on headlines alone. Today’s H1 trading update may show revenues up a handsome 12% coupled with volumes and average selling prices climbing by 6%. But a 4% share price decline is all down to Brexit uncertainty easily outweighing the positive financials…