Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moated manor house. Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, already has 232 parking spaces but the conservation charity wants to double capacity by moving the car park to a nearby area … Read more
SCOTTISH INVESTMENT TRUST: The manager who ditched consumer stocks and went on the defensive with gold shares as crisis bit By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:56 BST, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 10:44 BST, 29 March 2020 Although manager Alasdair McKinnon was relatively quick off the mark in turning the portfolio of … Read more
MONTANARO UK SMALLER COMPANIES: Industry veteran Charles Montanaro seeks to outperform rival Numis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 WHAT IS IT? Run by Charles Montanaro, an industry veteran, its goal is to outperform the Numis Smaller Companies Index. WHAT DOES THE … Read more
INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST: Biotech trust will prosper, says its doctor By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 There is no escape from the meltdown in share prices – irrespective of where money is invested. For example, although investment trust International Biotechnology … Read more
FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES: Looking for ‘unloved companies’ for long-term growth By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 20 March 2020 Fidelity Special Values aims to grow investors’ money over the long term by investing in ‘unloved’ companies WHAT IS IT? Founded in 1994, the … Read more
Camping that’s out of this world: The Lake District tents suspended in trees 10ft up that appear to float like UFOs Two tents are suspended in trees at the Low Wray camp site close to the shores of Lake Windermere, Cumbria A stay in one of the tents starts from £100 per night and guests … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A striking close-up photo of a bug-eyed dragonfly has beaten images of a leaping stoat and a fox hiding in a plant pot to win best overall picture in a wildlife photography competition. The competition, run by the charity Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT), saw over 500 entries from more than 250 photographers showing creatures across Essex, … Read more
RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS: The £2.8bn trust that grows money over the long term, while preserving investments By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 10:21 GMT, 16 March 2020 At £2.8bn, RIT Capital Partners is one of the UK’s largest investment trusts WHAT IS IT? At £2.8billion, RIT … Read more