Cussons doesn’t just make soap. It makes awful advertising as well. Imperial Leather is the bathroom legend that Brits know and love but there’s much more to the company than that.
We know what a big story energy is, and we know it's a great big eco-fuelled bandwagon. One of the greatest political thinkers (not!) of the Noughties was in charge of policy on alternative energies. So how can you go wrong?
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, according to the legend of Mary Poppins. But if the medicine is the share price of a FTSE 100 company the size of a small galaxy, then how big is the sweetener? Huge, that’s how big.
It seems in the era of the Blackberry and iPhone no-one really wants to any more, or maybe we're just too busy. Or maybe, we're all finally taking the collective advice of our grandmothers and not believing a word we read in the papers.
We're running on fumes here folks and going for the low-hanging fruits before we pitch for the big one! C'mon. There's a great deal more to the WPP group than jargon. And we all know what happens to advertising in recession. Or do we...
Dechra Pharmaceuticals might be a good shout because two things unlikely to be hit hard by recession are animals and drugs. So why not manufacture and supply then through your own channel direct to the market.
In the 21st century, leisure is so far the key to our success. IBall loves this, because in our case it means idleness. Goals Soccer Centres is spreading its five-a-side gospel across the world, and we just love the stock.
Sat Nav, either the best or the worst invention of the 21st Century, depending on your point of view. Hundreds of drivers all taking the same route, whether or not they are aiming at the same destination. Or in danger of getting there.
Crime doesn't pay! Telling that to a petty villain. They are more than likely to end up wearing a 'Peckham Rolex' - or electronic tag to you and me. Someone's got to make them and the software, and someone's got to wear them.
There is a certain amusing irony in TUI. Given the notorious rivalry between German and British holidaymakers over the sunbeds around the world, and all. To find an Anglo-German holiday company listed in the FTSE100, how could we resist?
Itâs funny how circumstances can change and bring about a whole new investing universe. I mean thereâs this good solid company famous for making soap and cleaning products as well as a hand-cleaning waterless gel called Carex. Along comes Swine Flu, a nice little bit of public panic, and then the shares look even better.
Recession, downturn, economic misery. Perfect for an episode of EastEnders. Shaftesbury, a commercial property company that we think is worth a little optimistic outlook. Here's our premier of the new, cheerful, prime time soap opera - WestEnders.
The alternative health industry is huge. It has as many exponents and fans as it does detractors and charlatans. But here and there is a company which seem to be a sensible player in a more often than not wild world. So, Provexis and its âdigestive comfortâ products might see it make solid movement on the stockmarket.
If Cobham sounds like a rather nondescript dormitory town in Surrey, that is because it is. It's also a massive UK company dealing in the defence industry. And as we all know, defence is pretty hot stuff. You might say it's a great, er, defensive stock.
Some things that change the world are just tiny. I mean, have you ever seen an electron? So the Next Big Thing could actually be very small indeed. Let's introduce you to Meldex then - one of the most exciting investment prospects out there.
Apparently it costs the average pig farmer more than £20 for every porker he rears. So, you might well ask, are we interested in a company which rears top grade piggies for meat. Quality is the answer and we think it form a crackling investment.
The security industry has moved a long way from armoured Transit vans, with systems and electronic security very much part of the landscape. And that’s before half a decade of war made everyone a bit jumpy about their security.
If you were asked what the best performing asset class over the last few years had been you would not say stamps. Well you should, because it is. Some stellar prices have been achieved for certain examples of very rare and very old bits of paper.
Ahh. Northern Spain. Perhaps Europe's most fabulous food. Wonderful weather and stunning countryside. Last place in the world really you would have thought to find one of the most successful banks in Europe.
So you thought the milkman and his trusty milk float were as much of a part of a bygone landscape as empty motorways. Well, 1.6 million households in the UK would beg to prove you wrong.
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