With the base rate mired at 0.5 per cent, investors are getting little bang for their buck from the bank, meaning dividends are growing in their importance. Thankfully, AIM now offers income-hungry investors access to a band of profitable, sustainable dividend payers. James Crux reports
Chinese AIM play Jetion Solar Holdings has appointed Dacheng Wu as a non-executive director. As deputy director and secretary of the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society and consultant to China’s new Energy Lighting Committee, he brings experience, expertise and connections to the Jetion board.
Followers of financial Houdini Andrew Greystoke are speculating as to whether his permanent ban by the Financial Services Authority will really mark the end of his business activities.
John Wallington, former head of mining colossus Anglo American’s £1.5 billion coal division, is the new chief executive officer of AIM-quoted Coal of Africa (CoAL), a company with potentially exciting coal projects in South Africa.
Paul Mines, boss of Stanelco, brings some useful big-company dealmaking experience to the task of turning this loss-making former radio frequency technology concern into what he and investors hope will become a profitable niche player in bioplastics.
Among those watching current upheavals at PLUS share market advisers are Dutch entrepreneur Dirk van Dijl, ex-boss of City Car Club and a prime mover in online small company ginger group Enterprise Britain, and Tony Drury, founder of Enterprise Britain and chairman of Axiom Capital, which is regrouping itself to be a full PLUS player
The recent departure of investment group Canaccord’s veteran mining guru Mike Jones for Investec has been by no means the only move in a merry-go-round that has recently seen several stalwarts on the move
Denham Eke, chairman of online gambling concern Betinternet, is not happy with the registrar of another company he heads, AIM-quoted Manx Financial Group
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