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    Kate Burgess

    Lombard Editor

    Kate Burgess has worked at the FT since 1998, during which time she was a UK companies correspondent, investment correspondent and corporate correspondent. Before that she worked for some years in the City as a stock broker and stock market analyst.

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    • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
      Environment
      Accsys: investors can’t see the wood for the trees

      Maker of sustainable timber has seen its share price fall over 10 years

      Flooded houses in Somerset earlier this month
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
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      The group has been dogged by accounting issues, but remains priced well below its US rivals

    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
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      Recruiters: where do they see themselves in five years?

      Groups profited after the pandemic peak, but now face a downturn

      Toby Fowlston, chief executive of Robert Walters
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Investments
      Chips with everything — but UK manufacturers are scarce

      Could small semiconductor groups be worth a punt for investors?

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Advice & Comment
      Self-storage: investors’ lock up and leave?

      More than 2,000 sites across the UK rent out space

      A Big Yellow self-storage centre
    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Advice & Comment
      What can we learn from corporate training groups’ share prices?

      Despite rapid growth, many providers are stock market minnows

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Investments
      Can engineers find a magic formula for investors?

      Time to take another look at specialist UK companies

      3D printed metal designed by Renishaw
    • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
      Advice & Comment
      Used cars: the tortoise can beat the hare for investors

      Established dealers have some advantages over tech start-ups

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      Retail sector
      Wincanton — worth an investment detour?

      Logistics group can profit from pandemic economy despite rising fuel and labour costs

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      LombardUK companies
      A hitchhiker’s guide to the City

      Debt, derivatives and deadlines: Lombardier bows out after 25 years covering the Square Mile

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      LombardIQE PLC
      IQE hopes new green shoots will help it dodge poppy topplers

      Semiconductor maker might be turning a corner; Greencore squeezes in last minute cash call

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      LombardRSA Insurance Group PLC
      RSA’s Hester picks the last minute to bow out on a high

      Intact and Tryg offer shareholders welcome certainty; Croda confounds with move into fragrances

    • Monday, 16 November, 2020
      LombardVodafone Group PLC
      Vodafone’s shareholders need to keep their eyes on the big prize

      Prospect of payouts and manageable debt should cheer investors; G4S plays defence

      5G mast at Vodafone Kabel Deutschland campus in in Duesseldorf, Germany, in January
    • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
      Lombard3i Group PLC
      3i’s past is an action plan for the future

      3i template for post-pandemic regeneration fund; GVC, a card or so short of a full deck

      Action, the Netherlands-based cut-price retailer, is 3i’s largest private equity holding
    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
      LombardProperty sector
      Vaccine breakthrough is shot in the arm for Landsec

      Outlook brightens for office landlords; Premier Foods finds way out of bargain bin

    • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
      LombardRetail & Consumer industry
      M&S sticks to its knitting in another remake costing millions

      Multiple makeovers hit UK retailer; Distance is a poor excuse for bad practice in timeshare selling

    • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
      LombardAssociated British Foods PLC
      Prudent Primark owner is right to keep hold of cash

      Associated British Foods doesn’t pay a dividend; Telit still can’t escape Oozi Cats

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      LombardUK banks
      How UK banks’ brighter outlook can be squared with second lockdown

      Message to watchdog to lift lockdown on dividends unchanged; Howden reaps kitchen boom

    • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
      LombardInternational Airlines Group
      Don’t fly away: BA owner’s tough ask to investors with shares at lows

      IAG grounds expectations as bookings fall; Shaftesbury taps shareholders to weather coronavirus storm

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      LombardAccounting & Consulting services
      Auditors can cut free but Boohoo needs a credible successor to PwC

      PwC puts distance between it and Boohoo; Amigo battles on

    • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
      LombardRolls-Royce Holdings PLC
      Rolls-Royce’s bond issue prepares it for the long haul to recovery

      The UK aerospace group is right to take the long view; Heineken tests pub watchdog

    • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
      LombardASOS PLC
      Asos counts cost of maintaining social distance from fast-fashion rivals

      Asos wants to be seen as a cut above; Covid-19 bumps up Bunzl

      Asos expects to spend as much as £100m more than Boohoo next year on tech and infrastructure
    • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
      LombardUK small companies
      Last orders loom for big indebted pub groups

      National inn chains suffer as new lockdown policy heralds more pub closures

    • Monday, 12 October, 2020
      LombardPearson PLC
      Pearson’s chairman needs more lessons on how to say ‘no’

      Sidney Taurel risks being cut from the middle of Pearson’s muddle; UK banks beware negative interest rates

      Sidney Taurel has been Pearson chairman since 2016
    • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
      LombardTalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
      Investors should not let Fomo stop offer to take TalkTalk private

      Toscafund move for TalkTalk puts high value on cash; Hargreaves Lansdown — in perpetual motion

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