Picture: A worker in the steel and metal industry/Generic By REGINALD KANYANE 5 June 2025 – The Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition said it has engaged stakeholders from the steel industry on the progress made in implementing the Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan. The committee said this stakeholder engagement follows its meeting with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), which was held on 6 May 2025, to ascertain the progress made in implementing the Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan, as part of its oversight function. The Chairperson of the Committee, Mzwandile Masina said they…
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Image source: Getty Images Unless you own shares in Babcock International Group (LSE:BAB), the FTSE 100 defence stock, the news over the past few days has been very depressing. On Monday (2 June), at the launch of the government’s strategic defence review, the Prime Minister promised to make Britain “battle-ready” and the Defence Secretary talked of a “new era of threat”. And if that wasn’t enough, ahead of the defence review’s launch, Sky News was simulating a Russian attack on the UK. A silver lining But so far this week, Babcock’s share price has soared 12%. Not surprisingly, the prospect…
Global carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon has today announced the launch of the Pre-rating Scorecard, an interactive tool that puts its established ratings methodologies directly in the hands of users to assess the risk of unrated carbon projects.Since its launch in 2022, the BeZero Carbon rating has become the carbon market’s independent benchmark for assessing project quality.Pre-rating Scorecard is the market’s first dynamic tool for unrated project assessment, enabling customers to understand what drives project risk on a case-by-case basis. “We’ll see an influx of corporate demand for CDR,” | RSS.comBuilt on the same sector-specific methodologies that underpin BeZero’s headline…
Image source: Getty Images Those looking for a second income could consider investing in the UK stock market. That’s because 311 out of the largest 350 listed companies have paid a dividend over the past 12 months. Of course, there’s no guarantee this will be repeated. But without a crystal ball, history’s all we’ve got to guide us. Possible returns Of the UK’s 100 biggest stocks, only one didn’t make a dividend payment during the past year. Overall, the yield on the FTSE 100 is 3.58%. A return like this means a £20,000 investment (the most that can be invested…
Image source: Getty Images My Stocks and Shares ISA hasn’t performed as well as I had hoped in 2025, having almost doubled in value in 2024. And in the current market, I’m not finding it particularly easy to find the companies that could supercharge my portfolio. In fact, I’ve increasingly been looking at the AIM index and smaller-cap UK stocks in order to find value. So what companies have I caught my eye? Well, here are some I’ve added to the watchlist: The Pebble Group, Card Factory, Keller Group, Yü Group (LSE:YU), and Celebrus Technologies (LSE:CLBS). CompanyP/E 2025P/E 2026P/E 2027Div.…
Image source: Getty Images It feels like it hasn’t been a great year for the UK stock market, largely due to the tariff-induced fear that wiped millions off the market in early April. However, when looking back, 2025 is actually shaping out quite well. Even with the April losses, the FTSE 100‘s up almost 7% this year — more than it achieved in the first half of 2022 or 2023. Even in 2024 — a year of notable growth — it was only up 6.7% by the time June rolled around. If the growth continues, we could have our best…
Image source: Getty Images I think these growth stocks offer fantastic all-round value at current prices and are worth a look. Let’s take a peek. Serabi Gold Gold prices have retreated from the record peaks of $3,500 per ounce punched in late April. Yet I’m confident the yellow metal — which was recently changing hands for around $3,310 — has significant scope to rebound. In my view, this makes gold stock Serabi Gold (LSE:SRB) an attractive proposition to consider this month. Owning gold shares exposes investors to the unpredictable business of metals mining. Setbacks can be common, which push up…
Image source: Getty Images HSBC (LSE:HSBA) shares are up 17.7% over the past six months. And that means £10,000 invested then would now be worth £11,700. Factoring in half an annual dividend, the total return would be close to 20%. Clearly, that’s a very strong return over a relatively short period of time. However, would an investment today be a shrewd one? Let’s take a closer look. Not cheap compared to peers HSBC’s currently trading at 9.5 times forward earnings for 2025, with this multiple projected to decline to 8.7 times in 2026 and further to eight times in 2027.…
Ross Gerber, the CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, is throwing his weight behind the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold the rates, while sharply criticizing President Donald Trump’s trade and tariff policies, alongside the fiscal expansion that is resulting in inflation.What Happened: On Wednesday, in a post on X, Gerber said that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was “doing the right thing” by holding interest rates steady, while waiting to assess the full impact of Trump’s tariff.Gerber argues that if Trump wants lower interest rates, he should avoid policies that actively stoke inflation, such as the inflationary tariff…
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices.Read the first half of this series, “Next stop, fiscal cliff: Advocates respond to Illinois legislators’ failure to fund transit before the deadline.”The failure of the Illinois House to pass a bill funding public transportation across the state before the May 31 deadline means that transit agencies will need to cut service. Facing a budget gap of $771M, the Regional Transportation Authority, the CTA, Metra, and Pace will begin this week to plan for reduced operating budgets in 2026. The agencies can only budget for funding they are confident they will receive, excluding any…