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£10m of investment scams since Lockdowns

International Women’s Day - When women lead, we see positive results

Monday 8 March – International Women’s Day When women lead, we see positive results Over the years I have realised that so many male...

Paddy bought a donkey - a tale of real enterprise

I thought that you might just like a moment of light relief as I recall a story told to me some years ago by an amusing old broking...

Cyber 2021 - some small cap stocks

As the various ‘top topics’ of last year begin to fade I think that one problem area is going to offer some very big upside...

Safestyle UK – ghastly results due soon will be the prelude to a big bounce this year and next

Just a year ago the shares of this £50m group were trading at 78p, within three months they had fallen to a year’s low of 14p. As I write...

Surface Transforms - demanding fast cars, high performance motors, even electric vehicles …..

The Porsche GT2, GT3, Turbo and Cayman, the Ferrari 430 and 458, the Nissan GTR R35 and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage - what do the owners...

U and I Group – unlocking potential to realise positive change

Did you know that there are over 6,700 acres of unused ‘brownfield’ land in London alone? Did you know that there are some 24,000...

Capital Limited - the recent Trading Update shows the way forward

I am convinced that this company really is a winner in the making. And furthermore, the latest deal, that Chairman Jamie Boyton and his...

Time Finance – totally the right time to get in

For patient investors there is always a good buying opportunity when companies reorganise themselves and then rebrand their business. And...

Mark Watson-Mitchell

Director of SQC Research

Mark, who has over fifty-seven years’ experience in the UK stock market, established SQC Research in 1993. He previously worked as a dealer for four stockbroking firms and an investment fund management business. Prior to SQC Research he published financial and investment magazines and newsletters.

His writing portfolio has covered weekly feature articles on smaller companies for the Financial Weekly, Shares Magazine, UK-Invest and other investment websites including watshot.com, and a number of monthly publications including Fleet Street Letter, Penny Share Focus, Penny Share Guide and the New Issue Share Guide.

His regular appearances on BBC TV, Bloomberg TV, CNBC and BBC Radio always featured smaller companies and he also made several appearances on

Channel 4's 'Show Me The Money'.

Mark, who has held several directorships in AIM and other quoted companies, is now also a very regular contributing author to the masterinvestor.com website.

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