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Jack Summers, Research Assistant at JM Finn looks at Mastercard in depth.

William McCubbin, Assistant Research Analyst at JM Finn looks at luxury group LVMH in depth.

Jack Summers, Research Assistant at JM Finn covers US-based agriculture equipment manufacturer Deere & Company in depth.

Danaher was established in 1984 and initially consisted of a group of discrete manufacturing businesses.

At its simplest, Experian is a credit bureau. Historically, it is the result of many mergers: one line of its history started c.200 years ago as the credit department of a Mancunian department…

Raytheon Technologies is an American aerospace and defence business split 45% aerospace, 55% defence.

In order to justify my rising grocery bill, I’ve found myself cooking more at home.

Edwards are the leading player in the treatment of structural heart disease and hemodynamic monitoring, the physics of how blood flows, with 97% of product sales coming from #1 global market share…

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the Internet’s importance amongst nearly all consumers and businesses.

Johnson Matthey (JM) began life over 200 years ago as a successful gold assay business.

Starbucks started life in Seattle in 1971, not as a coffeehouse serving brewed coffee, but as a retail store that sold premium coffee beans and roasting equipment to consumers and businesses.

We have all heard of Visa, and have all probably used a Visa card at some point in our lives, but not many people actually know how the business works, its history and how it generates profit.

Alphabet is the holding company created by Google in 2015 to provide investors more transparency into Google’s operations and give Google’s earlier stage companies, ‘Other Bets’, greater space to…

Following numerous failed pivots into the consumer device segment (e.g. Nokia acquisition / Windows phone), Microsoft has now developed a clear growth strategy based upon cloud computing.

Novo specialises in protein-based medicines. By product segment, revenues split into Diabetes (81%), Obesity (3%), Haemophilia (9%), Growth Disorders (6%) and Other Biopharmaceuticals (1%).Diabetes…

I think the BOGOF offer is coming to an end. To understand why, we need some historical context to Tesco’s troubles. From 2007 investors took on a growing perception that their Fresh & (not so) Easy…

I have, broadly speaking, two options as to how I might act on this view to make profit; find a friend that is willing to take the other side of my bet, called an over the counter (OTC) wager or to…

Tencent began life in 1998 as an instant messaging service and later, when they listed in 2004, began their expansion outside of social media platforms into online gaming. It was in 2008 when they…

First, came a resurgence in the press relating to the sale of humidifier sterilizers that reportedly were linked to deadly lung injuries in South Korea. This occurred in 2011, but Reckitts has come…

They now have more than 18.6m customers on their database, 12m subscribers to their MoneySavingExpert.com weekly email and had interactions with nearly 85% of UK adults in 2016.Price comparison…

The Group is steered by the steady hand of Tony Pidgley, CBE. Pidgley left school aged 15 to form his own business in haulage and plant hire. Just four years later, he sold to Crest Homes and became…

Strategy is an easy word to toss into conversation, but few have a precise and clear understanding of what it means.

Not surprisingly, there is a strong correlation between Rio Tinto’s (Rio) fortunes and iron ore price.

As has been experienced in post-war Japanese society for instance, rapidly Westernising societies have an established tendency to alter their drinking patterns towards established Western brands.…

The Group is highly experienced at dealing with conditions in these challenging but high growth territories.