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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, 28 July, 2022
      Personal Finance 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

    • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
      Personal Finance 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      LombardBanks
      Banks not just taxpayers stand to lose from bounce back loan defaults

      Lenders’ reputation on the line; Frasers’ fearless 1,000

    • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
      LombardFinablr Ltd
      Finablr is sinking before it has learnt to swim

      Private equity ownership of Watches of Switzerland and Trainline; Co-Operative Bank seeks another chief

    • Monday, 5 October, 2020
      LombardCineworld Group PLC
      Cineworld is in slow-motion endgame

      Cinema chain draws curtains on screens; Mulberry suffers at home on the high street

    • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
      LombardIPOs
      Why the Spac mania won’t bridge the Atlantic

      Spac ETF marks high-water mark in the US; Halfords defies Haldane; Renewi wastes

    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      LombardFerguson PLC
      Ferguson turns dividend tap back on to make FTSE 100 a tad hotter

      A 4 per cent dividend yield is still something; student accommodation providers face learning curve

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