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Our small company specialists take you on a journey through the exciting, and sometimes weird, world of small company investing. We do the legwork on your behalf, meeting hundreds of company managers each year and introducing you to the most interesting of them through this regular blog.

Recent articles

Another Aim first

SMALLWORLD: The junior market now has its first Shariah-compliant fund, and more look set to follow

28 July 2008

Tadpole's wriggle room runs out

SMALLWORLD: A failure to raise cash could be the death knell for the former Tadpole Technologies

17 July 2008

What's happening at WH Ireland?

SMALLWORLD: Most small-cap brokers are seeking mergers to cushion themselves from the credit crunch, but not WH Ireland

14 July 2008

Edmonds spins another one out

SMALLWORLD: Cricket hero and Aim entrepreneur Phil Edmonds is back, and this time his eyes are on Africa's medical sector - or lack of it

27 June 2008

Soya Mills seeks ?50m Aim float

SMALLWORLD: It may seem like madness to seek new funds now - but Soya Mills is tempting

23 June 2008

Tadpole Endeavors to turn itself around

SMALLWORLD: Tadpole Technology needs a name change almost as much as it needs funds

20 June 2008

Time for a ReThink

SMALLWORLD: Aim's IPO market may be moribund, but ReThink managed to float this week

19 June 2008

Smallworld: Bah Humbert!

SMALLWORLD: The quoted estate agency business provides a case study in value destruction

13 June 2008

Indiana Jones and the prospectors of Aim

SMALLWORLD: There's a strong cast of Aim companies searching for resources wealth in South America

13 June 2008

Smallworld: Has Flomerics found its white knight?

Autodesk emerges as a new bidder, but Mentor continues its dogged pursuit of Flomerics

09 June 2008

Your opinion

How safe is my money (1)

READER QUESTIONS: Are Isas covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme?

  • 13 May 2008
  • Written by:
    Moira O'Neill

How safe is my money (2)

READER QUESTIONS: If money is held in an offshore account, does it have the same protection as it would onshore?

  • 13 May 2008
  • Written by:
    IC reader questions

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