QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove REIT, an Irish REIT investing in office and industrial properties primarily outside Dublin’s central business district, began trading on June 8th. The IPO raised €75m....

Summer is here and it's time to put aside the full coverage foundation and matte lipsticks. As the temperatures rise, the makeup look becomes glossier, sun-kissed and far more glowing. Follow these six easy steps to overhaul your beauty routine and achieve that healthy, flushed, no makeup makeup look perfect for sunny days and sultry nights. Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise The ideal summer skin is a smooth, glowing complexion with a healthy flush and no dry patches. A nightly skincare regime...

When there’s a beauty treatment Kim Kardashian swears by, it’s not long until the rest of the world follows. The reality star has been known to change her hair colour from black to platinum blonde - and back again. Despite the damaging changes her luscious locks always look glorious and shiny. But HOW does she do it? Step in Olaplex, the biggest innovation to the hair industry in years. It’s not actually a treatment perse, it’s a technology that permanently...

Last week I went to a small salon tucked away in a leafy street of West London, between Shepherd's Bush and Kensington Olympia. Jamie Stevens is the eponymous salon of the celebrity hairdresser, nominated for British hairdresser of the year six consecutive years. My stylist, Matt, was friendly and informative. He also happened to be a former X Factor contestant - he and his band made it to the fourth week of the live shows in the 2013 series. In...

Ahead of her headline show at Somerset House this evening, yesterday Sigrid celebrated the release of her new EP Raw by  treating lucky fans to an intimate acoustic performance at hmv’s flagship Oxford Street 363 store. The release of Raw cements what can only be described as a stellar year for one of music’s most exciting emerging talents. From winning the BBC Sound of 2018, to storming the stage at Coachella and playing on Jimmy Fallon, to moving Helen Mirren on the Graham Norton Show, and reaching the top 10 in the...

Emily Thornberry standing in for Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn had MPs in stitches as she compared the Tory ministerial bloodbath over Brexit to "Reservoir Dogs remade by the Chuckle Brothers." Theresa May's deputy David Lidington who took Prime Minister’s Questions today squirmed as the Shadow Foreign Secretary forensically explained the inconsistencies in the Tories’ unworkable Brexit plans over which key ministers resigned this week. Ahead of the England team’s World Cup semi-final clash with Croatia, the Shadow Foreign Secretary drew...

As French master chef Auguste Escoffier once said: “Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness." First inspired largely by the food of Italy, French cuisine has since become some of the globe’s most well-known and respected – particularly in terms of fine dining. Though Paris is often considered the world’s restaurant capital, London is home to a vast number of remarkable French restaurants, headed-up by Chefs of all different nations. Tying in with Bastille Day (14th July), we’ve compiled...

Indea Chawk will take up the job at Central Bedfordshire Council to help preserve the protected species.

The celebrations culminated in a sensational flypast of 100 aircraft, including 22 Typhoon jets in an iconic ‘100’ formation.