Kevin Taylor

Full-time investor focused on UK small caps. Former CFO, investment banker & trainee actuary. Sometimes called JakNife, sometimes "Evil Banksta", often worse!

[Here&There @here_there]

Inconvenient facts

[WShak @WShak1]

Aston Martin Q3 update tomorrow.

Here is what the market is expecting.

I hold bonds.

[Tim Kempster @timkempster]

#PANR Raise ahoy me hearties!

[Mark Thompson @METhompson72]

Here are now the 50 constituencies in the UK with the highest number of people on Motability.

The enhanced PIP mobility rate is £80 a week - £4,160 a year.

If you spot any trends then send me answers on a postcard please.

[Fatbaldbloke @Fatbaldbloke1]

@EmilyThornberry has exercise bike seized by local council as she hasn't used it for so long.

[Tim Kempster @timkempster]

#PDL Petra Diamonds do not seem to be forever https://t.co/TiZTbKngnh

[Mark Thompson @METhompson72]

999 Years later...

[Mark Kleinman @MarkKleinmanSky]

Revealed: The private equity firm Epiris will tomorrow launch a formal offer for Gamma Communications, with a recommendation expected from the London-listed telecoms company’s board. A rival bid from Waterland and Giacom is likely to be tabled next month.

[Peter Higgins (conkers) @conkers3]

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[Peter Higgins (conkers) @conkers3]

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[Andrew Neil @afneil]

A lovely touch. Chapeau.

[iPaul @iPaulCanada]

你的客厅新玩具到了
布加迪五折叠电视
兄弟们，猜猜多少钱？

[Here&There @here_there]

This is what is called the moron premium

[Cockerhoop @RanmoorRuffian]

#SNX Has the feel of a 'transformation project' going off the rails (with architect Bob Holt departing early). Not sure bringing Peter Kear (who took 6 years to turn a non SaaS model to a non SaaS model at #CLBS) is going to help.

[Kevin Taylor @ActiveValue1]

It's almost as if people don't understand how Corporation tax works!?

Barclays already pays substantial taxes such as VAT, business rates, National Insurance, the UK Bank levy, etc, etc. But on the specific point of profits, Barclays pays 25% corporation tax rate on its profits.

So if Barclays' profits go up 31%, its UK corporation tax *ALSO* goes up 31%!!! Profits soar and taxes soar too!!!

You should celebrate capitalism you hard left nutters, higher profits *automatically* leads to higher taxes to pay for your subsidised fair-trade shade-grown mocha lattes with carbon-neutral oat milk!

[Kevin Taylor @ActiveValue1]

It's a wonderful theory but doesn't work in practice. Every country that has introduced a wealth tax has eventually reversed it because it doesn't work practically. How long before Norway reverses?

Super-rich abandoning Norway at record rate as wealth tax rises slightly
https://t.co/TxsUMNDaxp

Perhaps the key isn't to obsess about tax tax tax tax tax and instead focus on delivering value for money, educate kids about finances, encourage an entrepreneurial mentality in our kids from the cradle and genuinely celebrate wealth creation? Then the "pie" will be bigger for everyone!

[Kevin Taylor @ActiveValue1]

Your regular reminder that no labour government has left office with unemployment lower than when it came into office

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it?

I’m proud that the answer is yes.

[David Lilley @lilley_david]

In memory of Ann Widdecombe 1/7
I rarely post on X, mainly out of concern of being judged by friends or leaving a trail that investors in our businesses might disapprove of. What I really mean is because of a self-interested fear of people.

[Crewkerne Gazette @CrewkerneGaz]

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