Investing in shares listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) provides a chance to participate in the success of some of the country s – indeed, the world s – fastest growing companies. The likes of drinks mixer producer Fever–Tree and online fashion retailers Asos and Boohoo. But it s not without risk.
For every success story such as Fever-Tree – its share price is up by 265 per cent over the past five years – there is a failure like high street café chain Patisserie Valerie, which collapsed into administration in 2019, leaving investors holding worthless shares.
It explains why many prefer to invest in such businesses through a smaller companies investment fund that has exposure to a broad portfolio of firms, some of which are listed on AIM.
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EM Williams in the studio and the virtual world as Puck. Photo by Stuart Martin (c) RSC
Few plays have been more important to the RSC than A Midsummer Night s Dream. Peter Brook s 1970 production remains a landmark moment in the development of modern theatre. Tim Supple s version was startling and revelatory in its own way: it incorporated six Indian languages and brought a sense of transcendence to the Swan night after night in 2006, and remains perhaps the most acclaimed show staged at the venue this century. In 2016, under the direction of Erica Whyman, groups of amateur actors joined the professionals on stage in what was called a play for the nation , a welcome and necessary move from a company that can still be regarded as somewhat elitist. And now it provides the inspiration for Dream, which, in its own way, may prove as significant as any of its predecessors.