Nature or nurture: the entrepreneur's view

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Second-generation entrepreneurs tend to possess confidence and are able to take risks. UK second-generation entrepreneurs include Damian Aspinall who runs investments in both the US and the UK. Chris Slater is another second-generation entrepreneurs, and he runs Arion Properties. He aims to increase the company's size. Martin Benson runs Benson Eyecare, and Richard Thompson runs Thompson Investments. Their fathers include John Aspinall who owns a zoo and a casino, Jim Slater, founder of Slater Walker Securities, and Roland Franklin, a banker.

Family-owned business enterprises, Family-owned businesses, Businessmen

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Directors bypass the pessimists: directors of beleaguered quoted companies are dipping into their own pockets to fund share issues. Priced substantially below market levels, they could win or lose millions if the companies do well

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Two company directors, Ian Fletcher of Harrington Kilbride and Alaster Cunningham of Craig & Rose, are underwriting their own share issues. Ian Fletcher has invested 250,000 pounds sterling in Harrington Kilbride, a publisher, taking 5% of the shares at 50 pence each. However the company has released poor results for the year to 31 December 1995. Alaster Cunningham, director of Craig & Rose, a paint manufacturer, is underwriting 410,000 pounds sterling to finance the company's modernisation.

Finance, Corporate directors, Harrington Kilbride PLC, Craig and Rose PLC

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The diary of an ethical investor

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Ethical investing involves a great deal of hard work, as can be seen by a fictitious example of an inheritance of stocks designed to be unethical. Tobacco stocks may offer good yields, and they are major employers. Pentland, which uses child labor to stich its products, is performing well, and one could argue that the children could be performing more unsavoury tasks. Premier Oil's involvement in Myanmar means that it is unattractive to investors concerned with human rights.

Portfolio Management, Ethical aspects, Socially responsible investments

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