1. Long term dividend growth might average 10 p.c.

2. The group's gearing is about 1,000 p.c.

3. Invesco saw pre-tax profit drop 23 p.c. to ￡14.5m in the year to December, after an exceptional item of ￡16.6m.

4. Both investigations were supervised by the P.C.A. under the provisions of section 89.

5. The 0.8 p.c. rise in the index between the two months was largely due to changes in excise duty in the Budget.

6. Clients are paying more slowly and over 40 p.c. of firms expect the situation to worsen.

7. So please keep the churchwardens and the P.C.C in your prayers.

8. P.C. Clifford and the other uniformed constable lent a hand in getting the stretcher with its heavy burden up the steps.

9. Insurance companies raise premiums by up to 100 p.c. for holidays involving dangerous sports.

10. Sales, 11 p.c. down at the interim stage, finished the year only 5 p.c. lower at I￡292m.

11. House broker County NatWest expects a 36 p.c. rise to ￡14.4m pre-tax for 1991 and sees ￡19.3m as attainable this year.

12. Fifty staff are putting in ￡13/4m for 85 p.c. of the equity with venture capital backing from Baronsmead and 3i.

13. This morning I have been set,(Sentencedict) by the P.C.C the task of preaching about money.

14. An interim inched up by 5 p.c. to 1.45p, payable on June 1, takes the yield to 2.9 p.c.

15. Industry volumes fell 7 p.c. here and sales of bottled whisky by 12 p.c.

16. This particular P.C. may be a very strong-minded man and be determined to withstand the pressure being brought upon him.

17. The results showed profits down by 62 p.c. to ￡73m before taxation in the 12 months to January 1992.

18. More bad news is expected next week when the government discloses March retail sales which may have declined by up to 0.8 p.c.

19. The yield, assuming dividends rise to 14.4p, is 5.6 p.c.

20. It is now only necessary to inspect the etch-resist artwork on the p.c.b. prior to etching it as described previously.

21. The year has started well, with sales up 12 p.c. from 6 p.c. more stores.

22. Hunting still faces an uphill task but, backed by a yield of 7.6 p.c., the shares are worth staying with.

23. Term accounts are no longer offered by the society, but the share account is now paying only 1.88 p.c. net.

24. That course would doubtless prompt an application by the P.C.A. to set aside the subpoena on grounds of public interest immunity.

25. Plant cost inflation is predicted to drop marginally from 6 p.c. last year to an average above 5 p.c. up to 1994.

26. Oct-11 mRNA was detected in the adult thymus and testes and in 14.5 day p.c. embryos.

27. Skandia will swap part of its international reinsurance operations for 21 p.c. of its shares held by Uni Storebrand.

28. Market makers took fright, presuming some one knew something they did not, and the price tumbled 30 p.c.

29. Union des Assurances de Paris is tipped to buy the 21 p.c. stake in Skandia.

30. Some long-dated stocks closed nearly four full points higher with yields falling to just over 9 p.c.