Edison Investment Research

Babcock International Group

Industrial Support Services

Babcock is a primarily UK-based support service company with operations in marine (34%), defence (18%), support services (33%) and international (15%).

Baobab Resources

Mining

Baobab Resources is focused on developing its Tete iron-vanadium-titanium open-pit project in central-western Mozambique. A Pre-Feasibility Study is expected to commence in Q411.

Basilea

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

Basilea is a Swiss biotech company with one approved product (Toctino for chronic hand eczema, approved in the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Norway) and two late-stage development programmes, the antibiotic ceftobiprole and the anti-fungal isavuconazole (both Phase III).

Beazley

Financials

Beazley is the parent company of a global specialist insurance business with operations in the UK, US, France, Norway, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.

Bezant Resources

Mining

BZT has a 40% stake in the Mankayan copper-gold project in the Philippines and an option to acquire the remainder for ~US$40,000. It has a 46% stake in a JV with AngloGold Ashanti in Tanzania and has acquired the Eureka copper/gold project in Argentina.

Billington Holdings

Construction & Building Materials

Billington Holdings PLC produces building materials, offers construction services, and produces earth moving equipment. The company manufactures structural steel and underground tunnelling and road heading machinery, and constructs and rehabilitates schools and town centres.

Biome Technologies

Engineering

BIOM's main activity is bioplastics, developing and supplying natural rather than oil-based resins that are biodegradable and from sustainable sources, for use in producing plastics. A radio frequency (RF) application operation is also part of the group.

Biotie Therapies Corp

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

Biotie Therapies is a Finnish/US biotech company with a focus on clinical programmes in CNS and niche inflammatory diseases. Its lead project nalmefene, for the treatment of alcohol dependency, is partnered with Lundbeck. UCB is a strategic partner.

Blackthorn Resources

Mining

Blackthorn Resources is an Australian exploration company with projects in Burkina Faso, Zambia and South Africa. By focusing on priority projects, the company aims to become a self-funding exploration and mining company.

Blue Star Capital

Aerospace & Defence

Blue Star Capital invests primarily in unquoted homeland security companies with significant dual-use commercial market opportunities.

Boomerang Plus

Media & Entertainment

Boomerang Plus is engaged in independent television production along with investments in a number of UK subsidiary companies.

BrainJuicer

Media & Entertainment

BrainJuicer carries out quantitative online research using innovative, bespoke software to produce insightful market research for large, multinational companies.

Brightside Group

Financials

Brightside Group's principal activities are insurance broking; the provision of premium finance and medical reports; lead generation; and the provision of debt management solutions.

British Polythene Industries

Basic Industries

BPI is the largest manufacturer of polythene film products in Europe. It is also Europe's largest recycler of waste polythene film.

Brulines

Industrial Support Services

Brulines' core business is the installation and maintenance of dispense monitoring equipment in tenanted/leased pubs, enabling the owner of the outlet to analyse in detail sales trends and the source of purchasing.

Burberry

General Retailers

Burberry is an international luxury designer of womenswear, menswear, non-apparel and childrenswear, sold under the Burberry brand and sub-brands. Sales are through retail, wholesale, licensing and e-commerce channels.

BAE Systems

Aerospace & Defence

BAE Systems is a global defence company with activities spanning production and support across air, land, sea and security markets. The group has operations in the UK, US, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Australia and now India.

Barratt Developments

Property

Barratt Developments is the UK’s biggest housebuilder by volume and also undertakes commercial development. The group’s products range from first-time buyer homes to luxury apartments and large family houses.

Bavarian Nordic

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

Bavarian Nordic is a Danish biotech company focused on bio-defence, cancer and infectious disease. Its two lead products are: Imvamune (smallpox vaccine) and Prostvac (a therapeutic vaccine for prostate cancer, entering Phase III).

Bellzone Mining

Mining

Bellzone Mining is focused on developing its Kalia and Forécariah iron assets in Guinea. It has an attributable JORC resource of 6.2bt of magnetite, upgradable to 68% Fe, and 111Mt of oxide and supergene BIF upgradeable to 127mt of 58% Fe.

Big Yellow

Property

Big Yellow is the UK’s leading self-storage group. It operates from 59 stores, 52 in London and the south and has another 11 stores in development. The fully built portfolio will comprise approximately 4.4m sq ft of flexible storage space.

BioInvent

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

BioInvent is a human therapeutic antibody company based in southern Sweden. It has four clinical candidates: two cardiovascular and two cancer. Two are partnered with Roche. Two candidates are being developed via a 40:60 collaboration with Thrombogenics.

Bionomics

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

Bionomics is an Australian biotech company focused on developing small molecule products for cancer, anxiety, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. Its lead programmes are a VDA and an anxiolytic compound.

Biotron

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

blinkx

Technology

blinkx provides video search services on the internet. It is the world's largest video search engine.

Booker Group

Food & Drink

Booker Group is the UK’s leading food wholesaler, supplying approximately 296,000 catering businesses and 72,000 independent retailers. It operates from 173 cash-and-carry branches throughout the United Kingdom and has a national delivery service.

Brady

Technology

Brady provides trading and risk management software for global commodity markets. It has more than 20 years of expertise and more than 500 users worldwide, including some of the largest financial institutions and mining corporations.

Brewin Dolphin

Financials

Brewin Dolphin is one of the largest independent private client investment managers in the UK and manages around £24bn. It provides a complete service for private investors, charities and pensions and has an investment banking division.

British Land

Property

British Land is the UK's largest owner of prime London offices and out-of-town retail properties.

British Portfolio Trust

Investment Trusts

The company seeks to provide shareholders with growth in capital and income over the long term through investing principally in UK-listed equities. Such equities will consist mainly of the shares in FTSE 100 companies, but will also include medium-sized and smaller companies.

BTG

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare

BTG is a UK-based biopharmaceutical company with a direct commercial presence in US acute care medicine and interventional oncology. It has a number of internal and partnered R&D programmes.