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Companies
SacOil Holdings
Oil & Gas
SacOil Holdings is an independent Pan-African upstream oil and gas company, listed both on AIM and JSE markets. Its portfolio includes offshore and onshore appraisal projects in Nigeria and an exploration project with Total in the DRC.
Sangamo BioSciences
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Sangamo BioSciences is a US research stage biotechnology company focused on developing ZFP Therapeutics, modified DNA-binding proteins to activate, suppress or modify gene expression. The technology has a wide range of potential therapeutic applications. SB-728 is its lead candidate in Phase II trials for HIV/AIDS.
Scapa Group
Basic Industries
Scapa Group manufactures technical tapes and film. Its standard and bespoke products are used in a range of different industries with applications for assembly, insulation, protection, repair and identification.
SciSys
Technology
SciSys provides a range of professional services in support of the planning, development and use of computer systems primarily in the space, government and media/broadcast sectors.
SeaEnergy
Alternative Energy
SeaEnergy is a UK-based company with a 25% stake in three of the largest scale offshore wind projects in Scotland. The majority partners are Scottish and Southern Energy and EDPR.
Securities Trust of Scotland
Financials
Launched in May 2005, as a vehicle for holders of the previous "Securities Trust of Scotland" to roll their holding into, STS is an income trust that pays quarterly dividends. Ross Watson, a director of Martin Currie’s investment team responsible for UK Growth & Income investments, has led the management of STS since its launch in 2005.
Senior
Aerospace & Defence
Senior designs and manufactures components and systems for the aerospace, defence, land vehicle, energy and industrial markets. It operates through two divisions: Aerospace (59% of 2010 sales) and Flexonics (41%).
Severfield-Rowen
Engineering
Severfield-Rowen is a leading UK structural steelwork fabricator operating across a broad range of market sectors
Share plc
Financials
Share plc owns The Share Centre and Sharefunds. The Share Centre is a self-select retail stockbroker that also offers share services for corporates and employees. A high proportion of income is derived from stable fee and interest-based revenues.
Shore Capital Group
Financials
An AIM-listed investment group, Shore Capital specialises in asset management, principal finance and equity capital markets (ECM). The ECM division offers a wide range of services for companies, institutions and other sophisticated clients, including corporate finance, stockbroking and market making.
Silverdell
Industrial Support Services
Silverdell offers industrial services in regulated activities, operating as a prime contractor or subcontractor to blue-chip companies across the UK. Its core activity is the remediation of asbestos.
Sinclair Pharma
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Sinclair Pharma is a UK-based speciality company with direct marketing operations in France, Italy, Spain and Germany and distributors in c 85 countries. It sells 45 products mostly in dermatology, oral health and wound care.
Sirius Real Estate
Property
Sirius Real Estate holds a portfolio of large, mixed-use commercial property in Germany, which it has progressively upgraded to provide flexible workspace, small to medium size offices, light industrial, logistics, distribution and storage space.
Slater & Gordon
Consumer Support Services
Slater & Gordon is the leading consumer law firm in Australia, also active in family law and large project litigation. Established in 1935, it was the first law firm anywhere in the world to list on the stock market (2007). It enjoys strong brand recognition and national coverage.
Smiths Group
Engineering
Smiths Group delivers products and services for the threat and contraband detection, medical devices, energy, communications and engineered components markets worldwide.
SOCO International
Oil & Gas
SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company. The company has interests in Vietnam, Thailand, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Sound Oil
Oil & Gas
Sound Oil is an oil and gas exploration and production company, with exploration interests in Indonesia.
Spirent Communications
Technology
Spirent Communications is a leading communications equipment company focused on manufacturing and delivering testing and service assurance solutions.
Sportingbet
Travel & Leisure
Sportingbet is a leading online sports betting and gaming operator focused on European and Australian markets supplemented by a small but fast-growing emerging markets business.
St Ives
Consumer Support Services
St Ives is the UK's leading printing group.
StatPro Group
Technology
StatPro Group provides asset management software and asset pricing to the global investment industry.
Straight
General Industrials
Straight provides waste and recycling collection products to local authorities, the waste industry, businesses and retail customers. It is the number one UK direct supplier of water butts and composters through its Blackwall brand.
Stratic Energy
Oil & Gas
Stratic Energy is a junior E&P company listed on Toronto TSX and London AIM. Its principal interests are located in the UK, Netherlands, Italy and Turkey with additional operations in Syria, Morocco and Slovenia.
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals is US biotech company focused on the development of anticancer drugs. Its lead compound, vosaroxin, is in a Phase III study for relapsed/refractory AML.
Synchronica
Technology
Synchronica develops and markets mobile email and synchronisation solutions.
Synta Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Synta Pharmaceuticals is a US biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules for treating cancer. It has two lead products: ganetespib (Phase IIb/III) and elesclomol (Phase II).
Salamander Energy
Oil & Gas
Salamander Energy is an independent E&P company with production and exploration asset in South Asia. Its operations are in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and in Lao PDR.
Sarantel Group
Electronics & Electrical Equipment
Sarantel develops and manufactures the world's most advanced miniature filtering antennas for mobile, wireless and hand-held devices.
Sceptre Leisure
Travel & Leisure
Sceptre Leisure is the second largest supplier of amusement machines to the UK pub sector. It also supplies lottery vending machines and other gaming products to UK social clubs.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust
Investment Companies
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust's objective is to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth through investment in smaller Asian-quoted companies. Its assets are invested in a diversified portfolio of securities – substantially in the form of equities though other listed investment companies and equity-related securities such as convertible bonds and warrants are permitted – in Asia excluding Japan and Australasia.
Secure Trust Bank
Financials
Secure Trust Bank is a well funded, strongly-capitalised bank whose lending is focused in several niches in the UK personal market. It is also building non-interest income from budget accounts and current accounts.
Seeing Machines
Technology
Seeing Machines is a technology company focused on designing vision-based human machine interfaces.
Serco
Industrial Support Services
Serco is an international outsourcer with operations across civil government (20% of revenues), local government & commercial (20%), Defence/Science/ Nuclear (21%), Americas (22%) and Africa/Middle East/Asia/Australasia (11%).
Shanks Group
Industrial Support Services
Shanks Group is an independent waste management company with operations in the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada.
Shire
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Shire is a speciality pharmaceutical company with important franchises in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs, gastrointestinal products and rare genetic disease treatments.
Sigma Capital Group
Investment Companies
Sigma Capital is a specialist asset management and advisory group that focuses on three areas: venture capital (VC) fund management, property investment management and university IP commercialisation (IPC).
Simba Energy
Oil & Gas
Simba Energy is a pan African oil and gas company focused on onshore projects. It holds a PSC contract for Block 2A in Kenya and has a 60% interest in a PSC for Block 1 and 2 onshore Republic of Guinea. It is planning to expand into Liberia, Mali and Ghana.
Sirius Minerals
Mining
Sirius Minerals is a diversified mining and exploration holding company with salt and potash interests in the UK, North America and Australia and initiatives in compressed air energy storage and carbon sequestration.
SkyePharma
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
SkyePharma is a drug delivery specialist that uses its technologies to develop new formulations of established drugs, bringing clinical and life cycle management benefits.
Smith & Nephew
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Smith & Nephew is a global medical device company with divisions selling orthopaedic products, endoscopy instruments and advanced wound management treatments.
SNC-Lavalin
Construction & Building Materials
SNC-Lavalin is a global engineering and construction company with c 21,000 employees. It has offices in over 35 countries and is a multi-product, multi-sector company with a well balanced revenue stream.
Sosei Group Corporation
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Sosei Group Corporation is a Japan-based biopharma focused on R&D and drug re-profiling. It is active in licensing – both its proprietary programmes, and external rights for the Japanese market.
South American Silver Corp
Mining
South American Silver intends to develop its wholly owned Malku Khota silver-indium-gallium project in Bolivia and explores for copper-gold-silver at its wholly owned Escalones project in Chile.
Sportech
Travel & Leisure
Sportech provides a variety of betting and gaming opportunities, including football pools, to over 1.5m customers through Littlewoods Gaming.
SQS Software Quality Systems AG
Technology
SQS is the largest independent provider of software testing and quality management services. The majority of its revenues are derived from consultancy services to a client base including a long list of blue-chip customers.
St. James’s Place
Financials
St. James’s Place is a leading UK wealth management company, established in 1991. It has grown to more than 200,000 clients with £24.8bn in funds under management. It is differentiated by providing its own advice-led distribution network and outsourcing investment management.
Stobart Group
Industrial Support Services
Stobart Group operates a multimodal transport business, including Eddie Stobart (road haulage, 82%), Stobart Rail (14%), Stobart Ports (3%) and Stobart Air (1%).
Stratec Biomedical
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Stratec is a German-based speciality designer and manufacturer of OEM diagnostic instruments. It is highly profitable with a global reach and a strong order book. A US subsidiary (acquired 2010) brought advanced optical capabilities and is being developed into a major US base. Production is in central Germany and Switzerland.
Sumatra Copper & Gold
Mining
Sumatra Copper & Gold is an emerging producer and explorer located on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It owns seven mining business permits (IUPs) covering 3,219 sq km.
Symphony Environmental Technologies
Basic Industries
Symphony designs and globally markets a special formulated additive that makes polythene and polypropylene oxo-biodegradable. The company also sells oxo-biodegradable finished product, such as carrier bags.
Syndicate Asset Management
Financials
Syndicate Asset Management is the holding company for an integrated group of specialist investment management businesses including Ashcourt Rowan (mass affluent), Savoy (high net worth) and EPIC (institutional – fixed income). Funds under management are around £5.8bn.
