Trading John Wood Group PLC John Wood Group PLC, which is also known simply as the Wood Group [LON: WG], is an international oil and gas services company based in Aberdeen, Scotland. In the energy sector, its volatility makes it interesting to anyone spread betting. The company has only been in existence since 1982, when […]

Trading Melrose PLC Melrose plc [LON: MRO] is an interesting prospect for spread betting, as it has a volatile record of share price. It is a buyout company, which looks for and takes on ailing businesses that it can turn around. It was founded in 2003, when it was listed on the London Stock Exchange’s […]

Spread Bet on SSE Shares | Trade SSE SSE is in the energy business. It was formed in 1998 from Scottish Hydro-Electric and Southern Electric, and was called Scottish & Southern Energy PLC until 2010, when a rebranding and change of image took place. In fact some spread betting providers still refer to the corporation […]

Spread Bet on Standard Chartered plc Shares Standard Chartered plc is an international bank and financial services company, head-quartered in London. It operates in more than 70 countries, and most of its profits come from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, perhaps because of its origins. The bank was formed in 1969 from a merger […]

Spread Bet on Standard Life plc Shares Standard Life is a long-term savings and investment business, head-quartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. It employs around 9000 people, 6000 of whom are in Scotland, and it services over 6 million customers in more than 50 countries. Standard Life has many divisions including corporate pensions, benefits, investments, joint ventures, […]

Spread Bet on Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle is one of the standards of the British food industry. It is multinational, and involved in much more than its familiar sugar and golden syrup markets. In fact, Lyle’s Golden Syrup was sold to American Sugar Refining in 2010, including the well-known Tate & Lyle Sugar […]

Spread Bet on Tullow Oil Shares Sector: Oil & Gas Producers Sub-sector: Exploration & Production Business: Exploring for hydrocarbons Tullow Oil (TLW) is a story of an entrepreneur who less than 30 years ago saw an opportunity. It is now the 30th largest company on the London Stock Exchange with a market cap of £11 […]

Spread Bet on United Utilities Group plc Shares United Utilities is a comparatively new company, but based on long-standing older companies. While you might feel that the provision of water and sewage services to 7 million people is a very stable company goal, the share prices have not yet recovered from a massive drop in […]

Spread Betting on Vedanta Resources Vedanta is a global mining company, the largest in India and with other mining operations in Australia and Zambia. It is head-quartered in London. The company was originally founded in 1976, but was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2003 in an IPO to raise money. It has also […]

Spread Bet on Weir Group plc The Weir Group is an engineering company based in Scotland, with its headquarters in Glasgow. It works in the mining, oil, and gas industries. It was founded in 1871 as an engineering company, specializing in pumping equipment, and in the First World War even manufactured aircraft along with munitions. […]