By Nick Sudbury It is estimated that the number of older people in the world – defined as those aged 60 or over – will increase from 901 million to more than 1.4 billion over the fifteen years to 2030. By the end of this period they will be more common than children under 9, while those in the 80 plus bracket will have passed the 200 million mark. The ageing population will create many challenges, especially for governments who will have to pay for the pension and medical needs of the growing number of retirees out of the taxes generated by a smaller workforce, but there will also be opportunities. In many countries older people own up to three-quarters of net financial wealth, which means that companies that can successfully market products and services to them may be able to grow faster than the market as a whole. Businesses operating in the healthcare, pensions, insurance and leisure industries could all be major beneficiaries... Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report - The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,463.59 a decrease of 81.78 points.
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Supermarket owner and wholesaler Booker Group (BOK) said that sales in the 12 weeks ended 17th June were 10% higher than during the same period of 2015. Deflated food prices meant that like-for-like non tobacco revenues were down by 0.7% for the period in its wholesale operations with some clients reporting weak demand from their customers. Performance so far is roughly in line with expectations and the integrations of Budgens and Londis is on track. Booker shares climbed by 2.10p to 166.50p. |
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