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Any upgrade of the nation’s transport links and energy networks could prove a major boon for this Midlands-based a manufacturer of infrastructure and steel galvanising products, says Paul Hill.

Chancellor George Osborne is under immense political pressure to stimulate the economy. And how better to create jobs and improve productivity than by upgrading the nation's transport links and energy networks? It may even be possible to get the private sector to foot much of the bill by using private finance initiative schemes. This could prove a major boon for Hill & Smith.

The Midlands-based firm is a manufacturer of infrastructure and steel galvanising products, such as pipes, safety crash barriers, street lighting and gantries. While there are currently a few challenges in the British roads division (due partly to disruption from the Olympics), other parts of the group are doing well.

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Paul gained a degree in electrical engineering and went on to qualify as a chartered management accountant. He has extensive corporate finance and investment experience and is a member of the Securities Institute.

Over the past 16 years Paul has held top-level financial management and M&A roles for blue-chip companies such as O2, GKN and Unilever. He is now director of his own capital investment and consultancy firm, PMH Capital Limited.

Paul is an expert at analysing companies in new, fast-growing markets, and is an extremely shrewd stock-picker.