Shares in focus: Paving a road to profit

Engineering consultancy firm Atkins is no bargain, says Phil Oakley. Can the business keep growing in the long run?

It'll take a while to build, but start walking it now, says Phil Oakley.

Imagine a world without decent roads, railways, bridges, buildings and the means of getting electricity and clean water into our homes. Most of us take a lot of this for granted and see the people in high visibility jackets and hard hats building these things out in the real world as an everyday occurrence.

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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.