The week’s best shares

This highly acquisitive tech firm develops e-commerce software for theme parks and rock concert promoters. Risky, but customers include Merlin and Carnival, and it is venturing into new markets. Buy. £27.95.

Devro The Daily Telegraph

The sausage skin-maker’s turnaround plan is on track with strong overseas growth and improved margins. Cash generation is good and shares are set to recover. Yields an appetising 4.5%. Buy. 206.7p.

Manx Telecom The Times

Shares in the telecoms firm are near four-year lows. But Manx is at the forefront of the Isle of Man’s fast-growing tech sector, and a new hearing product for mobile phones has strong growth potential. Buy. 182.5p.

Ricardo Investors Chronicle

The engineering group has been hit by Brexit uncertainty and challenges in the automotive sector, but it is set to benefit from trends towards electrification, renewables and urbanisation. Prospects are compelling. Buy. 840p.

Sumo Group The Mail on Sunday

This innovative video games developer is ideally placed to make hay from the switch to digital in a fast-growing market. Well run, with high margins and loyal customers, including Microsoft, Sony and Sega. Buy. 182p.

Whitbread The Daily Telegraph

Whitbread remains an “extraordinary” business even shorn of Costa Coffee, thanks to the Premier Inn hotel chain. It has a good reputation, loyal customers, high returns on capital and a solid growth plan. Buy. £47.21.