The week’s best shares

Aveva Group

The Times

Shares in this “high-quality”, industrial software developer have fallen, but the secondhalf order book is strong. “Increasingly efficient” and locked into the long-term trend for business digitisation. Buy. £41.62.

Blancco Technology Group

The Daily Telegraph

This data deletion specialist’s marketing investment should reap rewards as revenues and margins grow and it expands into the “archive” cycle of data. Not yet profitable, but a debt-free, cash-generative “gem”. Buy. 191p.

Kingfisher

Investors Chronicle

Lockdowns have created buoyant trading conditions for the owner of Screwfix and B&Q. Shares have fallen on news of a vaccine, but it is still benefiting from entrenching DIY trends and changing shopping habits. Buy. 287p.

Lok’nStore

Investors Chronicle

The self-storage outfit has seen double-digit profit growth in line with rising occupancy, thanks to household and business demand. Addressing a “chronic lack of supply” with expansion plans for ten new stores. Buy. 560p.

Morgan Sindall Group

The Sunday Times

This diversified construction group operates in housebuilding and infrastructure. Projects include smart motorways and the Thames Tideway tunnel. Weathered the Covid storm well and set for recovery. Buy. £12.20.

Tate & Lyle

The Times

The speciality ingredientsmaker’s revenues and profits have slipped, but the trend for healthy food and drink looks set to continue. Tate & Lyle has clients in 120 markets and has maintained the interim dividend. Buy. 652p.