UK dividends hit Q1 record at almost £20bn

Underlying growth forecast at £99.7bn for 2019

Mike Sheen
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Large one-off payouts helped push UK dividends to a first quarter record of £19.7bn, with UK dividends averaging a near-historic high, rising 15.7% to a yield of 4.6%, according to the latest quarterly dividend monitor from Link Asset Services.

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