Link forecasts 34% hit to 2020 AIM dividend payouts after Q2 cancellations

Set to recover faster than main market

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Link Group has forecast that AIM dividend payouts will fall by 34% to a headline £873m in 2020 in its 'best-case scenario', after second-quarter dividends took a hit from cancellations and cuts in response to Covid-19 and a weakening economy.

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