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Sometimes, changes to a company’s leadership team can be a cause for concern – especially if several top roles are switched at the same time.

Tip style

Income

Risk rating

Low

Timescale

Medium Term

Bull points

  • Family-run company with a long history
  • Exports are bolstering sales 
  • Generous and reliable dividend payer

Bear points

  • Weak UK market is weighing on revenue
  • Red Sea disruption has hit deliveries

But in the case of the new chair at flooring company James Halstead (JHD), it’s hard to think of a better continuity candidate than Mark Halstead. The great-grandson of the group’s eponymous founder, he has spent more than 30 years in the business – and the past 22 years as chief executive.