Just as young children eagerly anticipate the arrival of a jolly red and white suited man delivering gifts in December, investors also wait in hope for a Santa Rally. And the long-standing superstition that stock markets bounce in the run-up to Christmas has a fair amount of statistical backing, despite …

WHO IS IT? Emis, listed on London’s junior market AIM, provides software and IT services to GP surgeries across the UK. At the moment, it has a 56 per cent share of the market. Emis lets doctors across different parts of the NHS access a patient’s records quickly, helps pharmacies …