UK dividends will not recover until 2025 - Link Group
Payouts fell by 44% in 2020
The Covid-19 vaccine roll-out should hasten the recovery for UK dividends
UK company dividends are unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels until 2025, Link Group has predicted after payouts almost halved in 2020.
Dividends from UK plc fell by 44% to £61.9bn for 2020, the lowest annual total since 2011, and the first time since 2015 that distributions have not grown year-on-year. Two-thirds (67%) of all UK listed...
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