Five of the Best: UK small-cap stocks that can keep climbing

The FTSE Small Cap index is up 23% in the last twelve months, compared to a gain of 12% for the FTSE 100. Such a level of outperformance from the small cap index has left it on a multi-year high, but investors say there are still some stock specific oportunities out there. Hermes managers David Stormont and John Leahy - top performing manaergs who have returned 75.52% via the Hermes UK Small and Mid Cap fund compared to a return of 57.06% from the Numis Smaller Companies index in the last three years - have selected a range of shares they are backing to keep on delivering returns. ...