UK share dividends hit a record £68.7 billion in 2011, according to research out today.
Capita Registrars, which analysed statistics from Exchange Data International based on the FTSE-100 and FTSE-250, said the total gross figure showed a 19.4% rise on the £56.8bn reported in 2010 and the first year-on-year increase since the banking crisis in 2008.
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