Oil prices may have been falling, but at more than $100 a barrel the oil price is still horrendously expensive. Oxford Catalysts believes it can help. The company produces catalysts that create clean fuels from oil, gas, coal and green energy sources, such as waste. Like many inventive companies, it is loss-making but it has plenty of cash in the bank and licenses its technology to bigger partners, so it can focus on innovation, which is intellectually demanding. Buy, says the Mail on Sunday.

Christopher Hyman, chief executive of support services group Serco is confident his company will deliver double-digit growth for this year and the foreseeable future. The group is one of those enviable businesses that is set to thrive as economic conditions deteriorate. Buy, says the MoS.

Dechra is the UK's third largest veterinary drugs and services company. Last week it posted a healthy increase in profits after January's acquisition of VetXX, which expanded its presence in several European markets. Buy, the Sunday Telegraph says.

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