Have a look at Ashtead and Diploma, two good FSTE performers with increasing earnings and a good long term track record. Ashtead is one of those companies I have watched for years, and for many of those years I said to myself.. "too late, you missed it", similar to my Apple story...but nevertheless it keeps performing, so a couple of years ago I started accumulating, it has not been a disappointment.
Diploma I know from the industry I work in ( Life Science Consumables), they are a multi faceted company, kind of a mini conglomerate focusing on key certain sectors that are more or less the "picks and shovels" of Industry and Science.
I dabbled with BP a few yrs ago, mainly attracted by the yield at the time, but the share never really performed for me , so I ditched it at a small profit and decided to go for companies with a better track record and more prospects, I saw BP as a stale giant, bumbling along rather disappointingly.
A nice speculative Tech play that is debt free, growing earnings and profit is BOKU, they are in the e-payments sector.
And my current favourite, TRAINLINE, I have used their app for years ( I don't/can't drive) and found it seamless, easy and it saves me on train fares, so if the product works for me, Mr. Low Tech Average, I reckoned it was good. Again, growing in all the right ways and ofc, NFA, but it looks set for a nice breakout from current consolidations levels
OK thanks for the tips, I'll explore!