Highcroft Investments plc announced that whilst the business has performed robustly during the first half of 2020 against a difficult backdrop, the company remain mindful of the increased risk brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential knock-on effect to its tenants. Highcroft has been a public company for several decades and has always prided itself on paying an increased dividend each year. The group is, however, operating in very unusual and unpredictable times and is, as a result, taking a cautious approach to working capital management to ensure that it is able to continue to deliver long term shareholder value post COVID-19. The company have therefore decided to defer its decision in relation to the interim dividend until October when The company will have the initial indications of its Fourth Quarter rent collection and more information as to the anticipated impact of the pandemic during the remainder of this financial year and in to 2021.