Even bikini-clad shareholders at the Shell AGM at the Barbican in London today couldn’t get in, despite wanting to spread even more happiness to fellow shareholders who were intent on looking after their ever-increasing investments.

Shareholders certainly had much to celebrate today – with the share-price having jumped 14 per cent since last year’s meeting, outperforming the FTSE 100 by over 10 per cent, there were smiles and celebratory pats on the back all round. Despite the offer of free £25 oil bets from the world’s leading fixed odds financial trading site BetOnMarkets.com, which has recently launched a new Shell trade, shareholders were just not interested.

Mike Wright, Director of BetOnMarkets.com, said: “Shell on the back of record oil prices has had a great financial year. Despite selecting some stunning girls for the promotion, decked in shells to mark the occasion, the shareholders only had eyes for the words of wisdom from the board.”