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Fri, 17th Dec 2010 12:30

Insurance broker CBG warned this year's revenue is likely to be lower than market forecast and as result, adjusted profit before tax is expected to be significantly below current expectations.The market background for the insurance broking division remains highly competitive and margins remain under pressure due to a combination of increased competition and difficult economic conditions, it adds.Online gamer GVC expects 2010 results to be in line with market expectations, with a final dividend to be in line with the €0.10c dividend paid in October. The CasinoClub brand saw average daily revenues of €78k in Q4-2010 against €81k for Q4-2009, with an especially strong December. Sports wagers rose by 41% to €205k per day in the last three months but margins have suffered, falling to 6%, following a run of unfavourable sports results.Aim-listed film producer InTandem swung into a net profit of £3.3m in the year to June against losses of £1.9m after a £3.9m sale of five films in a library. Operating losses fell to £642,000 from £992,000."The company has developed a slate of 20 new films for which it has been appointed as an executive producer and international sales company with total budgets in excess of £150m," chief executive Gary Smith said. Dart Energy has exercised its option to increase its equity stake in Fortune Oil's Fortune Liulin Gas (FLG) Co to 45% for $8.7m following "encouraging" technical and commercial progress on the coal-bed methane (CBM) Liulin Block in China.The money is payable in two equal tranches before 30 March 2011 and Fortune will hold the remaining 55% in FLG.Energy services group Hunting says the commentary and results guidance provided in October remains valid, with trading operations on track to deliver results in line with expectations. Ithaca Energy has bought UK North Sea gas interests from GDF Suez E&P UK Ltd for £6.7m in cash, giving it immediate operatorship of the Anglia field, and the Opal and Garnet undeveloped discoveries. The adjustment accounts for free cash flow generated by strong production throughout 2010 since the effective date of 1 January 2010. The unadjusted deal price, first flagged in August, was £11.25m.Melrose Resources is forecasting an average daily production rate in 2011 of 21.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (Mboepd) on a net entitlement basis, assuming a Brent oil price of $75 a barrel.The prediction, comprising 87% gas and 13% hydrocarbon liquids, is up 24% on this year's expected number of 17.5 Mboepd.Output on a working interest basis is forecast to hit 44 Mboepd, about 8% higher than the current 2010 market guidance of 40.7 Mboepd.Shares in Bezant Resources moved ahead after it announced an ore resource and mineable inventory statement for its Mankayan copper/gold project in the Philippines. It showed probable ore reserves of 189m tonnes at 0.46% copper and 0.49 grammes a tonne of gold. Total recoverable metal reserves amounted to 811,000 tonnes of copper and 2.21m ounces of gold. But GMA Resources' shares fell back after an update from its Amesmessa Gold Mine within the Tirek-Amesmessa Concession in South West Algeria."Our view remains that the Tirek-Amesmessa Concession is a wonderful exploration opportunity for a large tonnage gold deposit despite the existing struggling mining operation," said chief executive Ken Crichton.Shares in Redstone moved ahead after the managed services group narrowed losses in the half year to 30 September.Pre-tax losses were down to £1.53m from £5.41m over the same period the previous year on revenues that dropped to £32.4m from £36.9m.Chairman Ian Smith says the company is well-placed to take advantage of any opportunities that 'may arise from the economic fallout' in the information and communications technology sector.
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13 Oct 2009 08:23

Redstone names Hallett CFO

IT and telecoms group Redstone today confirmed chief financial officer Tim Perks has resigned. Commenting on his decision Perks said, "Now that the financial restructuring of the group is complete, I feel it is time to move on." Last month the heavily indebted group secured up to £6m in new fundin

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17 Sep 2009 12:12

Sector movers: Redstone rescue fails to lift tech stocks

Redstone, the heavily indebted IT and telecoms group, has secured up to £6m in new funding and renegotiated some of its debt facilities. The company's share price is up by 10% on the news , but overall, technology hardware & equipment is one of the worst performing sectors. It is dragged lower by

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17 Sep 2009 07:55

SVG and Gartmore rescue Redstone

Redstone, the heavily indebted IT and telecoms group, has secured up to £6m in new funding and renegotiated some of its debt facilities. The group has raised £6m through the issue of a loan note to SVG Investment Managers and Gartmore Investment. The issue will be in two tranches of £3m, with the p

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8 Sep 2009 17:01

London close: Footsie clings on to gains

Leading London shares closed mixed, with strong gains on resource stocks counter-balanced by losses on life assurance stocks. Kazakhmys, Antofagasta, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Vedanta Resources led the mining sector higher, as metal prices improved. Gold miners Fresnillo and Randgold Resources were

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8 Sep 2009 13:56

London afternoon: Holiday stocks take flight

After opening brightly London's leading shares have been treading water since the middle of the morning. Kazakhmys, Antofagasta, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Vedanta Resources lead the mining sector higher, as metal prices improve. Gold miner Randgold Resources is wanted after the price of gold bullio

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8 Sep 2009 10:55

Redstone in talks on Eckoh loan

Heavily indebted IT and telecoms group Redstone has downgraded earnings guidance for the year to end-March 2009 after a number of adjustments coming to light in the post balance sheet review period. The company now expects adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for th

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4 Jun 2009 17:03

London close: Rio bombshell pulls back Footsie

Rio Tinto dominated late trading as its deal with Chinese giant Chinalco looked all but dead in the water as the mining giant confirmed it is considering its options. A rights issue to raise up to $15bn could be announced as soon as tomorrow according to reports in Australia. Rio shares slumped by

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4 Jun 2009 14:27

London afternoon: Rio dives on Chinalco rumours

Disappointment with the Bank of England's decision not to expand its quantitative easing programme prompted a downturn in the market, wiping out the morning's gains. London's blue-chip index is also struggling with the burden of a weak mining sector, which has moved further into the red after rumou

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4 Jun 2009 13:15

TechMARK movers: Redstone drops on weaker H2

Redstone is leading the fallers after the IT and telecoms group said trading since the second half has been slightly below expectations after cost reduction measures took longer than expected to implement and as market conditions remain extremely challenging. EBITDA for the year ended 31 March 2009

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4 Jun 2009 08:08

Redstone H2 weaker than expected

IT and telecoms group Redstone said trading since the second half has been slightly below expectations after cost reduction measures took longer than expected to implement and as market conditions remain extremely challenging. EBITDA for the year ended 31 March 2009 is expected to be between £7.5m

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