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Chris Moore, Chief Executive, commented: "It's fantastic to be reflecting on another incredible year of growth - especially as 2010 saw Domino's celebrating 25 years in the UK. It has been a great year with a particular highlight being the opening of our new commissary, which provides the base we need to continue to grow over the coming years. "For the last few years, we have been talking about our strong sales figures beating some tough comparatives - and this year is no exception. We have set ourselves some challenging targets to beat in the coming year, but we believe that a great product, supported by exemplary customer service and innovative marketing, will continue to recruit new and retain existing customers in 2011. "We have again finished the year with a like-for-like sales performance that is ahead of expectations and, together with the improvements in our operational gearing, I am delighted to announce that the Company will deliver full year 2010 profits ahead of current City expectations. We will update the market further on 15 February 2011 with the publication of the Company's preliminary results."

Domino's is delighted to announce system sales for the period increased by 17.8% to £132.5m (2009: £112.4m). System sales for the 52 weeks ended 26 December 2010 increased by 19.2% to £485.3m (2009: £407.0m). Like-for-like sales in 553 mature stores grew by 10.3% for the period (2009: 8.6% in 501 mature stores), bringing like-for-like sales growth for the year to 11.9% (2009: 8.4%). The Company has continued its strong expansion plans during the year and opened a record 57 new stores (2009: 55), including the first Domino's stores on the Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight. No stores were closed during the year, bringing the total number of stores in the system at the year end to 665 (2009: 608). We have continued to see excellent growth in e-commerce sales during the year, supported by the introduction of our iPhone ordering app and increased activity in the social media arena. Since its launch in September 2010, over £1million of sales in the UK have been taken through the iPhone app. E-commerce sales for the year in the UK and Republic of Ireland were £128.0m (2009: £78.5m), an increase of 63.0% (2009: 40.4%), and now account for 35.8% of UK delivered sales (2009: 27.8%). With the impending launch of an ordering app for android phones, these figures are expected to continue to rise. The Company continues its policy of returning cash, which is not required in the business, to shareholders in the form of share buybacks and dividends. The total amount returned to shareholders during the year was £18.3m (2009: £18.1m). The Company acquired and subsequently cancelled 1.2m shares at a cost of £4.7m and a further £13.6m was paid out in dividends.

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papermaker - to be honest I only stumbled across this Company last week and marked it down for further research - so I know very little....just in from a nightshift so will have a look later this afternoon....have you been following them ?

Jubilant Energy N.V. ("Jubilant" or the "Company") Appraisal well spudded in Deen Dayal East area of Krishna Godavari Block (KG-OSN-2001/3) Jubilant is pleased to announce that the appraisal well DDE-APP-1, located in 101 meters of water, was spudded on Saturday, 1 January 2011 by the Deep Driller-1 rig from Aban Offshore Limited. This is the second appraisal well in the Deen Dayal East ("DDE") area of the KG-OSN-2001/3 block. The target depth of the well is 4750 meters true vertical depth with the objective of appraising the hydrocarbon bearing sands of KG-16 discovery well. This is the seventeenth well to be drilled by the consortium in the block. The last 12 of the wells drilled all tested gas and condensate. Of these wells, four were drilled in Deen Dayal West, two in Deen Dayal East (including one appraisal well), two in Deen Dayal North, two in Deen Dayal North East-BRU and two in Deen Dayal Downthrown. Jubilant holds a 10% participating interest in this block through its subsidiary Jubilant Offshore Drilling Private Limited in India. Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited, with an 80% participating interest, is the Operator for the block. Max Birley, BSc in Geological Geophysics, the Company's Chief Operating Officer, has 29 years' experience in the international exploration and production industry. He has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this announcement pursuant to the AIM guidance note for mining and oil and gas companies.

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Buy Park Group (PKG) at 32.5p Says The AIM & PLUS Newsletter First tipped in the July 2010 issue at 20p, Park Group shares have since increased in value by over 59%! But with a strong position in its market, significant asset backing and a good yield, the experts at the AIM & PLUS Newsletter believe the shares have much further to go.

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/24291/coal-bed-methanehow-this-unconventional-source-of-gas-could-become-mainstream--24291.html Green Dragon Gas (LON:GDG) Valued at around US$1.5 billion this China based coal bed methane producer is at a more advanced stage in its development than IGas, albeit in a much different market. Green Dragon is one of the largest independent producers and distributors of coal bed methane gas in the People’s Republic. It is an independent firm with integrated business spanning both upstream and downstream units. Across all assets Green Dragon has around 25.5 trillion cubic feet of gas-in-place, with a 2.3 trillion cubic feet 3P reserve (proven, probable and possible). The net present value of those assets is US9.3 billion. Green Dragon’s wholesale (mid-stream) division sold 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas in the first half of the current financial year, while the downstream business sold 5.17 billion cubic feet. In early December Green Dragon raised US$103 million, via an institutional share placing, to accelerate its drill programme in the Shizhuang South block To do this it is buying an additional 25 drilling rigs, to complement the existing seven, with delivery set for the end of next year.

An extract from the diaries of infamous bear raider Evil Knievil I hear that Geiger Counter (GCL) is doing well. Actually, I would make it my nap for 2011 if it were not for the fact that it is an investment fund and therefore merely reflects a sector average. But lazy investors who like it reasonably sure and easy are urged to climb aboard. There are warrants, described as subscription shares, (GCLS) convertible to ordinaries by 31st January on payment of 75p per share.

They may be certain of a move - I dont know but one thing is for certain is that the spread will have to narrow somewhat to encourage anyone at all to invest....... the second you buy at the current spread you would be down 50% if you tried to sell.- is this a common problem with this SP?

Sunday Telegraph share tips for 2011 AMANDA ANDREWS INFORMA = Informa, the business-to-business group, may be a far cry from the glamour and consumer appeal of most UK media stocks. However, the breadth of its businesses, the speed of growth in late 2010 and low exposure to volatile advertising markets, make it a front runner in the unpredictable media sector. There are clear risks. However, Informa, which owns Datamonitor and Taylor & Francis, has proved to be structurally robust and well placed to deliver growth in 2011. It recently announced good recovery in conferences, double-digit growth in forward bookings at its exhibitions division and improvement at its training arm. High debt levels have cast a dark shadow over Informa in recent years, but its balance sheet now looks much stronger. Net (Berlin: NETK.BE - news) debt is set to finish the year at 2 to 2.5 times earnings. A merger with UBM, which came close in June 2008, now seems less likely , but there is still M&A potential. The likely long-term future of Informa is to merge with Springer Science & Media. There are clear risks, as conference attendance and journal subscriptions will be hit in the event of a downturn in 2011. The exhibition business is also weighted towards the first half of the year. However, if the economy is on its side, Informa could prove to be the envy of its more colourful friends in the media sector.

Sunday Telegraph share tips for 2011 = JAMES HALL MULBERRY = Mulberry is a mini-Burberry and is well worth a punt. Shares in the luxury label which is best known for its handbags doubled last year, but there is a lot more growth to come. The company recently said Spring/Summer 2011 orders were up by 91pc and that revenues over the first six months of its financial year increased by 38pc to £44.7m. It is about to open new stores in Manchester (Frankfurt: A0ETDJ - news) , Sydney and Amsterdam as well as the flagship store on New Bond Street, London. Mulberry is a hot brand right now. In December it won the “designer brand” award at the British Fashion Awards. For a clue of how it might perform, look at Burberry. Mulberry’s trajectory is a number of years behind the larger label’s growth pattern and Burberry’s growth has continued unabated. Mulberry is expanding quickly into Asia and is taking full advantage of the emerging middle classes there. At present it has 44 shops in the UK and 38 around the world, but by the end of 2011 it will have more stores overseas than it does in the UK. Hot brands can go cold, but there is no sign of this happening at Mulberry. The company has a steady, small group of large shareholders. Stick some shares in your Tillie bag and watch them soar.

Phaunos Timber Fund Limited Phaunos announces the closing of two additional assets in Jiangxi, China (December 31,2010), The Board of Phaunos Timber Fund Limited ("Phaunos" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company's indirect subsidiary, Green China (Jiangxi) Forestry Co. Ltd ("GCJ") has completed two additional timberland acquisitions in Jiangxi, China, which werepreviously announced by the Company on July 14, 2010. The total consideration for both transactions is approximately US$13.2million. The assets consist of pine, fir, and other species, which are grown for the sawn timber market. In November 2010, the World Bank raised its forecast for China's GDP growth in full-year 2010 to 10% from its previous estimate of 9.5%. Timber prices in China have recovered significantly in 2010. According to Wood Market's China Bulletin (November 2010 edition),the price of fir and pine in Fuzhou, Fujian Provincehas increased 13% and 9% respectively, compared to the same period last year. Qinhai Xia, Director of Investments and Acquisitions at FourWinds Capital Management, the Company's investment manager, commented on the announcement, "We are very pleased to complete the acquisition of these two assets. With sustained strong GDP growth in China, we continue to believe thatthe fibre shortage in China will take time to reach equilibrium while timber prices continue the favourable trend."

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CONT. Hardy holds a stake not just in Block D9 but also in Block D3. The company in November announced the KGV-D3-W1 natural gas discovery (Dhirubhai 52) as the fourth consecutive find on the D3 block. Earlier, in the past 18 months, the Dhirubhai 41 discovery encountered good quality reservoirs in the Pleistocene and Pliocene formations and confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons. The Dhirubhai 39 find encountered a gross sand thickness of 84 metres and flowed 38 million cf/d of gas from a 20 metre section during a drill stem test. Then, last December a third discovery well proved the Miocene (a Tertiary play type) and increased the geological chance of success for Miocene prospects on the block from 45 to 70 per cent. The company has not quantified the amount of gas likely from Dhirubhai 52 but on the basis of these earlier well results, it is most likely to be substantial. As with Block D9 Hardy has 10 per cent of the action on Block D3, with Reliance the operator and 90 per cent partner. Ten per cent might not sound a large stake but it is 10 per cent of a lot of gas by the looks of things. Last April Gaffney Kline Associates, independent reservoir engineers updated a Competent Persons Report (CPR) which increased the gross risked prospective resources from prospects from 2,500 bcf to 3900 bcf . Another reserves update could well be forthcoming. The latest discovery is the fourth well in a six well programme. Block D9 at one stage seemed more prospective than D3, with a higher prospective resources estimate. However, the first well, the KG-D9-A1, which targeted a middle Miocene play, disappointed. This duster not only triggered a 41 per cent fall in the company’s share price at the time, but also led to a downward revision of resources. GCA downgraded the gross prospective resources estimate from prospects and leads from 1tcf to 5,200 bcf. None of this is to suggest that the KG-D9-B3 well is a make or break proposition. The finds on D3 could turn out to be world class discoveries in their own right. It is just that if Hardy can replicate its success on D3 on D9 it would have a truly company- making situation on its hands. There is everything to play for. The current well is the second in a four well programme.

December 30, 2010 Hardy Oil & Gas Spuds A Second Well On Its Potentially High Impact Acreage In The Krishna Godavari Basin Off The East Coast Of India All exploration wells are important to an E & P company. But perhaps some are more pivotal than others. For LSE main board-listed Hardy Oil & Gas the new well that has just started drilling could fall into the pivotal category. The company has announced the commencement of its second exploration effort on the D9 exploration licence. The exploration well KG-D9-B3 began drilling on December 20 2010 using the Transocean drillship Discoverer India in a water depth of approximately 2,950 metres. The target depth of the well, which aims to explore the hydrocarbon potential of Tertiary aged sands, is 3,830 metres MD. The D9 exploration licence is located in the Krishna Godavari basin on the East Coast of India which covers an area of approximately 11,605 km2. Hardy holds a 10 per cent participating interest in the licence which is operated by Reliance industries, one of India’s industrial powerhouses. Having recently divested its non-core assets in Nigeria, Hardy is now completely focused on India. It has production in the form of an 18 per cent interest in the PY-3 field in southern India. Gross daily production in the third quarter of 2010 averaged 3,367 standard barrels of oil per day (stbd) (net 606 stbd barrels, Q3 2009:28stbd). Average gross daily production for the month of October 2010 was 3,420 stbd. Elsewhere in India a proposal for a declaration of commerciality on the GS-01 Dhirubhai 33 natural gas discovery has been submitted to the Director-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH). In CY-OS/2, the company initiated a formal dispute resolution process in accordance with the PSC to extend the licence to January 2012. This process is ongoing. A well is planned in late 2011 on Hardy’s asset in Assam onshore India. Investors are without doubt, however, more interested in Hardy’s main activity, which is the high impact exploration in the deep waters of the Khrishna Godavari Basin. This is a proven prolific hydrocarbon basin with world class discoveries such as those on the Reliance operated Block D6, where production is expected to reach 80 million cubic feet per day in 2011, effectively doubling energy hungry India’s domestic natural gas capacity.