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Siobhan Fagan, Head Head of Customer and Business Systems at Whitbread, said, "We have been working with Eckoh for some time now and we're extremely happy with the service they provide. Following the successful implementation of the Premier Inn automated booking service the next phase was to enable our customers to make safe, secure payments over the phone with an agent. In addition, we wanted to improve the management of our non-geographic numbers to overcome the complexities of operating and reporting on such a large volume of inbound phone numbers. Eckoh brings a great deal of expertise in the complex area of PCI DSS compliance and network management and as a trusted supplier they were the natural choice for us." Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer of Eckoh, commented: "Whitbread is a highly valued customer of Eckoh's and we are delighted that we are expanding our relationship with their adoption of our EckohPROTECT and EckohROUTE solutions. As we've seen with Whitbread there will be an increasing expectation for organisations to provide a secure payment environment, not only from a PCI DSS compliance perspective, but to maintain a high level of trust from the paying public when they disclose their personal card information. EckohPROTECT ensures that organisations can comply with these challenging security standards without compromising customer service and as a result we expect that the demand for this solution will only accelerate."

Eckoh expands services with Whitbread with a new three year deal Eckoh plc (AIM: ECK), the UK's leading provider of speech recognition and associated payment solutions, today announced that it has won a new three year contract with Whitbread plc, the UK's largest hotel and restaurant company, to provide a card payment solution for Whitbread's Premier Inn Customer Contact Centre (CCC). In December 2010, Eckoh secured a contract to provide an automated booking and payment service using advanced speech recognition to Whitbread's Premier Inn hotel chain and associated restaurants. This new agreement will build on the existing payment services by supplying Premier Inn with Eckoh's EckohPROTECT solution which is compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). EckohPROTECT enables customers to provide card payment details to a contact centre agent securely over the phone without those details being heard or transferred into the contact centre environment. This enables organisations to more easily comply with PCI DSS as well as reducing the opportunity of fraud and providing a more reassuring process for their customers. Eckoh will also be providing Premier Inn with EckohROUTE, which is an advanced call management service for Premier Inn's non-geographic phone numbers that will enable the efficient management of over 1500 numbers throughout the UK. By using Eckoh as their PCI DSS compliant service provider, Whitbread will be able to implement a more cost effective solution whilst continuing to expand the booking and payment services within the Customer Contact Centre. The service is expected to start in April 2013.

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Outlook As with other companies in this sector, we face very tough trading conditions, with depressed consumer confidence and structural changes within the market. The aim is to put in place the right strategy and business model, building on the strengths of our brands and market positions to create long term success. As usual trading will overall be more weighted towards the second half of the financial year and we expect to benefit from weaker comparatives as the year progresses.

Darty France At Darty France total revenue was down 1.2 per cent and by 2.5 per cent on a like-for-like basis, broadly in line with the market. Growth in White Goods, Multimedia and Communications was more than off-set by the very weak Vision market following last year's digital switch over, an effect we anticipate will continue for the coming months. With some small positive sales mix effect and against a relatively strong quarter last year, overall gross margin was down 80 basis points in line with that seen in recent quarters. Web-generated sales continued to grow strongly, up nearly 12 per cent to over 13 per cent of total product sales. The cost plans we launched last year are on track. The new Darty Telecom agreement completed and cash was received on 24 July and a new offer has now been launched in all stores.

Alan Parker, Chairman of Darty plc, commented: "Under my Chairmanship the Board is committed to increasing shareholder value and we will report the results of the review in December. We are determined to take the right decisions to restore profitability and create the foundations for our long term success. This will not happen overnight but in our brands and talented colleagues we have some great assets to build on." Commenting on the Group's performance, Chief Executive Thierry Falque-Pierrotin commented: "Markets have remained challenging, but we saw growth in all product categories except Vision which is still suffering following the digital switch over last year, particularly in France. We are seeing strong Multimedia sales which should be further supported by new products in the pipeline. We have also seen the benefits of our cross channel approach with further good growth in web generated sales. "We continue to reinforce our price positioning and improve store and back office efficiency so that we are well prepared for the more significant trading periods ahead."

Group Review The comprehensive review of the company, which we intend to complete by December, is covering all aspects of the business, including but not limited to the rejuvenation of Darty France and its profitability, accelerating the elimination of losses in our Developing businesses and the targeting of cost savings across the Group of at least €20m per year, on which work has already started. We are working with new advisers to support us in accelerating the implementation of the conclusions of the review. The recruitment of new non-executive directors has begun and as we announced separately today Thierry Falque-Pierrotin will leave the company by mutual agreement on completion of the review in December and we have commenced the search for a new Chief Executive.

Summary · All our markets have remained challenging. Against this background: o Total revenue in the period increased by 1.1 per cent in local currency and was flat on a like-for-like basis, despite a very weak Vision market, particularly in France following the digital switch over last year o Web-generated sales increased by over 13 per cent supported by the strength of our cross channel approach o Gross margin down 140 basis points, reflecting competitive pressures and product mix across the Group · New commercial agreement for Darty Telecom completed on 24 July · Review of the Group, its markets and its operations commenced under the new Chairman · As separately announced, upcoming change of Chief Executive following completion of the review in December

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Glyn Bottomley, Chief Executive of Manroy commented: "We believe the Group is poised to advance significantly over the next 12 months as a number of key contracts come to fruition. The Board continues to view the future with confidence and believes that the group is well positioned to take advantage a number of significant opportunities in the coming year." Canaccord Genuity Limited is acting as NOMAD and Sole Broker with respect to the Placing.

PLACING The Group also announces today that it has conditionally placed 850,000 ordinary shares at a price of 57p per share (the "Placing Price") to raise gross proceeds of £484,500 in accordance with the share issue authorities granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 4 April 2012. This represents an increase of 4.7% in the issued share capital of the Company and increases its issued share capital to 19,044,202 ordinary shares. The Placing Price represents a discount of 0.9% to the 57.5 pence closing mid-market price of Manroy's ordinary shares on 12 September 2012, being the last practicable date before this announcement. Admission to AIM and dealings in the new shares are expected to commence at 8.00am on 19 September 2012. The Placing will enable the Group to provide MUSA with sufficient funds which are expected to allow it to finalise the remaining requirements of the FAA approval process. This will then enable MUSA to begin delivering on its substantial existing order book of contracts to the US DoD. In addition, the Directors expect that the funds raised from the Placing will enable MUSA to become cashflow positive in the financial year 2012/2013 and therefore MUSA will not require further inter-group finance to fund the delivery and execution of its £9.8m order book. This placing includes a subscription for 100,526 ordinary shares at the Placing Price by Andrew Blurton, Chairman of Manroy, increasing his shareholding from 345,000 ordinary shares to 445,526 ordinary shares, representing 2.3% of the Company's enlarged share capital. It also includes a subscription for 109,374 ordinary shares at the Placing Price by Brian O'Donnell, a Director of Manroy, increasing his shareholding from 122,526 ordinary shares to 231,900 ordinary shares, representing 1.2% of the Company's enlarged share capital. Following the Placing and based on the Group's current projections, Manroy has sufficient working capital for at least 12 months following this announcement.

MUSA As part of the Group's stated strategy of penetrating the US$553bn defence market, Manroy has invested significantly in MUSA. Since MUSA's successful novation of US$10.4m (£6.6m) contracts in April 2012, MUSA's order book has grown by a further US$3.1m (£2.0m) to US$13.5m (£8.6m). MUSA continues to make progress in the First Article Acceptance ("FAA") testing and approvals process on the novated contracts. Final approval from the DoD on certain of these contracts enabling delivery is expected imminently, with the remaining approvals anticipated during the remainder of 2012 and the Spring of 2013. On 29 August 2012, Manroy also announced that MUSA had been granted Historically Underutilised Business Zone ("HUBZone") status, giving the company significant tendering and price advantages over non-HUBZone companies. The Board considers that this, along with MUSA's existing Small Business Administration ("SBA") status, will be highly advantageous in terms of winning future contracts with the DoD. UPDATE FOR YEAR ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2012 The Group reiterates its previously stated revenue guidance for the current financial ending 30 September 2012, which it expects to be in the region of £7.5m. Manroy expects that it will announce a small loss before amortisation of intangible assets and tax for the full year, in line with market forecasts.

MANROY Manroy continues to: progress a number of key contracts worldwide, increase its ability to fulfil contracts in both the domestic and export markets, diversify its product offering, and penetrate the key US defence market. Since January 2012 the Group has won £9.2m of new contracts (£7.2m in the UK and £2.0m in the US), in addition to the £6.6m (US$10.4m) of previously unfulfilled contracts successfully novated by the US Department of Defense ("DoD") to Manroy's 49% owned associated company Manroy USA in April 2012. Manroy's order book for the financial year ending 30 September 2013 already stands at £6.3m, representing 41% of the Group's forecast revenue for that year and includes: · a £4.1m order for HMG, GPMG and other ancillary equipment for an existing customer, announced on 9 July 2012; · on-going delivery of the blank ammunition order to UK MoD announced on 25 May 2011; and · £0.4m in new GPMG orders for delivery during the year. The Board remains confident that the key £8.0m export order referred to in the Group's half yearly financial report will be obtained during the calendar year 2012 and that delivery will commence in the early part of 2013.

TRADING UPDATE AND £484,500 PLACING OF NEW SHARES Manroy Plc ("Manroy" or the "Group"), the AIM quoted UK defence contractor, today announces a trading update and the placing of 850,000 new ordinary shares to existing institutional shareholders, Directors and individuals, at a price of 57 pence per share (the "Placing"). HIGHLIGHTS · Manroy continues to progress a number of key contracts worldwide; the Group has won £9.2m of new contracts this year in addition to the £6.6m of contracts novated to Manroy USA ("MUSA") in April 2012. · MUSA continues to progress First Article Acceptance ("FAA") testing and approvals process, with first approvals for certain of these contracts anticipated imminently. · Revenues for FY2012 expected to be in-line with previously stated guidance. · £484,500 raised by way of placing with institutional shareholders, Directors and individuals at a price of 57p per share

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Vin Murria, Chief Executive, commented: "This is a strategic product acquisition which extends the Group's patient care management software solution into the substantial community and mental healthcare market. "Strand's flagship solution CareNotes, has been developed with the assistance of 100's of clinicians from Trusts and Social Care organisations throughout England and will play an important role in supporting Advanced's strong growth in delivering care in the community and mobile healthcare solutions."

Advanced Computer Software Group plc Acquisition of Strand Technology for £2.0m Advanced Computer Software Group plc (AIM: "ASW", "Advanced", or "the Group"), a leading provider of healthcare and business management software and services, has acquired Strand Technology Limited, a leading supplier of clinical care management solutions to community care and mental health organisations, for a total cash consideration of £2.0m. Acquisition highlights · Strategic product acquisition for the Group's Advanced Health & Care division supporting penetration of the £100m market for community care as NPfit contracts end in 2014-16 · Strand's flagship solution CareNotes provides a fully integrated web-based health and social care solution covering all aspects of community and mental health care · Access to new customers across both public and private sectors · In the year ended 31 March 2012, Strand had a turnover of £1m, approximately 45% recurring

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