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Unilever, the company behind Persil, PG Tips and Flora said it will apply lessons from its Asian business as consumers change their shopping habits amid a financial crisis that has left Greece mired in recession for the past five years and Spain with the highest unemployment rate in the industrialised world. "Poverty is returning to Europe," Jan Zijderveld, the head of Unilever's European business told the Financial Times Deutschland in an interview. "If a consumer in Spain only spends 17 euros when they go shopping, then I'm not going to be able to sell them washing powder for half of their budget." Unilever has already started to change the way it sells some of its products. In Spain, the company sells Surf detergent in packages for as few as five washes, while in Greece, it now offers mashed potatoes and mayonnaise in small packages, and has created a low-cost brand for basic goods such as tea and olive oil, according to The Telegraph.

"The consideration of the future expansion of Pinewood Studios is ongoing. We are aiming to submit a planning application in the autumn. A long term plan for growth and investment at Pinewood Studios is necessary to remain globally competitive and respond to the changing needs and future demand of the screen and digital industries. "Discussions with the Government of the Isle of Man for the Company to source and advise on film investment opportunities for its £25 million Media Development Fund are progressing well and a further announcement will be made in due course. "At the time of the publication of the Company's unaudited results for the fifteen month period ended 31 March 2012 on 23 May, 2012, the Company reported that it had made a positive start to the new financial year and this has continued. "The Board continues to look forward to the future with confidence".

Pinewood Shepperton plc ("Pinewood" or the "Company") AGM Business and Trading Update At today's Annual General Meeting to be held at 10.30 am, Pinewood Shepperton plc Chairman, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, CBE will make the following statement to shareholders: "The Company's strategy has ensured that it has performed strongly during difficult economic conditions. The Company continues to invest in its facilities to ensure high levels of utilisation and that it remains a leading destination of choice for producers of creative content. As part of this we have embarked on a major investment in our television business. Film revenues reflect near capacity activity and Media Park is enjoying high occupancy levels. "We completed a successful refinancing of our main banking facilities in May. Pinewood's shares were delisted from the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and admitted to trading on AIM on 23 July, along with a £5.4 million placing of new ordinary shares.

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Trading Statement Coral Products plc (AIM: CRU), which specialises in the design, manufacture and supply of injection-moulded plastic products, is pleased to report that trading for the first quarter of the financial year to 30 April 2013 has been solid and is in line with management expectations. In particular, Interpack Limited ("Interpack"), Coral's food packaging sales and distribution subsidiary, has continued to perform strongly and the Board looks forward to including the effect of its first full year in the Group's results. Investment in manufacturing plant for food packaging containers and the upgrading of the Group's facilities has now been completed. Production of seven new products has commenced and sales are encouraging. Coral continues to invest in new products and its range of domestic waste and recycling products will expand through the introduction of an "Inner Caddy" for household wheeled bins which is expected to be in production by the end of 2012. Following the successful acquisition of Interpack in September 2011, the Board has confidence in the strategy it has in place and is looking for further complementary earnings-enhancing acquisitions.

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Profit down but short to mid looks decent

Outlook Considerable progress has been achieved in the period, as demonstrated by our order book and record levels of order book sales. The acquisition of DEP is performing to plan and we continue to invest in our systems and processes to further improve efficiency. We start the second half of the year with confidence and with the financial benefit of our strong sales performance in H1 2012 beginning to flow. We look forward to building on this success in the second half of 2012 and into 2013 with confidence.

Commenting on the results, Janet Thornton, Managing Director of Inspired said: "The business has made extremely good progress this year and delivered record results in the first half year, notwithstanding the increased investment in key staff within the period. "DEP, which we acquired in mid-April, is performing well and we have already completed the integration of the IT and financial reporting onto a single Group-wide platform with further synergies to be achieved. "We have continued to build on the strong sales performance into the second half with a record forward order book and are well placed for the current year and into 2013 to continue to build revenue streams from existing clients and new service lines. In line with our strategy we will continue to invest in our systems and our people to improve efficiency and our broader service offering to our customers."

Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 June 2012 Inspired Energy plc (AIM: INSE), a leading UK energy procurement consultant to UK corporates, announces its consolidated, interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2012. Operational and Financial Highlights § Financial performance in line with management expectations § Revenue in the six months to 30 June 2012 was £2.1m (six months to 30 June 2011: £1.5m) § Earnings before fees associated with acquisition/listing, depreciation and amortisation for the period was £1.1m (six months to 30 June 2011: £0.9m) § Acquisition of Direct Energy Purchasing Limited ("DEP") performing in line with expectations § Record six months of order book sales of £2.9m (six months to 30 June 2011: £1.9m), an increase of 53%* § Inspired order book of £5.5m as at 30 June 2012 (30 June 2011: £4.0m) increasing 38% * § Total order book, including secured contract values of DEP clients, of £7.9m as at 30 June 2012 § Accelerated and completed planned staff expansion with several high quality hires § Secured additional exclusive contracts with chosen energy suppliers through to 2015 § Successful implementation of new IT systems across majority of business processes * Inspired Energy Solutions only; stated prior to impact of DEP, following acquisition

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Outlook The Board remains cautious regarding the wider economic outlook, given continuing issues in the eurozone and their effect on the global economy. However, Yule Catto's strong portfolio of market leading products, our high percentage of sales into Asia and other developing economies, and the near term synergy benefits from PolymerLatex, all underpin the Board's confidence in the Group's prospects for the longer term. Assuming there is no further deterioration in the global economy, the Board's expectations remain unchanged from the June trading update, for full year underlying profit before tax ahead of 2011 pro-forma of £96 million.

Commenting on the results, Adrian Whitfield, Group Chief Executive, said: "We have delivered a solid set of results in a challenging environment driven by a strong performance in Europe and North America, which accounted for 84% of our profits. The PolymerLatex acquisition has significantly enhanced our product portfolio and reach, as well as provided additional cash resources which we are using to invest in emerging markets and innovation to position us for future growth. As previously announced, the nitrile latex business experienced a difficult competitive environment, driving a weaker performance in that part of our Asia and ROW business, with the rest of the portfolio making good progress. Assuming there is no further deterioration in the global economy, the Board's expectations remain unchanged from the June trading update, for full year underlying profit before tax ahead of 2011 pro-forma of £96 million."

· Solid Group performance despite challenging macroeconomic conditions and tough trading environment in Asian nitrile markets · Strong performance in Europe and North America reflecting underlying profit growth and the benefits of the PolymerLatex acquisition synergies · £9 million of synergies from PolymerLatex in H1; on track to deliver £25 million of total synergies by March 2013 · Asia and ROW impacted by previously announced competitive environment in nitrile latex, with continued good levels of growth across other businesses · 83.3% increase in interim dividend reflects commitment to deliver a progressive dividend policy · Strong balance sheet; Net debt reduced to £174 million (H1 2011: £240 million) · Board strengthened by appointments of Ishbel Macpherson and Dr. Just Jansz

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The UsingMiles service includes a personalized dashboard that allows users to view a wide range of loyalty and rewards programmes. "Many of those dashboards contain more than US$10,000 worth of second currencies, and often expiration dates are only a month or two away," says Jon Nordmark, CEO of UsingMiles. "Those individual dashboards give UsingMiles unique insights across multiple loyalty and rewards programmes, enabling UsingMiles to deliver personalized recommendations to members so that rewards are not left unused." Alexander Selegenev, Executive Director of TMT Investments PLC, commented: "With marketing firm Colloquy estimating that about 33% of the reward points earned by US consumers worth a total of $16 billion go unused each year, we believe UsingMiles is well positioned to become a leading universal 'second currency' management system across many sectors including travel, hotels, restaurants and retail, as well as other segments. UsingMiles is quickly expanding the number of partner loyalty programmes with which it has signed agreements and has an active monetization programme in place at various levels."

TMT Investments* (TMT) has acquired a 3% stake in UsingMiles Inc, a business providing its members with advice on how to use their reward points efficiently, for 250,000 dollars. The UsingMiles service currently has over 63,000 members and manages of over billion miles, points and credits which a estimated asset value in excess of 200 million dollars. For the twelve months to December 2011 the business reported a pre-tax loss of 2.32 million dollars and held net assets of 268,000 dollars. TMT shares closed unchanged at 1.475p.

Neil Goodall CEO commented: "We are excited by the opportunity of sharing the international resources, network and facilities of Catalis. With the support of Catalis, we can really accelerate the development and profile of our platform, improving both our technology and our customer base."

Social networking website builder SocialGO (SGO) admitted that revenues for the six months to June are expected to be materially below those reported for the same period in 2011, the reasons for which it did not disclose. It did add however that losses from operations would be lower than 2011 following the implementation of cost cutting exercises during the period. On a separate note the group added that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Catalis SE, a well regarded business in the media industry, with clients including Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Nokia and Disney. Catalis will pay SocialGo a fee of 50,000 pounds per month to use its products and services, which will be sufficient to cover the current cost base of the SocialGO system. SocialGO shares dived 0.125p to 0.575p.

Coverage Hellenic Carriers (HCL) shares jumped by 1.5p to 21p as the marine transportation services company announced that it has completed the sale of its Panamax dry bulk carrier, M/V Hellenic Sea, for 5.3 million dollars. Taking into account the vessel's net book value and expenses related to the sale, Hellenic will realised a net book value loss of 200,000 dollars.