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Commenting on the Company's AIM listing, He Xuebo, Chief Executive Officer of Kada Technology, said: "The Board is delighted to join AIM; this marks a significant step for Kada, enabling us to capitalise on the considerable opportunities that exist in our key markets. In particular, the Board has identified a significant opportunity for growth in the Wireless Media Business and expects this to assist in the Company's future growth. The market for Kada's products and services is growing at a considerable rate domestically, and the Company has innovative technology coupled with a well established business to capitalise on this growth."

First Day of Dealings on AIM Kada Technology Holdings Limited, a well established Chinese provider of components and devices for the IT industry and consumer electronics, today announces the commencement of dealings of its issued 57,956,840 Ordinary Shares on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. finnCap is acting as Nominated Adviser and as Broker to the Company. The stock market EPIC will be KADA.L and the Company's market capitalisation is expected to be £103 million on Admission. The Company achieved profit before tax of US$13.6 million in the year ended 31 December 2011 and has joined AIM to increase its profile in anticipation of further expansion in the Wireless Media Business.

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Dave Webster, CEO of Driver Group said: "We are delighted to report continued progress in our Africa business especially via our strategic project management service offering. This latest contract win demonstrates the strengthening of our business in the region and a continuation of our plans to seek out appropriate joint venture opportunities."

Contract Win Driver Group, the global construction consultancy, is pleased to announce further progress from the Company's Africa business following the award of a further contract (circa $4.0m), the details of which remain confidential. The project is to be undertaken by a commercial Joint Venture between Driver Group Africa (Pty) Ltd and Matrix Project Managers (of Durban, South Africa).

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Commenting on the successful registration of Epistem's first Genedrive™ test, Matthew Walls, CEO said "This is an important milestone for the Company as we move towards our first significant revenue stream in the commercialization of Genedrive™"

Epistem Tuberculosis test gains CE-IVD registration Epistem (London AIM:EHP), the biotechnology and personalised medicine company, is pleased to announce the registration of its rapid molecular test for Tuberculosis (TB) test as a CE Marked in-vitro diagnostic medical device (CE-IVD). The registration enables Epistem and/or its authorised representatives to place its TB test and Genedrive™units for sale in the EEA member state markets. Genedrive™ provides a major advance in next generation molecular diagnostic testing by providing a rapid (30 minute), low cost, simple to use 'Point of Care' device with high sensitivity and specificity. Genedrive™ has applications across a wide range of bacterial, viral and fungal and somatic mutation disease status. Genedrive™ will be targeted at providing 'gold standard' identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and antibiotic resistance testing and will be priced competitively with traditional less reliable methods of diagnosis such as microscopy and culturing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has publicly recommended that nations incorporate new rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis into their disease testing programs. On the back of this CE-IVD registration, Epistem is now preparing regulatory submissions for India in advance of the anticipated launch of its first molecular TB test including patient assessment for antibiotic resistance towards the end of this year. India has the largest number of TB sufferers in the world, more than twice the number in China, which has the second highest infection rate. According to the WHO, every year 2 million new patients in India develop TB, with the highest incidence of fatalities occurring in remote rural areas.

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Trading update Stadium Group Plc (AIM: SDM), a leading electronic technologies group, provides the following pre-close trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2012. Trading for the six months ended 30 June 2012 was broadly in line with the expectations outlined in the recent AGM statement. As anticipated, sales were below that reported for the same period last year due to the underlying economic environment and the impact of the Company's decision to withdraw from a number of low margin legacy contracts. The consequent impact upon profits has been partially offset by a number of important new business wins and continuing cost reduction activity. We expect the second half of 2012 to see the full benefit of H1 business wins and further progress with operational improvements in overheads, factory efficiency and most significantly in procurement; taken together, substantially offsetting the impact of any reduced underlying revenues. In addition the Company is currently undertaking pre-production trials for two significant contracts for programmes that are planned to commence in Q4 of 2012. The outcome of these trials will be known in Q3. The Company also continues to pursue a number of potential acquisitions that complement the current activities which should enhance shareholder value over the medium-term. Stadium will announce its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2012 on Tuesday, 4 September 2012.

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CONT Screen advertising revenues, (which make up over half of "Other Income"), were -10.9% below the previous year, reflecting the general trend in the wider advertising market, and the anticipated focus of advertising on the European football championships. The balance of "Other Income" was impacted primarily by the removal of the booking fee, as well as lower sales of 3D glasses. Looking ahead to the second half of the financial year, our plans to open a new seven screen cinema in Aldershot and the completion of the conversion of our digital projection estate by the end of the summer are all progressing on schedule. While the timing of the Olympics is expected to add to the challenges of a tough third quarter comparative, the film line up has strong 3D product in the second half, which includes "The Amazing Spiderman", "Ice Age 4" and "The Hobbit" and is matched by an exciting range of 2D films including "The Dark Knight Rises", the concluding film of the Twilight series "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (part 2)" and the next Bond title "Skyfall". As a result we remain confident of delivering growth for the year as a whole in line with current market expectations.

CINEWORLD GROUP plc Trading Update Cineworld Group plc ("Cineworld" or the "Group") is due to publish its interim results for the 26 weeks ended 28 June 2012 on 16 August 2012. At the start of its close period, Cineworld is pleased to announce the following trading update. Revenues for the 26 weeks ended 28 June 2012: % change vs prior year 26 weeks Total Revenues + 1.1% Box Office +4.1% Retail -2.1% Other Income -18.7% Trading for the first half of the financial year is as expected and in line with previous guidance. A +4.1% increase in Box Office revenue was achieved reflecting growth in average ticket price and marginally lower admission levels (-0.8%). The removal of booking fees and launch of a 10% discount for tickets booked online has significantly accelerated the growth of "MyCineworld" registrations, which will grow a dedicated customer base and support enhanced customer relationship management in the future. Cineworld's box office market share was slightly lower in the period at 24.7%1 (2011: 24.9%). The cinema market1 in general grew approximately 4.3% in the period. Total retail revenue was affected by marginally lower spend per person of 1.3% reflecting the challenging consumer environment.

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Lookers Chief Executive, Peter Jones, said: "The acquisition is an important development in the group's representation of the Audi brand and our relationship with the VW Group and we are very pleased to be representing the brands in such key locations. Lomond is a business for which we have tremendous respect and we are looking forward to welcoming its great team of people to Lookers." The acquisition strengthens the group's presence in Scotland, where it operates as Taggarts Motor Group in Glasgow and Motherwell and represents the Land Rover, Jaguar, Volvo, Nissan, Peugeot and Hyundai brands.

Acquisition of Lomond Motors Limited Lookers plc, ("Lookers" or "the group"), one of the leading UK motor retail and aftersales service groups, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Lomond Motors Limited ("Lomond"). Lomond operates four significant Audi Centre dealerships in key locations in Scotland, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and Ayr, as well as the distribution of trade parts for the VW Group in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Lookers has acquired the entire issued share capital of Lomond from Mr Hugh McMahon for a cash consideration of £15.0 million, which has been satisfied using the group's existing bank facilities. The statutory accounts of Lomond for the year ending 31 December 2011 reported a profit before taxation of £0.7 million, with gross assets of £36.8 million and net assets of £5.3 million.

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Outlook for 2012/2013 § Group Escrow renewals forecast to increase by 4% to £17.9m (2011: £17.3m) § Assurance Division order book and renewals up by 10% to £25.5m (2011: £23.1m)

Rob Cotton, NCC Chief Executive, commented: "Since we listed the Group in 2004 at 170p per share we have delivered a consistent year-on-year performance. Over that time, including today's announcement, we will have paid 66.85p per share of dividends to shareholders, and grown operating profit by a CAGR of 21% - a notable achievement given the economic trading environment over the last few years. "We have built a very strong international business that is well positioned to capitalise on some of the key issues affecting the boardroom. The risk to all corporates as well as government bodies from cyber-crime and information security, for example has never been higher. As Jonathan Evans, the Director General of the Security Service, said on 25 June 2012, 'The Boards of all companies should consider the vulnerability of their own company to these (cyber) risks as part of their normal corporate governance'. "With our global reach and product range - we monitor 16 million web sites weekly and protect 15,000 clients around the world - as well as our strong forward visibility, we remain confident about continuing to maintain our strong growth record."