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Tribal Group plc Tribal announces collaboration with US-based Consilience International to deliver new research management software for universities, and initial deployment at the University of Warwick Tribal Group plc ("Tribal"), a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, learning and training markets in the UK and internationally, has extended its technology portfolio to include university research support software. Tribal has entered into a collaborative relationship with Consilience International to provide its Ideate™ software system to universities in the UK. Ideate™ offers university research departments an integrated application to manage key areas of research and support provision. Combined with Tribal's leading position as a provider of student management systems to universities in the UK and overseas, the partnership will provide a significant enhancement to the management of university research departments. The first joint implementation of Ideate™ will be delivered for the University of Warwick, one of the UK's leading research universities.

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Investec Securities reiterated its "sell" recommendation for Marks & Spencer (MKS) with a 295p target price. The broker noted concern over the group's 50 basis point loss in womenswear market share, to 10.4%, which was worse than expected. Investec noted that women are the primary household shoppers and warned that the results could be a leading indicator of losses in other sectors. Investec forecasts pre-tax profits of 690.4 million pounds, rising to 754.8 million pounds in 2014

Shore Capital retained its "sell" stance on Enterprise Inns (ETI), despite the pub chain securing a new 220 million pound banking facility to December 2016. The broker warned that the firm will not be able to generate enough cash to meet its 513 million pound deleveraging requirement by September 2015 and believes that this will have to be achieved through the disposal of some 350 million pounds of assets. Shore added that this could result in underlying earnings falling by some 15%.

Singer Capital upgraded its recommendation for Synergy Health (SYR) from "fair value" to "buy", with an increased target price of 939p, from 887p. The healthcare company's acquisition of US hospital sterilisation group SRI Surgical Express led the broker to raise its revenue forecasts for the year ending 31st April 2013, to 377.9 million pounds from 313.2 million pounds. Singer also pointed out that on a prospective earning multiple of 13.5 times the shares trade at a discount to peers with a weaker geographic spread

Canaccord Genuity maintained its "buy" rating for Dialight (DIA) with a 1,200p target price. The broker said that the LED manufacturer's acquisition of lighting controls company Airinet provides it with a complementary service that will create greater energy savings for customers when sold in conjunction with the firm's existing products. On Canaccord's forecasts, the shares trade on a prospective multiple of 27.6 times for the year ending December 2012, falling to 21.6 times in 2013

Peel Hotels, which owns a network of nine hotels around the UK, had a shocker in the 12 months to February 5th as it failed to pass on the increasing costs of food and drink to customers. In what the Chairman, Robert Peel, described as the toughest year in the firm’s history, turnover fell 4% to £14.65m from £15.26m in the previous year. The real problem though is “gearing” or the debt Peel has taken on to finance its hotel chain. When revenue drops, even by a small amount, it has a big impact on profits. Profit before interest payments fell 54% on the prior year to £0.598m from £1.3m, resulting in a loss before tax of £228,000. Peel blames a cutback in government spending, as well as increased energy costs and the rise in VAT to 20%

Peter Nottage, vice president of Cobham Aviation Services said: "This is an extension of one of Cobham's foundation FIFO routes in Australia, strengthening our 12-year relationship with Minara Resources and its nickel operation in Western Australia. We are continuing to develop the services we offer to successful companies operating in Australia's growing mining and energy sectors."

Cobham Wins AUD$18 Million Contract from Minara Resources For Aviation Services PERTH, Australia - Cobham has extended its Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) service contract with Minara Resources to the end of 2015, transporting workers to the remote nickel mine at Murrin Murrin, 900km northeast of Perth. The two-and-a-half year contract extension is worth AUD$18 million and builds on one of Western Australia's longest FIFO relationships, with Cobham's operations commencing in 2001. Minara Resources is one of Australia's top three nickel producers.

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Construction nearing completion at 77 MW Chennai II project Equipment deliveries underway at 300 MW Gujarat project The Company is pleased to provide the following update on two of its projects. 77 MW Chennai II Construction activities at the 77 MW Chennai II plant are now nearing completion with commissioning trials set to commence from 15 June 2012. In order for the trials to proceed facilities such as the coal conveyor and chimney stack, shared with 77 MW Chennai I plant, need to be connected. To facilitate this, the Company has brought forward its annual two week maintenance programme on Chennai 1. Based on a successful trial period, the Company expects Chennai II to start generating commercial revenues from September 2012. 300 MW Gujarat Construction has progressed at the project site and boiler foundations for the first 150 MW module are complete with those for the accompanying 150 MW module also nearing completion. Significant amounts of equipment have already been delivered to site and assembly will commence shortly. Accordingly, the project remains on track for completion in 2013. Recent photographs of developments at both of the above projects have been placed on the Company's website at www.opgpower.com. The Company's other projects also remain on track. Annual Results - year ended 31 March 2012 The Company expects to issue its annual results on 2 July 2012.

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Dave Webster, CEO of Driver Group said: "We are delighted to have been awarded these contracts in Oman which we believe reflect the strength of our reputation and business in Oman and are testament to Management's focus on our core strengths in this region"

Contract Wins Driver Group, the global construction consultancy, is pleased to announce further progress from the Company's Middle East business following the award of two important contracts in Oman. The Driver Group is pleased to announce that is has been awarded a contract with the Public Authority for Electricity and Water ("PAEW") in Oman to provide consultancy and project management services to the department. In addition the Company has also been awarded a project management contract on the Al Hadshah to Al Hamra Roadway in Oman. The contract with PAEW is for a period of 60 months whilst that on the roadway is for 21 months. The combined value of these contracts is approximately OR 1.32 million (£2.2 million).

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Reserves Update As part of the Trial Production application process, an estimation of reserves associated with the J-51 and J-53 wells had to be prepared under the accepted Kazakh standards and then submitted to the Kazakh authorities for approval. The Company can confirm that the State Reserves Committee has now approved reserves for the areas associated with the J-50, 51, 52 and 53 wells. The State Reserves Committee has approved C1+C2 reserves equivalent to ~37 million barrels (mmbbl) of oil recoverable under the Russian GOST classification system; while similar, the Board caution against extrapolation of this figure directly into the 1P (proved) or 2P (proved plus probable) classification of the Petroleum Resource Management System ("PRMS") used by international oil and gas companies. Furthermore the Board advises that the estimation of C1+C2 reserves for Block 31 quoted above includes reserves for both the Triassic and Jurassic formations penetrated by the four wells, J-50, J-51, J-52 and J-53 and advises that the 24 mmbbl 2P recoverable reserves estimation prepared by Synergy currently in the public domain post the release of the May 2011 Competent Persons Report (CPR) are those within only the Triassic horizon after drilling J-50 and J-52. The Company expects to appoint an independent reserves engineer to undertake a comprehensive reserves study using the PRMS standards in early 2013, following the drilling of the next two exploration wells scheduled for 2H 2012. These wells are to be drilled on the new southern extension.

Exploration Licence In March 2012 the Company applied for a 2 year extension to the Block 31 Exploration Licence. The Exploration Licence has an initial 6 year term (ending December 2012) with two 2 year extensions. The first of these extensions has now been approved by the Kazakh authorities, thus enabling the Company to continue exploring on Block 31 until at least December 2014. It is expected that the second 2 year extension will be applied for during 2014. The Block 31 contract also provides for a 25 year Production Licence term and it is the Company's intention to continue exploring on the southern section of Block 31 whilst also applying, during 2013, for a Production Licence for the already discovered Akkar East field in the northern section of Block 31.

J-53 WELL AND RESERVES UPDATE KEY POINTS: · Kazakh Government approves 1st 2 year extension to exploration period for Block 31 Licence. Exploration period now runs to December 2014. · Kazakh authorities approve reserves for Block 31 post drilling of J-53 well. · Analysis of the performance of J-53 during its 90 day production test indicates that the frac stimulation of J-53 propagated into the oil-water-contact below the oil. · Preparations to workover J-53 to isolate this water zone from the oil zones above are underway and the work is expected to be undertaken during Q3 2012. The Board of Jupiter, the Kazakhstan-focused oil exploration and production company, quoted on AIM ("JPRL") and ASX ("JPR"), is pleased to provide shareholders with the following update on Block 31.

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Credit Suisse upgrades Burberry from neutral to outperform, target price increased from 1420p to 1650p.