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Northland Capital Partners kept its "buy" recommendation on Hyder Consulting (HYC) with a target price of 500p after a positive set of interim results from the engineering firm. The broker was impressed with the company's 8% increase in revenues to 150 million pounds and the 28% increase in pre-tax profits. The broker believes that this significantly de-risks the full year financial results. The shares fell by 4.5p to 415p.

Daniel Stewart maintained its "buy" recommendation on RSA Insurance (RSA) with a target price of 135p after the company announced the appointment of Martin Scicluna as Chairman with effect from 31st December. Scicluna spent 30 years at Deloitte where he was Chairman from 1995-2007 and has since been Chairman at Great Portland Estates. This new experience in management, coupled with the company's focus on growth impresses the broker and is the reason for the reiteration of its "buy" stance. The shares gained 2.6p to 113.5p.

Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £111,521.00 Paul N Hampden Smith 10,000 @ 1,115.21p Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £111,400.00 Paul N Hampden Smith 10,000 @ 1,114.00p Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £56,205.00 Paul N Hampden Smith 5,000 @ 1,124.10p Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £56,153.50 Paul N Hampden Smith 5,000 @ 1,123.07p

Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £168,481.49 Paul N Hampden Smith 15,000 @ 1,123.21p Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £112,400.00 Paul N Hampden Smith 10,000 @ 1,124.00p Travis Perkins Sell 21-Nov-12 £111,700.00 Paul N Hampden Smith 10,000 @ 1,117.00p

The Chief Executive Officer of Diageo, the FTSE 100 drinks giant, has sold another slice of his stake in the company, reducing his holding to 729,582 shares. Paul Walsh, who was appointed to the role of CEO in 2000, traded in 20,000 shares for 1,850.00p each, worth a total of £370,000. The transaction follows another made just last week, when he sold 50,000 shares at 1,801.00p each for a total of £900,500.

Commenting on the results Dr Tom Black, Executive Chairman of Digital Barriers said: "We are pleased with the growth in revenues and contracted orders that the business has generated during this period. We are particularly encouraged that orders growth is tracking significantly ahead of revenue, almost doubling last year's level on a like for like basis. With our seasonally stronger second half of the year to come, and our cost base under tight control, we remain confident about our future prospects."

Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September 2012 Digital Barriers (LSE AIM: DGB), the specialist provider of advanced surveillance technologies to the international homeland security and defence markets, announces unaudited results for the six months ended 30 September 2012. Key Highlights · Revenue growth of 68% over the six month period to 30 September 2011 o 31% revenue growth on a pro forma basis1 o International revenue now accounts for 27% of group total (2011: 22%) · Contracted order growth significantly ahead of pro forma revenue growth · Increased focus on our three highly differentiated "core technologies" · Additional licensing and partnering revenue models developed to further exploit the Company's world-class intellectual property (IP) in all regions · All 12 acquisitions made since IPO now fully integrated with on-going consolidation to focus resources on our three core technologies

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Surveillance firm Digital Barriers saw a big jump in revenues in the first half but fell into the red after costs outweighed earnings. The firm posted revenue growth of 68% to £8.1m over the six months to the end of September. However, adjusted loss before tax widened to £5m, compared to £2.9m in the first half of 2011. This meant an adjusted loss per share of 11.06p, compared to 6.79p previously. The company put the loss down to investment in core technologies and setting its cost base for the traditionally stronger second half.

N+1 Singer maintained its "buy" stance on Dialight (DIA) with a target price of 1,355p on the back of the firm's announcement that it has secured a major order worth $400,000 to provide LED lighting fixtures and installation to a solar thermal plant, with 125MW of capacity. The broker believes that this announcement highlights the strength and depth of Dialight's industrial lighting opportunity as well as its product's applicability in hazardous environments.

Panmure Gordon reiterated its "buy" recommendation on food group Greencore (GNC) with a target price of 95p. The broker forecasts that the company will announce a profit before tax figure of 54.4 million pounds for the current year, a 43% increase, as a result of the acquisition of Uniq and growth in "food to go" and prepared meals. The broker goes on to state its belief that Greencore remains well positioned to deliver future growth from these key sectors.

Canaccord Genuity maintained a "buy" recommendation on healthcare equipment firm Optos (OPTS) with an unchanged target price of 312p. The broker was impressed with the company's recent revenue announcement of 196 million dollars (123 million pounds) for the year to September, which was 3% ahead of general market expectations. The broker also believes in the company's plans to expand into new geographic territories and is of the persuasion that this would lead to continued revenue growth and improved operational margins

Canaccord Genuity maintained its "buy" recommendation on mortgage lender Paragon (PAG) with an unchanged target price of 313p. The broker is impressed with the fact that the company has exceeded its pre-tax profits, earnings per share and NAV per share forecasts and believes the company's prospects are bright. The broker also notes that the firm increased its dividend by 50% over the year to 6p and believes this is indicative of the board's confidence in the business.

Kerr Anderson, Ormonde's Managing Director, commented: "We have been focussing our efforts on communicating our proposals for the Barruecopardo Tungsten Project at both local and provincial levels whilst the permitting documentation is processed by the relevant government departments. In parallel, the robust economics of the Project provides the Company with good optionality, and we have made significant progress in relation to capital funding, having now received indicative offers from potential joint venture partners, and with debt funding activities proceeding to term sheet stage with a number of financial institutions."

Barruecopardo Progress Update The Board of Ormonde is pleased to provide an interim update on progress in connection with permitting and capital funding of its flagship Barruecopardo Tungsten Project in Salamanca, Spain ("Barruecopardo" or the "Project"). This follows submission of the final permitting documentation to the Provincial and Regional Governments at the end of July 2012. Main Points · Permitting process is proceeding well, with public and private presentations undertaken by Saloro SLU ("Saloro"), Ormonde's wholly-owned subsidiary through which Barruecopardo is held, to various groups and public bodies to inform on the proposed new mining operation at Barruecopardo. · Strengthening of the Saloro management team is underway including the identification of a suitable candidate for company President. · Debt funding activities now proceeding to term sheet stage with a number of financial institutions. · Joint venture negotiations also continuing following receipt of indicative offers from potential industry partners. Relationships with off-takers have been maintained but final contracts will await completion of capital funding arrangements. · Land acquisition activities are proceeding based upon rental agreements incorporating a right to purchase, following a separate agreement with the local council. · The Company continues to work towards plant commissioning in Q4 2013, with attainment of this schedule predicated on the securing of project financing, the granting of the mining concession and the agreed acquisition of the outstanding land plots. · On technical matters, the preliminary engineering design work on the comminution and gravity-jig circuits has been completed with this portion of the process flowsheet now ready for detailed layout.

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Current trading and outlook Trading since the period end has been positive despite the fact we compete against very strong comparatives last year when the "Indian" summer stretched throughout October. Managed house revenue in the first seven weeks of the second half was up 9.4% in total and 6.0% on a like for like basis. We have opened two new Young's managed pubs since the period end - the Cutty Sark (Greenwich) and the Narrowboat (Islington). We have also reopened two pubs: the Foley, following its transformation into a beautiful 17 bedroom hotel, and the King's Head. The much missed Wheatsheaf (Borough Market) which has been closed for three years will re-open before Christmas. We will continue to add to both the Young's and Geromino estates as and when suitable and sensibly priced opportunities - either individual pubs or packages - become available. We remain focused on driving profitable growth through the proactive management of our well invested estate. The consumer, understandably, remains cautious, but our premium offer continues to prove attractive. With the quality and talent within the business and our balance sheet strength, we believe that Young's remains in a strong position to continue to grow and deliver value to our shareholders.

Interim statement Revenue was up 10.7%, at £100.2 million. Profit before tax was £14.0 million and, once adjusted for exceptional items, was up 11.2% at £13.9 million. The summer was definitely one of contrasting fortunes with a markedly different profile to last year's. The first quarter of our year was the wettest one on record which compared with a glorious late spring in 2011. The summer saw London, and the nation as a whole, rejoice in the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This set of results reflects our success in making the most of the opportunities presented by the summer of celebration and our ability to generate superior returns from our high quality estate. Our premium strategy, alongside our location in London and the south of England, has enabled us to deliver impressive like for like sales growth. We continue to refresh the quality and variety of our product portfolio and to invest in our pubs and our workforce to ensure we maintain our pub's ambience and high service standards. We are soundly financed and asset backed with a progressive dividend policy. At the period end, we operated an estate of 237 pubs of which 195 were either freehold or on long leases on peppercorn rents. Net debt at the period end was £117.1 million, our interest costs were covered 5.5 times by operating profits and gearing was 35.8%. In light of all of the above, the board has decided to raise the interim dividend for the 16th consecutive year. A dividend of 7.02 pence per share, an increase of 5.1%, is expected to be paid on 14 December 2012 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 30 November 2012.

Stephen Goodyear, Chief Executive of Young's, commented: "These excellent results reflect some benefit from the extraordinary events we have seen in London this summer; they have also been achieved despite some periods of truly awful weather. They are therefore testament to the ability of our people to make the very best of our high quality and well invested estate whatever the circumstances. "We have seen very encouraging like for like growth from both Young's and Geronimo, and across liquor, food and accommodation sales. We have continued to invest in the estate and look forward to seeing the benefit of recent openings in the second half. "Despite continued caution on the part of the consumer, I believe we are well positioned to continue to generate profitable growth and therefore attractive returns for our shareholders."

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