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Good figures here

David Levin, Chief Executive Officer, UBM said: "UBM performed in line with our expectations. Our Events continue to demonstrate excellent growth and strong margins, particularly in China and across the emerging markets, while our other businesses performed as anticipated with the usual Q3 seasonal effects on revenue and margins. We remain on track to deliver results in line with the guidance we gave in July for the full year 2011 on both a consolidated and divisional basis. "Given the growing concerns over the global economic environment, we continue to be vigilant for signs of an economic slowdown but to date we have seen no material impact across UBM. Moreover, given that Events now comprise a significantly larger part of our business, that 22% of our revenues are generated in Emerging Markets and that we have substantially lower exposure to print, we believe UBM is a stronger, more resilient business than in previous years."

Interim Management Statement 18th October 2011 Positive performance - On track for the full year Interim Management Statement for the nine months ended 30 September 2011 Highlights * Revenue for the nine months was up 9.8% to £706.2m (Sept 2010: £642.9m); underlying revenue growth was 8.5% * Adjusted operating profit was up by 16.4% to £127.5m (Sept 2010: £109.5m) * Adjusted operating profit margin rose to 18.1% (Sept 2010: 17.0%) driven by strong Events margin * Revenue and margins in the third quarter reflect anticipated seasonality * Our expectations for full year 2011 results remain in line with the overall and divisional guidance provided at the Interim results

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Commenting on the transaction, Reg Eccles, Chairman, said, "Over the last 12 months we have received a mix of approaches from local companies either willing to invest in the mine and sell the product in return for a profit share or buy out our share, subject to agreement with our local partners, and have concluded that none of the indicative offers are better than that of Jinchuan. Moreover, our financial commitment to Ipilan is open ended and we have no certainty as to when Ipilan can be mined, so, after careful consideration we have exercised our 40% voting interest to support our Philippine partners, who with 60% of the votes, want to sell to Jinchuan". Victor Kolesnikov, CEO, adds "The proceeds from this transaction, when added to current cash balances of US$5.6 million, will place Toledo in a very healthy financial position. Without recourse to its shareholders, Toledo will be able to support expansion and improvements at and around the Berong mine, which is now generating its own cash flow since recommencing operations in May; to improve the ship loading facilities and extend the shipping window; to move forward positively with respect to ore processing options within the Philippines; and seek to capitalise on the Company's strengths by geographically diversifying its mining interests beyond Asia".

oledo Mining Corporation plc ("Toledo" or the "Company") (AIM:TMC) Offer for Ipilan Toledo wishes to advise that the joint venture partners of Ipilan Nickel Corporation ("INC" or "Ipilan") have separately entered into Memoranda of Understanding with a wholly owned subsidiary of Jinchuan Group Ltd. of China ("Jinchuan") which may result in Jinchuan and its Philippine partners acquiring 100% of the equity of Ipilan. Memoranda of Understanding have been signed giving Jinchuan an exclusive 90 day period for due diligence and preparation of share purchase agreements. Completion of the transaction will be subject to conditions, including Jinchuan being satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigation, clearance being obtained from the relevant authorities in China and the Philippines and the parties agreeing a form of share purchase agreement. Should a transaction be completed as currently envisaged, gross proceeds to Toledo from the transaction are expected to amount to US$17.4 million. Ninety per cent of the transaction price is to be paid on completion with a ten per cent retention to be settled sixty days later. The transaction is conditional on Toledo cancelling its loan to Brooks Nickel Ventures of US$12.3m, which was only recoverable from project cash flows, and a disputed loan of $900,000 to Celestial Mining Corporation ("CNMEC") with these amounts being included in the transaction price. The tax payable on the proceeds is expected to be modest. If the transaction timetable proceeds as expected and the conditions in respect of due diligence and clearance by the relevant authorities are met, settlement of the transaction is expected to occur early 2012.

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Looks like a blue day today!

Graham Stewart, Chief Executive of Faroe Petroleum plc, commented: "We are very pleased to announce a discovery on the Butch Prospect, which is our second successful exploration well this year, following the announcement of the West of Shetland Fulla discovery in August and our sixth discovery from eight exploration wells since 2009. The Butch discovery is very exciting with further upside potential from the planned side-track well. Alongside our joint venture partners in the licence, Centrica, Suncor and Spring Energy, we very much look forward to the further evaluation of this discovery . "As we continue with our significant multi-well drilling programme, we also look forward to our next two exploration wells, both scheduled to be drilled in Norway this year: T-Rex (Faroe 30%), planned to commence at the end of October and Kalvklumpen (Faroe 20%) planned to commence in November."

Trading update for the year ended 30 September 2011 Sarantel Group PLC (AIM: SLG, 'Sarantel' or 'the Group'), a leading manufacturer of high-performance, miniature filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices, announces a trading update for the year ended 30 September 2011. For the second half, the Group reported an increase in unit sales of 21% and an increase in revenues of 30% amid challenging trading conditions in the company's core consumer GPS market. Total revenues for the year ended 30 September 2011 are expected to be 24% lower than the previous financial year at £2.2 million, largely as a result of the delayed orders announced at the half year stage from two of the Group's largest customers. Revenues from new product developments during the full financial year, however, increased by 143% compared to 2010 as the Group's investment in R&D continues to bear fruit. Sarantel has made significant progress with the development of its sales and distribution network, which has helped the Group add more than 250 new customers during the year. The addition of a number of new GPS customers and recovery in demand from existing GPS customers drove an increase in GPS unit volumes. Sarantel continues to make very strong progress in military and other high-value markets, receiving customer funding to develop a number of ruggedized GPS and satellite communication antennas that are now being sold as part of a growing portfolio of high value products. This progress is evidenced by the recently announced production orders from General Dynamics and from a leading European electronics company that supplies a wide range of defence and homeland security products throughout the world. The Group shipped product to more than 450 customers during the year across a diversified customer base. The company announces today in a separate release the successful completion of field trials with a Japanese camera manufacturer. Sarantel has successfully raised £3.5 million (before expenses) through two placings during the year to fund sales growth and development. At 30 September 2011, the Group had a net cash balance of £1.2 million. The Board remains confident of Sarantel's potential, particularly now that GPS location is becoming an important feature on a large number of consumer applications such as digital cameras. Although it remains difficult to predict timing and size of volume contracts, interest from potential customers is stronger than ever and Sarantel's board believes that such applications will drive the need for the higher performance and greater accuracy offered by its antennas.

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Nice little update - very positive

David Wither, Chief Executive of Sarantel, said: "We have successfully demonstrated that our technology can accomplish what many people thought was impossible - reliable standalone GPS performance in extreme urban conditions. "We are confident that our technology will enable higher performing consumer products, which are more attractively styled while offering a lower total system cost."

Successful completion of field trials with Japanese camera manufacturer Sarantel Group PLC (AIM: SLG, 'Sarantel' or 'the Group'), a leading manufacturer of high-performance, miniature filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices, has successfully completed field trials for a major Japanese camera manufacturer in Tokyo. GPS antennas installed in cameras allow the recording of the geographical location of a photograph. The small size and high performance of Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS technology make it particularly well suited to this application and reduce the cost of manufacture, compared to the lower performance alternatives.

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Strategic review update The board of CareTech, a leading UK provider of specialist social care services, confirms that the strategic review originally announced on 8 July 2011 to assess the most appropriate way to enhance shareholder value is on-going and can confirm that it has not received any approach regarding a possible offer for the Company. The scope of the strategic review includes the evaluation of the viability of raising additional leverage to finance an offer for the business from CareTech's management and consequently the Company remains in an offer period. Any offer from management will be constrained by the availability of debt finance required to fund the offer. In accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code, the Caretech Board has been granted an extension by the Takeover Panel to enable it to finalise the strategic review. The new deadline to either announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer (in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies) is 5.00 p.m. on 14 November 2011. The revised deadline will only be extended with the consent of the Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code. This announcement is not an announcement of a firm intention to make an offer under Rule 2.7 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code") and there can be no certainty that an offer will be made, nor as to the terms on which any offer will be made. A further announcement will be made in due course.

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RBS upgrades Jupiter Fund Management from sell to hold, target price raised from 171p to 200p

Singer Capital Markets downgrades Bunzl from buy to fair value, target price reduced from 891p to 710p