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Sam - yes present SP dip can only be due to market sentiment with the ongoing crisis around the globe. Once that calms down many shares will see some healthy gains. I dont doubt GNK will be one of them

RBS initiates hold on Greene King, target price raised from 515p to 530p.

A little bit of blue today perhaps

Vin Murria, Chief Executive of Advanced, commented: "We are delighted that Vodafone UK has chosen to partner with Advanced to bring the benefits of mobile working to a wider range of healthcare professionals which ultimately allows more patients to receive better care."

Partnership with Vodafone UK to supply its iNurse product as part of mHealth professional range Advanced Computer Software Group plc (AIM: "ASW", "Advanced", or "the Group"), a leading provider of software and IT services to the UK health, care and business sectors, has entered into a partnership agreement with Vodafone UK to supply its iNurse product as part of Vodafone UK's mHealth Professional range of mobile solutions. Advanced's iNurse is the leading patient management system for mobile health and care and allows healthcare professionals to access, record and communicate patient care information and records using a smartphone at the point of care. This delivers significant productivity and efficiency benefits, allowing healthcare professionals to increase the time spent with patients and the number of patient visits.

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Brightside founder banks £2m Arron Banks, chief executive and co-founder of the insurance broking and financial services business Brightside, has pocketed £2m from the sale of shares in the group. He sold 8m at 25p a pop, but still has nearly 70m, more than 15% of the company. Banks, along with commercial director John Gannon and finance director Paul Chase-Gardener, founded the business in 2005. Its activities include commercial vehicle insurance broking and financial advice for people with money worries.

Commenting on the results, John O'Higgins, Chief Executive, said: "We are very pleased with the excellent start we have made to the year, delivering sales growth in all four of our business segments. Looking ahead, growth rates in the second half of 2011 are likely to revert to more normal levels following the strong recovery in the second half of 2010. We remain confident that Spectris will make good progress for the full year."

SPECTRIS PLC 2011 FIRST HALF TRADING UPDATE Spectris plc ("Spectris", "the company" or "the group"), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today issues an update on trading for the six months ended 30 June 2011. The company's half year results will be released on 23 August 2011. Our May Interim Management Statement reported strong trading conditions for the first four months of 2011, and these continued for the remainder of the half year, with healthy demand in all regions and end markets. As a result, we expect sales for the first six months of 2011, on a constant currency organic ("like-for-like") basis, to be 21% higher than the comparable period last year. On a reported basis, sales are expected to increase by approximately 25%, including a contribution from acquisitions (+5%) and the effects of currency (-1%). All four segments and major regions will show double-digit like-for-like sales growth. Regionally, Asia Pacific is expected to grow by around 21%, North America by approximately 26% and Europe by around 18%. Adjusted operating profit is expected to be in the region of £80 million (2010:£49.9 million), giving an adjusted operating margin of approximately 16%. This compares with 12.3% for the same period last year. Operating cash conversion was in line with our expectations and our financial position remains strong, with net debt of approximately £74 million at the end of June.

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Timetable for Mandatory Cash Offer for Global Energy Development plc ("Global") Postponement of posting of Offer Document On 16 June 2011, HKN Inc. ("HKN") announced the terms of a mandatory cash offer to be made by HKN for all the issued and to be issued Ordinary Shares in Global not already held by HKN and persons deemed to be acting in concert with it. As stated in the announcement on 16 June 2011, the obligation to make the mandatory offer arose as a result of Lyford, a concert party of HKN, entering into a conditional agreement to acquire 3,565,936 Global Shares, representing an interest of approximately 9.97 per cent. in Global, from the United States Marshals Service ("Acquisition"). Completion of the Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions and shall take place on or before 13 September 2011, subject to agreement between the parties. The Directors of HKN and the Independent Directors of Global announce that they have agreed, with the consent of the Takeover Panel, to postpone the posting of the Offer Document until the conditions to the Acquisition are satisfied and Lyford has completed the Acquisition. It is expected that the Offer Document will be posted to Global Shareholders shortly after the completion of the Acquisition and, in any event within seven days of such completion. Terms and expressions used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as given to them in the announcement of 16 June 2011.

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Ian Mason, Group Chief Executive, commented: "We have made a good start to the financial year with 14% revenue growth and 30% eCommerce growth. With more than half our revenue now on the web we are well on our way to becoming an eCommerce centred business. Our strategy is delivering growth across all regions and we are continuing to invest in the business. We are strengthening our electronics range while driving our market leading offer for maintenance engineers. Our focus on innovation to improve the experience of our customers, particularly through the web, is underpinning our revenue growth. While we have made a good start to the year, we are also mindful of economic conditions. We will continue to implement our strategy and drive long-term structural growth."

The business has made a good start to the financial year. In the first quarter Group revenue grew by 14% year on year, the International business grew by 17% and the UK by 8%. Within the International business Continental Europe grew by 17%, North America by 16% and Asia Pacific by 15%. In the month of June Group revenue grew by 11% year on year, the International business grew by 12% and the UK by 8%. Within the International business Continental Europe grew by 12%, North America by 13% and Asia Pacific by 12%. We have continued to benefit from the implementation of our strategic initiatives and are gaining market share particularly from smaller distributors who cannot match our offer and service. Within the quarter electronics has grown by 16%, benefitting from the launch of 10,000 new products. We recently announced our new and groundbreaking PCB Converter for Google SketchUp, the world's most popular free 3D design tool. This allows electronics designer engineers to transfer their electronics circuit designs into a 3D CAD environment. Maintenance has grown by 13%, also benefitting from the launch of 5,000 new products. Our control and automation technologies and products promoted with our strategic supplier partners have performed particularly well. eCommerce revenue grew by around 30% with our Asia Pacific business reporting eCommerce sales growth of over 60%. We are making significant changes to our Group websites around the world which are transforming our customer online experience making the process of finding products clearer, faster and easier. eCommerce share exited the quarter at 53% of Group sales as we progress towards our target of 70% of revenues coming from eCommerce. There have been no significant changes to the Group's financial position during the period.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources The Group had cash balances at 30 June 2011 of approximately $20.5 million and no debt. This funding ensures HaloSource is well positioned to build on the progress it has made in the first half of 2011 and undertake the extensive growth activities planned across its businesses for the remainder of 2011 and beyond.

HaloSource will announce its half-year results the week of 12 September 2011. In advance of these results the Company is providing an update on trading since 31st December, 2010. Summary of first half-year progress · China MOH (Ministry of Health) certification of HaloPure received · NSF International certification of HaloPure under Standard 42 achieved · Development of the HaloPure Waterbird line of gravity purifiers complete · Shipment of Bajaj branded HaloPure powered devices in India began in June with 3,500 units shipped to support formal launch · Continued shipments to a major brand-name device manufacturer to support China roll-out, additional partner agreements in process · Strong growth in OEM recreational water category, up 34% over 2010 inclusive of Aquapill acquisition · Facility expansions in India and China nearing completion to support anticipated growth through 2013, increasing HaloPure cartridge manufacturing capacity by an additional 50% · Brazilian corporate entity formation completed and country manager appointed - expecting at least two customer launches with HaloPure in the second half of 2011 · Agreement reached with an additional major US pool products retailer with 600 outlets · HaloSource highlighted in Lux Research Water Chemicals and Competitors: The Long, Long March of the 'Chemical-Free' Revolution, as "deepest in the dominant quadrant" · Cash Balances totaling $20.5m at 30 June 2011

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Commenting on the announcements, Martyn Konig, Executive Chairman & President, noted: "We are delighted to have received approval of our EIS from the MOE following the comprehensive review and public consultation process in Greece. The importance of this approval cannot be overstated and we are extremely grateful to our Greek colleagues at Hellas Gold, for their huge and tireless efforts throughout this lengthy and rigorous process. It allows us to progress towards our goal of becoming the largest primary gold producer in Europe and will provide the Greek economy with much needed and significant investment, contributing to both the financial and social environment in the region as new long-term jobs are created. As we embark upon the development of our Greek projects, we have undertaken a comprehensive Resource and Reserve update. This has involved a thorough capital and operating cost review reflecting the EIS approval and prevailing economics of our projects. The update will show that we have been able to largely avoid the current capital cost and operating cost inflation being experienced by the mining industry globally. As a result, we are pleased to announce that our forecast average cash costs of production (on a gold equivalent basis) remain well within the lowest quartile of the global average, notwithstanding some fairly significant scope changes. For example, we have opted for an underground mining method at the end of the Skouries open pit life, that we believe is best suited to the prevailing economic climate and underscores our commitment to the best practices of environmental stewardship. We are also very happy that David Cather has accepted the position of COO and we are confident that his vast experience gained with De Beers, Anglo American and Miller Mining will be invaluable to us in bringing the development projects into production on time and on budget. Finally, from a corporate development perspective, the potential move to the London Main Board is a logical step for the Company. We firmly believe that there is a considerable level of European investor demand for exposure to our unique proposition of EU based gold production."

Resources and Reserves Updated Economics Confirmed Chief Operating Officer Appointed Goldman Sachs Appointed 15 July 2011 - European Goldfields Limited (AIM: EGU / TSX: EGU) ("European Goldfields" or "the Company") is pleased to make the following announcements now that the Environmental Impact Study ("EIS") submitted by the Company's 95% owned subsidiary Hellas Gold S.A, has received the approval of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change ("MOE"): · The Company has completed an update to its Resource and Reserve Statement ("NI 43-101") for the Skouries and Olympias projects to reflect the current environment for costs and commodity prices, to account for the timing in the receipt of the permit and the implementation of the Business Development Plan approved under the EIS. The key elements of the update for the Greek assets are as follows: - A net increase in the total Skouries and Olympias Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources (over previously filed NI 43-101 report) to 9.6 million ounces of gold and 1,205kt of copper. In addition there is a newly declared Inferred Resource of 828,000 ounces of gold and 288,000t of copper at Skouries; - This update increases the Company's total Measured and Indicated Resources inclusive of Reserves to 23.8 million gold equivalent ounces and attributable Proven and Probable Reserves to 18.1 million gold equivalent ounces; - Projected total initial capital expenditures to primary gold production of US$300 million for Skouries and US$165 million for Olympias; - Forecast combined average life of mine cash operating costs in the lowest quartile globally at US$350-US$400/oz. · David Cather has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. Mr. Cather has a 25 year track record in the mining industry and previously worked for De Beers and Anglo American. · Goldman Sachs International has been appointed to assist in the evaluation of a potential move from AIM to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. Lazard & Co., Limited will also provide financial advice in connection with such evaluation.