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Burberry Group plc, the global luxury company, today reports on trading for the three months to 30 June 2011. Highlights · Total revenue of £367m, up 34% underlying - Double-digit growth in retail and wholesale, all regions and all product categories · Retail revenue of £245m, up 49% underlying - 15% comparable store sales growth (excluding China) - Outerwear and large leather goods contributed nearly half of mainline growth - Revenue growth of around 30% continued in acquired stores in China · Wholesale revenue of £95m, up 11% underlying - Up 19% underlying excluding China - High teens % underlying growth now projected for H1 2011 excluding China - New product strategies driving growth (men's tailoring and accessories, shoes and childrenswear) · Licensing revenue of £27m, up 6% underlying, in line with guidance · Further strategic and operational progress - Five stores opened including Hong Kong, Sydney and Chennai - Joint venture for five stores in Saudi Arabia now operational - Investment plans on track in FY 2011/12, with focus on flagship openings and refurbishments in high profile locations - Modest improvement in full year retail/wholesale operating margin planned; H1 margin down year-on-year reflecting weighting of revenue and costs, as previously guided

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Charles Stanley upgrades Aegis Group from sell to hold and target price from 110p to 165p.

Arbuthnot initiates buy on Schroders, target price 1718p

Arbuthnot initiates strong buy on Aberdeen Asset Management, target price 264p.

Natixis downgrades WPP from buy to neutral and target price from 790p to 760p.

Investec upgrades Inmarsat from hold to buy, target price cut from 724p to 700p.

Halma non-exec cashes in Non-executive director Richard Stone has offloaded some shares in the engineering conglomerate Halma, taking advantage of strength in the price following last month’s full year figures. He sold 10,000 shares at 418.7p each, pocketing a total of £41,870. Following the sale, he still has 10,000 shares.

Greencore Foods gobbles up Uniq for £113m Date: Tuesday 12 Jul 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Greencore Foods has offered to buy British convenience foods supplier Uniq from a pension fund that owns 90.2% of the company for 96p-a-share, or £113m, sending Uniq’s shares soaring 21%. Greencore Foods, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Irish chilled prepared meals maker Greencore Group, is purchasing Uniq for a premium of 62.7% to the opening price on 1 April - the day Uniq was put up for sale. Uniq makes sandwiches for Marks & Spencer, while Greencore supplies retailers like Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Boots. Greencore expects to partially fund this acquisition by a €80.2m rights issue and a new debt facility. Greencore said it “expects the deal to deliver mid-single digit (percentage point) adjusted earnings per share accretion in the financial year to end September 2012 and to be significantly accretive in years thereafter.” Shares of UK’s Uniq were trading 21.9% higher at 93.3p in London.

Goal in sight for Perform Date: Tuesday 12 Jul 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Perform Group, which provides live footage of sporting events via the web and mobile devices, said its half-time score is as predicted, with strong growth seen across all business areas. The group said it streamed 2,586 live "Watch & Bet" events in the second quarter of 2011, down from 2,768 in the first quarter. However, the number of Watch & Bet licencees had increased to 30 at the end of June from 26 at the end of March 2011 and 23 at the end of 2010. The number of subscribers to Perform's web TV, Smartphone and texting products at the end of June stood at 323,000, up from 248,000 at the end of March. The integration of Goal.com is now complete, including all technology, editorial and sales operations. The site attracted 22m unique users per month on average in the quarter to 30 June 2011, up from 19m in the quarter to 31 March 2011. Overall Perform remains on-track to deliver strong full-year growth in-line with management expectations, the group said.

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Fiberweb H1 revenue increases 10% Date: Tuesday 12 Jul 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Industrial fabrics producer Fiberweb expects its full year performance to be in line with management expectations as raw material prices drop and after it closed sites in the UK and Germany, Trading in the first half was reasonable, the group said, with total revenues up more than 10%. "We have seen strong volumes in our polypropylene spunbond hygiene business in Europe and through the FitesaFiberweb JV in the Americas, while trading volumes in the Airlaid business in Asia are below first half last year as a result of volume weakness from a major customer and previously highlighted delays," the group explained. Industrial, filtration and European construction have seen strong volumes, while the US construction market has remained extremely challenging. Fiberweb said the integration of Boddingtons and Tubex is progressing well and is on track to deliver at least expected annualised cost synergies of more than £1.5m. Net debt is in line with expectations.

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A string of multi-year contracts has rewarded ServicePower Technology (SVR) with a maiden pre-tax profit of 800,000 pounds for the first six months of 2011; a turnaround from the 300,000 pound loss for the 2010 comparative period. The services and field management group, which has secured contracts with a range of retailers and insurance providers, believes growth in the business is down to the superiority of its technology and the breadth of its services offering. The shares were up by 1p to 12.75p.

Collateral management and liquidity solutions firm Lombard Risk Management (LRM) has secured more than 2 million pounds of revenue after winning a major contract with top-tier bank Societe Generale. The agreement will provide the French bank with Lombard's state of the art COLLINE system, which creates risk mitigation solutions for various financial instruments. Following press speculation, the Lombard board also confirmed that an offer had been received for the company from FRSGlobal. Lombard shares soared 1.25p to 8.625p.

Dividend date Further to the iEnergizer maiden annual results announcement today, the Company confirms the dividend record date of 22 July 2011 and that the Company Ordinary Shares are expected to go ex-dividend on 20 July 2011. The Company expects to pay the dividend on 19 August 2011.

Sara Latham, Chairman said: "We are very pleased to announce our maiden set of Annual Results as a listed business, in which the Company has delivered on all expectations set out at the time of the IPO. "We have concentrated our efforts on delivering sustained top line growth, whilst at the same time maintaining operating margins at over 30%, a unique performance for a BPO business. I am also very pleased to be able to provide these results on a purely organic basis which shows the strength of our relationship with our clients and the ability to leverage those relationships to produce mutually beneficial results. "The current financial year has started well and the Board looks to the future with confidence."

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Strong domestic and international expansion, which delivered the expectations set out at iEnergizer (IBPO) IPO last September, led to pre-tax profits of 16.3 million dollars (10.38 million pounds) for the first six months of 2011, up 40% from the previous comparable period. The business process outsourcing group released its maiden results as an AIM listed company, with a special dividend of 5.6p per share. Shares in iEnergizer were up 8.5p to 205p.

Computacenter on track for FY Date: Tuesday 12 Jul 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - IT infrastructure services and solutions provider Computacenter expects profitability in the first half to be comfortably ahead of the same period last year and is on track to deliver full year results in line with company forecasts. The first half of the financial year ending 31 December 2011 saw revenue growth of approximately 6%, the group said in a trading update. Excluding acquisitions, revenue grew by around 4% and in constant currency terms, without acquisitions, revenue growth was also 4%. The second quarter was consistent with the first quarter with growth in services across all of its geographies. However the group saw weak product revenues from its more financial services oriented client base in the UK. This was in contrast to much stronger growth from its predominantly industrially oriented customer base in both France and, more specifically, Germany, it said. Computacenter added that the second half of the year would be held back by an increase in the depreciation charge, as its rolls out its new ERP system. "Additionally, due to the improving performance in 2010 as we went through the year, the second half of 2011 presents us with a less easy set of comparators than the first half," the group said. Beyond 2011, Computacenter said it was encouraged by its progress, particularly in its managed services business, which the group believes can present a cornerstone for its growth in the years ahead.