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Yes that looks like a decent sized further contract with Centrica- all augers well

David Cotterell, SQS Board Director, commented: "We are delighted that Centrica has extended its commitment to SQS, demonstrating the high value it places on partnering with a pure play, independent testing provider with a proven on and offshore presence. As well as providing greater revenue visibility this contract demonstrates the success of the ongoing strategic investment into our Managed Services business."

SQS signs £8 million Managed Services contract with Centrica SQS Software Quality Systems AG (AIM: SQS.L), the world's largest pure play supplier of independent software testing and quality management services, announces that it has signed a Managed Services contract worth £8 million with Centrica plc ("Centrica"), the UK's leading integrated energy company. Centrica has selected SQS to provide on and offshore testing, with a focus on raising quality and reducing risk within their business critical systems such as the Smart Metering programme, which is designed to be installed in over two million homes. The contract, which commences immediately, is worth £8 million over 12 months and will involve SQS providing end-to-end testing, from performance through to automated regression test suites, in an on and offshore model. This contract represents a continuation of existing business volumes with Centrica. However, in signing a Managed Services contract for 12 months, Centrica has made a significantly longer commitment than the previous project-based contracts, resulting in improved revenue visibility for SQS.

Trading in line with expectations Ahead of its Annual General Meeting to be held later today, Promethean, a world leader in the global market for interactive learning technology, publishes its interim management statement for the three month period ended 31 March 2011. Trading Performance Overall trading for the first quarter is in line with expectations. First quarter group revenues were £41.9m, some 22% lower than the £53.9m revenues in the first quarter last year (20% lower on a constant currency basis). The 2010 comparator period was particularly strong and also included a significant tender to install 4,550 interactive display systems in Andalucia, Spain. Excluding revenues from the Andalucia contract, group revenues were 15% lower than the first quarter of 2010, or 13% lower on a constant currency basis. By product segment, first quarter interactive display system revenues were £36.6m and learner response system revenues were £5.3m, a reduction of 20% and 35% respectively, compared to £45.8m and £8.1m respectively for the first quarter in 2010. In volume terms, Promethean sold approximately 32,000 interactive display systems and 172,000 learner response system handsets in the first quarter of this year, compared to 41,000 and 268,000 respectively in the same period last year, lower by 21% and 36% respectively than the same period last year. The resizing of the cost base aimed at protecting profitability, which Promethean announced in the fourth quarter of last year, was completed on track during the first quarter of this year. The contract to supply 8,000 ActivBoard+2 interactive display systems to around 4,000 schools in Italy began shipping at the end of the first quarter, and Promethean anticipates that the majority of the revenue relating to this tender will be recognised in the second quarter of 2011. Promethean continues to believe that the long-term demand drivers remain strong, but that market conditions will remain challenging at least through 2011, due to public sector budgetary uncertainties and constraints, and is planning its business on this basis. Interim results Promethean expects to release its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011 on 28 July 2011.

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Contract Win 1Spatial, a holding company focused on improving the quality and access to business critical location-data across the globe, is pleased to announce that it has signed a multi-year contract worth in excess of €1m with Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSı). The contract will support the re-engineering of Ireland's large scale map database into a detailed digital database covering all of Ireland. This database will be the foundation of OSi's operations for the next two decades. 1Spatıal will be working closely with OSi and our existing customer base across Ireland to build new intelligent applications to fully exploit the benefits of the new data.

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Direct Shipping Ore ("DSO") Operations DMCI continue to mine and stockpile ore in preparation for the initial 50,000 tonne shipment of ore from their port in Santa Cruz. As announced by the Company on 8 March 2011, DMCI will undertake all the financial risk, operations and marketing associated with the mining and sale of the nickel laterite ore and pay ENK a royalty fee on each shipment made. Sale of Tenements The Company has now received the initial payments of US$200,000 from the sale of the Abogado tenement and US$50,000 for its Barlo, Pan de Azucar and Guimeras exploration permits.

Acoje Heap Leach Trial The Company is pleased to advise that irrigation of Heap 1 at its heap leach trial site on the island of Luzon, Philippines, commenced on 16 April 2011. Heap 1 consists of approximately 2,000 tonnes of agglomerated nickel laterite ore stacked on a 33 metre by 18 metre pad to a height of 4 metres. Irrigation is with dilute sulphuric acid using a network of drippers and wobblers in combination in order to test the best acid delivery method. The trial pad is also designed to test rain mitigation techniques and has a combination of HDPE raincoats on the sides of the heap, which will also improve slope stability, and a layer of rocky saprolite ore on top to protect the heap surface. Production of the Pregnant Leach Solution ('PLS') has occurred very rapidly with breakthrough occurring within 12 hours of commencement of irrigation. This is very encouraging and shows that the stacking and agglomeration of Heap 1 was successful and that acid solution is able to percolate through the heap freely. The PLS, which consists of dissolved metals in acid, is now flowing freely to the PLS pond. During May/June 2011 the Company will agglomerate and stack Heap 2, which will sit adjacent to Heap 1 on the heap leach pad, in order to test the combining of the primary and secondary phases of heap leaching. It is planned to initially operate both heaps in closed circuit mode in order to increase metal concentrations. By August 2011 the high concentration PLS will be fed to the hydrometallurgical recovery plant, which is currently in the process of being configured on site. This plant will test ENK's enhanced metals recovery process flow-sheet and will produce separate nickel hydroxide and cobalt hydroxide products. Once the leach cycle is complete the stacks will be rinsed, neutralised and rehabilitated. The results of the trials at the heap leach trial site will be used in the Bankable Feasibility Study ("BFS") which is underway at Acoje. The recruitment of key personnel and consultants for the fast-tracking of the BFS is on track with selection of the owner's team study manager and project engineer now completed. Pre-bid meetings are in the process of being held with interested parties for the feasibility study manager's role which is expected to have been selected by the end of May.

Looking good Chan - I take it you are a long standing supporter !

Mike Akers, Chief Executive, Titan Europe, said: "As we highlighted in our Preliminary Results, it is our intention to further develop our manufacturing presence in Turkey for wheels and in Brazil and China for undercarriages. "We view Turkey as an excellent base to further expand our lower-cost production facilities. The Titan Jantsa operation has skills, resources and significant capacity available and we believe that it can further benefit from our 100% ownership. "The Board expresses its sincere thanks to our partners in the Çerçioğlu family who have assisted us in the start-up phase of this important venture."

Titan Europe buys out its JV partner in Turkey The Board of Titan Europe is pleased to announce that Titan Europe's wholly-owned subsidiary, Titan Italia SpA ("Titan Italia") acquired yesterday (18 April 2011) the remaining 50 per cent. interest in its joint venture business, Titan Jantsa Jant Sanayi Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş. ("Titan Jantsa") from JANTSA-Jant Sanayı ve Tıcaret A.S. ("JANTSA"). The cash consideration paid for the shareholding is €8.5 million. Titan Jantsa, established as a joint venture in 2005, serves the Turkish market and Western European OEM customers principally for agricultural wheels up to 38-inch diameter. The Titan Jantsa operation currently manufactures 150,000 wheels per year and produces for CNH, Same, Landini and CLAAS in Europe and Turk Tractor in Turkey. For the year ended 31 December 2010, Titan Jantsa recorded profit before tax of €1.0 million on turnover of €10.2 million. At the same date, Titan Jantsa had net assets of €10.0 million. Titan Jantsa's unaudited results for the period January to March 2011 were revenues of €3.1 million with an EBITDA of €0.8 million (25.8%). At this date the company also had cash of €3.2 million. Titan's Turkish factory has proved a highly successful addition to the Group's manufacturing capability providing low-cost, high-quality product in a region with easy access to the Italian ports and mainstream European operations.

Dr Chris Blackwell, Chief Executive of Vectura, commented: "The fact that NVA237 achieved its primary endpoint in the GLOW1 Phase III study, producing statistically significant superior bronchodilation in lung function over placebo (p<0.001), provides encouraging evidence that NVA237 could offer important benefits for patients with COPD; a multi-billion dollar market that is still growing." NVA237 was licensed to Novartis in April 2005 by Vectura and its co-development partner Sosei. Novartis intends to launch NVA237 in 2012 as a once-daily monotherapy for COPD. The first launch for QVA149; the combination of NVA237 with Novartis' once-daily, long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA), indacaterol, is planned for 2013. Indacaterol is now approved in more than 50 countries and available in more than 20, with US approval dependent on an FDA decision expected in July 2011.

Chippenham, UK - 19 April 2011: Vectura Group plc ("Vectura"; LSE: VEC), announces that NVA237, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) being investigated as a once daily treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), achieved its primary endpoint in a Phase III study. As part of its first quarter earnings release today, Novartis confirmed results from the first Phase III clinical trial with once-daily NVA237 (glycopyrronium bromide) show that it significantly improved lung function while demonstrating a good safety profile in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The pivotal double-blind 26-week GLOW1 study met its primary endpoint by demonstrating superior bronchodilation to placebo at 12 weeks measured by trough FEV1 (i.e. forced expiratory volume in one second), a standard measure of lung function (p<0.001). The incidence of adverse events was similar in the NVA237 treated patients and in those receiving placebo. Detailed data will be presented at a scientific congress in H2 2011.

Phase III data show NVA237 significantly improves lung function with good safety profile in COPD patients · Data from the Novartis Pivotal GLOW1 study show once-daily NVA237 met its primary endpoint, demonstrating superior bronchodilation (trough FEV1) relative to placebo (p<0.001) at 12 weeks · NVA237 significantly improved lung function while demonstrating a good safety profile in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) · Detailed results to be presented at a scientific congress in H2 2011

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Randy Bartley, President and CEO of Coastal Energy, commented: "2010 was a record year for Coastal Energy. We had record production volumes and cash flow. The Company successfully completed the first phase of development at the Bua Ban field and drilled three successful exploration wells at Songkhla. We are pleased with the results and expect to build on this foundation with further success in 2011. "The slight reduction in offshore reserves is attributable to a write down at the Bua Ban field following development drilling in Q310. Several of the wells encountered thinner pay zones than were used previously in calculating the reserve estimates. However, we are pleased that the exploration drilling at Songkhla in Q410 added enough reserves to almost fully offset the decline in Bua Ban reserves. We plan further appraisal drilling at Songkhla later in 2011 to further refine our oil in place estimates and recovery factors for these reservoirs, which could serve to increase reserve estimates. "2011 is off to a terrific start. We have drilled successful exploration wells at Bua Ban North A and have already discovered over 50 million barrels of oil in place (per Company estimates) in the first three and a half months of the year. Coastal has also successfully fractured two wells at Bua Ban, which we continue to evaluate. We are evaluating a development plan for horizontal wells and multi-stage fracs in both the Eocene and Lower Oligocene reservoirs at Bua Ban to increase production rates and ultimate recoveries. "We have a busy year ahead of us with the remainder of Bua Ban North exploration drilling, development work on the recent discovery at Bua Ban North, Southern Bua Ban appraisal and exploration and further appraisal and development drilling at Songkhla."

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - April 18, 2011) - Coastal Energy Company (the "Company" or "Coastal Energy") (TSX-V: CEN) (AIM: CEO), an independent exploration and production company with assets in Thailand, announces the financial results for the year ended December 31, 2010. The functional and reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar. Fourth Quarter 2010 Highlights - Total Company production averaged 7,578 boepd in the fourth quarter; offshore production was impacted by 23 days of downtime (15 related to weather and 8 for processing facilities upgrades). - The Company drilled three exploration wells at Songkhla A and each well discovered new reservoirs in the Lower Oligocene and Eocene intervals. These three new fault blocks are estimated by the Company to collectively contain approximately 80 million barrels of oil in place. The wells have since been tied into production facilities. Further appraisal and development work around these three discoveries is planned for 2011. - The Company reported EBITDAX of $2.6 million ($0.02 per basic share) for Q410. The decline from Q310 is attributable to lower production and lifting volumes due to downtime on the Company's offshore operations. Full Year 2010 Highlights - Total Company production averaged 9,670 boepd for the full year of 2010, 31% above 2009 levels. - A total of 2.8 million barrels of oil and 4.3 bcf of gas net to the Company were produced during the year. The average prices realized were $70.47 / barrel for oil and $7.07 / mcf for gas - The Company brought its Bua Ban field onstream in July. - The Company's full year 2010 EBITDAX was $112.7 million, 197% above 2009 EBITDAX of $37.9 million. - The Company released the results of its third-party reserve evaluation report prepared by Huddleston & Co. dated March 28, 2011 (effective date December 31, 2010) - As of the date of this release, the Company has cash and cash equivalents of approximately $35MM.

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British wheelmaker and engineer Titan Europe (TSW) swung to an annual pre-tax profit, helped by a recovery in its key markets, particularly construction, and said it continued to benefit from this uplift in its markets. The company posted a pre-tax profit of 3.4 million pounds for the year ended 31st December 2010, which compares with a loss of 41.4 million pounds a year earlier, on revenue up 37% at 355.2 million pounds. Looking ahead, chief executive Mike Akers said: "...we are convinced that as confidence grows and recovery is sustained, our markets will continue to improve and Titan Europe is well placed to benefit from this." The shares jumped 8.75p to 87.75p.