Member Info for mulledwine

Dummy sell 1M at 1.3

NetPlay TV plc (AIM: NPT) (the "Company" or "Netplay"), the interactive gaming company, is pleased to announce that the Company's Q3 KPIs are significantly ahead of the same period in 2011. These figures follow what was noted in the interim results announcement as a particularly strong Q2. The growth in new depositing and total depositing customers year on year has resulted in a 34% increase in revenue versus Q3 2011. The Company is particularly encouraged by the uptake of its mobile and tablet offering where revenues have increased by 107% versus Q3 2011. Mobile and tablet gaming continues to be a key focus for the Company and during the period it has launched mobile slots games which will significantly enhance the existing TV roulette mobile offering. The Directors are pleased with this continued strong performance and are confident of meeting full year market expectations.

NetPlay TV plc Trading Update · Strong Q3 Performance · 52% increase in new depositing casino players to 11,978 (Q3 2011: 7,892) and 4% decrease on Q2 2012 · 42% increase in active depositing casino players to 22,417 (Q3 2011: 15,805) and 1% decrease on Q2 2012

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201210100700033178O

Aggreko, the temporary power company, ended more than 3% down at £22.40 after a downgrade from HSBC Securities. Tempus adds that some of us had been wondering when this perpetual motion machine would run out of juice – the shares are still 18% higher since July. HSBC suggests there may have been a cooling in the company’s end markets in recent months. Perhaps time to take at least some profits?

The Times´ Tempus column says recruiter Hays’ first quarter performance to the end of September was better than the market had feared and better than that of its rival, Michael Page International. Most analysts are shooting for pre-tax profits in excess of £122m for Hays this year and next, which would be an unchanged outturn from last. The shares, up 4.25p at 79.5p, are on 14 times earnings and so well up with events.

Panmure Gordon downgrades WS Atkins from buy to hold, target cut from 800p to 630p

Mark Bowman, Managing Director of SABMiller Africa, said: "We have been investing heavily to grow capacity and stay ahead of demand across Africa. The expansion of our Chibuku operations illustrates how we are driving our affordability strategy, product innovation and maintaining momentum behind our 'Farming Better Futures' programme through this continued investment."

CONT Chibuku Super has been brewed successfully on a small commercial basis in Zambia for the past 12 months. A larger plant has been commissioned in the past few weeks at Kitwe, in the north of the country, to further grow this category. New 'Super' production lines will also be in place in Mozambique and Zimbabwe by the end of this year. Following successful pilot schemes in Ghana, Mozambique, Swaziland and Tanzania, full-scale Chibuku production has now been launched in each of these countries. A Lesotho pilot has been launched with commercial sales expected in the next few months and in Uganda a brand new plant is being planned as part of the new brewery under construction in Mbarara. SABMiller's expansion of Chibuku is part of its strategy to make more affordable beers for lower-income consumers across Africa taking share from the often unsafe 'informal' alcohol market. It also provides a guaranteed market for the smallholder farmers through which SABMiller sources the maize and sorghum used in production. In the year ending March 2012, SABMiller sourced maize and sorghum from around 40,000 smallholder farmers across Africa.

SABMiller doubles its traditional African beer operations SABMiller plc [SAB:LSE/SAB:JNB] today announces that it has expanded its African beer brand, Chibuku, into ten countries across the continent. Chibuku is an opaque beer based on traditional African recipes using maize and/or sorghum, depending on local tastes. The expansion of the brand more than doubles the number of Chibuku markets from four (Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe) at the start of 2011. Following an investment of US$16m over the last 18 months, it is expected that by the end of this financial year Chibuku volumes across new markets in Africa will total well over half a million hectolitres. The brand's expansion has also created 200 new direct jobs, supporting a further 1,500 jobs indirectly in the supply chain and distribution network. Sold in one litre cartons, Chibuku is a low-alcohol beer that ferments in the package with alcohol strength increasing from 0.5%ABV on day one up to 4%ABV on day five before expiry. Given its short shelf life it must be brewed and consumed locally. A new variant, 'Chibuku Super' has been launched in Zambia in September. Chibuku Super is lightly carbonated, pasteurised - meaning it has a fixed alcohol content of 3.5%ABV - and sold in PET packaging. Its longer shelf life means the distribution model for 'Super' is closer to that of clear beer.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201210100700083270O

Jonathan Hart, Thorntons' Chief Executive, commented: "Consumer spending and the wider economy remain weak and difficult to predict. We are therefore cautious in our outlook for the peak trading season ahead and have set our plans accordingly. "We continue to have confidence in our strategy to rebalance our business, revitalise our brand and restore profitability and are making good progress in its implemention. In our retail business our plans are stronger than last year, with innovative new products and dynamic promotions, and in the Commercial channel we remain encouraged by our strong order book. "We continue to focus on improving profitability and are pleased that the margin improvements seen earlier in 2012 are continuing to flow through."

FIRST QUARTER TRADING UPDATE & INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT Thorntons PLC today reports its first quarter trading update for the fourteen weeks up to and including 6 October 2012. Key points: · Trading for the period was in line with management expectations. · Total sales declined by 1.0% to £46.0 million, primarily due to the effect of the planned 36 Own Store closures in the previous financial year. · Commercial sales grew by 9.8% to £21.2 million. The order book for Christmas trading remains strong and in line with previous expectations. · Overall sales in Own Stores declined by 7.0% to £21.7 million largely reflecting the store closures. Ten further stores were closed during the period. Own Store like for like sales declined by 1.7%. · Franchise sales declined to £2.0 million as expected following the loss of sales resulting from the administration of our major franchisee partner in May 2012. · Thorntons Direct sales decreased by £0.1m to £1.1 million ahead of the launch of our new website.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201210100700033240O

Dr. Bill Higgs, Chief Executive of Mediterranean Oil and Gas, commented: "Production has remained strong for the third quarter, which has enabled us to sustain free cashflow. We are pleased to have restarted production at Monteverdese, onshore Italy, and hope to complete the sale of non-core assets, announced recently, by the end of the year."

Third Quarter Production Update The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc (AIM: MOG) is pleased to announce the following: The offshore Guendalina gas field achieved production (net to MOG 20% WI) of 11.14 million scm in the third quarter (10.93 million scm in the second quarter), in line with the Company's expectations. This represents net production by the Company of 121,000 scm/day. In addition, the Company's onshore Italy gas fields achieved production of 1.92 million scm (net) in the third quarter (2.38 million scm (net) in the second quarter),which excludes production from the effective date upon which the Company agreed to sell certain non-core onshore assets to Canoel International Energy Limited ("CIL"). This represents net production to the Company of 20,800 scm/day. The Company is also pleased to announce that it restored production on 1st October at the Monteverdese Concession surface facility that was shut-in for the third quarter and part of the second quarter. Total revenues attributable to the Company's onshore (excluding revenues from assets sold to CIL in the period) and offshore gas production in the third quarter amounted to €4.3 million (Q2 2012: €4.2 million).

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201210100700043263O

http://www.edisoninvestmentresearch.co.uk/researchreports/loq091012flash.pdf

Investor opposition to the proposed tie-up between Europe’s aerospace and defence champions is mounting, with more than 30 per cent of shareholders in BAE Systems expressing significant concerns about the deal with EADS. Ahead of a takeover deadline on Wednesday, some of the biggest investors in the British company backed reservations outlined by Invesco Perpetual, BAE’s largest shareholder with a 13 per cent stake, putting the deal in jeopardy. A meeting of Nato defence ministers on Tuesday is expected to prove crucial in deciding whether to extend the deadline set by Britain’s Takeover Panel. Although none of the shareholders have said they would block the deal, at least six of the biggest 20 are warning that they support Invesco, which has expressed public misgivings about the tie-up. BAE is likely to need 75 per cent of the company’s shareholders to support the deal with European aerospace group EADS, The Financial Times says.

There was some relief among investors in Daisy Group that its trading update after the end of its half-year did not prompt the same share price fall as that of its rival Kcom on Friday, after its own update, Tempus writes today. It may just be that Daisy was better than Kcom at keeping the market up to date. The shares have come back from 115p in April to close at 98p last night. The company made clear that free cash-flow had begun to improve in the first half to the end of September, even if debt had increased to reflect the last acquisition, in April. Daisy has grown by buying up smaller rival providers, but the indications are that this may not continue at the same rate. The need to account for those acquisitions has meant that reported figures have been of little relevance. The company provides its own adjusted earnings figures, even if analysts tend to rely on free cash-flow. Their forecasts of earnings for this year would put the shares on about seven times earnings. Not unattractive, but immediate progress in the present climate looks limited.