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“We have delivered another good all-round performance despite severe economic disruptions, particularly in India and Brazil, two of our largest markets. This further demonstrates the progress we have made in transforming Unilever into a more resilient business. We have again grown ahead of our markets, driven by strong innovations that support our category strategies. At the same time, we have accelerated our margin expansion even after absorbing the higher restructuring costs associated with the implementation of 'Connected 4 Growth', the next stage in our transformation….

“Netcall has had robust trading in the first half of the financial year, with a growing order book and annualised recurring revenues. Our stated strategy of investing in the Group's cloud capabilities to capitalise on the rapidly growing SaaS market opportunity is yielding positive early results, and we are pleased with the progress achieved during the period. With a healthy sales pipeline, high levels of revenue visibility and strong financial position, the Board is confident in the Group's prospects for the year as a whole.”…

“We continue to make good progress against our three point strategic plan: to grow and innovate in our core UK businesses; to focus on our strengths to grow internationally; and to build the capability and platform to support future growth. We remain on track to open c.3,700 new UK Premier Inn rooms and our committed pipeline stands at around 14,000 UK hotel rooms. We have also recently signed two additional sites in Germany (Freiburg and Essen) taking our committed German pipeline to five hotels. We expect to open 230-250 net new Costa coffee shops worldwide and to install at least 1,500 new Costa Express machines, having already surpassed our previous guidance of 1,250 in the current financial year….

Sprue (AIM: SPRP), one of Europe's leading home safety products suppliers, today announces a trading update ahead of the release of its audited final results for the year ended 31 December 2016, which are expected to be in line with market expectations. The figures set out in this announcement are subject to audit….

PZ Cussons Plc, a leading consumer products group, announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2016….

“Our results are in line with market expectations and reflect the tough trading environment, which stemmed from an imbalance in world markets and has led to low output prices for farmers, most apparent in the dairy sector. Despite the backdrop, we continued to invest significantly across the Group to support efficiencies and future growth plans, and have further extended our trading reach in the South of England through our Wynnstay Store outlets. …

Further to the announcement made on 22 December 2016, Tarsus, the international business-to-business media group, is pleased to announce completion of the acquisition of 65% of Foshan Huaxia Home Textile Development Co., Ltd….

The Board of Henry Boot PLC issues the following trading update for the year ended 31 December 2016 ahead of its full year results which will be announced on Friday, 24 March 2017….