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Michael Page International has delivered a strong performance in the first quarter but shares plunged as much as 6.05 percent at 0811 AM BST as its UK business continues to be impacted by the weak banking sector.

Vedanta Resources has reported a slump in its full-year iron ore output for the year ending March 2012 at 13.8 million tonnes compared to 18.8 million tonnes a year ago, as a ban on mining in the southern Indian state of Karnataka and logistical bottlenecks in Goa continued to bite.

Britain's FTSE 100 is expected to hit 6,100 mark by the end of 2012, driven by signs of growth in UK economy, improving European debt crisis and good global economic prospects.

International Head-Hunter says it will invest in regions with “long term” potential

Halfords Group expects its full-year gross margins to decline by 130 to 150 basis points. It says the expected decline is in line with market expectations although it is worse than the forecast at least 100 basis points given in November.The group is scheduled to release its pre-close trading update on Thursday.

BTG Plc has raised its revenue estimate for the year ended 31 March 2012 to £190 - £195 million from the previous guidance of £160 - £165 million due to the robust trading in the Licensing & Biotechnology business, which was significantly ahead of expectations and higher than anticipated royalties from BeneFIX and Zytiga.

WPP Plc through its wholly-owned global interactive marketing agency, Possible Worldwide, has agreed to acquire Carnation Internet Tanacsado Zrt in Hungary through a share purchase.

Waster management group strikes deal with three UK councils to cap solid full year performance

Capital Markets Chairman steps down after 20 years with the bank

An investment holding and management company, Ashtead Group Plc has announced today that its US subsidiary, Sunbelt Rentals Inc has acquired a Philadelphia based Topp Construction Services and its related company, Precision Steel Works.

PR and healthcare consultancy sees margin pressure in 2011, but upbeat for 2012

Stock exchange group says votes in place for $1bn takeover of Europe's biggest clearninghouse

Bodycote Plc, the largest thermal processing services provider, has announced that it has acquired the heat treatment business of Curtiss-Wright Corporation for a total consideration of US$ 52 million.

The group has also posted a smaller decline in the value of IPOs, a big revenue source, than exhanges elsewhere in the world.

Driven by the benefits of self-help programme, QinetiQ Group, the provider of technical advice to customers in the global aerospace, defence and security markets, says it is on course to deliver its expectations for the financial year ending 31 March 2012.

The specialty food ingredients and solutions group, Tate & Lyle has reported a strong performance for the fourth quarter which is in line with its expectations driven by the robust growth in speciality food ingredients sales volumes.

The distributor of electronics and maintenance products, Electrocomponents Plc is on track to deliver record full-year sales in excess of £1.2 billion at a growth rate of around 7 percent driven by international and UK growth.

In spite of tough trading conditions, the clothing retailer, Moss Bros Group has continued to make great progress in turning its business around and reported a rise of 2.5 percent in its full year like-for-like sales.

Despite difficult economic conditions, Hilton Food Group, has reported a rise of 13.6 percent in its full year revenue to £981.3 million, up from £864.2 million in 2010, which was driven by the new facility in Denmark and the recovery of higher raw material meat prices.

Online bookings boost summer volumes, North Africa travel remains soft

Driven by an increase in gold sales by 52 percent, Petropavlovsk, the Russian gold exploration company, has reported revenue of US$1.3 billion for the full-year 2011, which is more than double the group's revenue of US$612 million in 2010.

Oil and gas exploration group lifts earnings as Bulgarian, Egyptian fields improve

UK Pizza chain delivers 9% sales growth

Catering Group says challenging market conditions will slow revenue growth in first half of year

Copper miner lifts dividend as revenues, but cash costs remain an investor concern

World's biggest building supplies company sees US strength, but Europe slowing

EG Solutions, the back office optimisation software company, has announced that it secured a further services contract from an existing UK enterprise customer in the financial services sector for the value of approximately £340,000, which will appear in the current financial year results.

Bellway, the housebuilder, enters the second half of the year with an order book of £423 million, having already reserved or legally completed 83% of this year's target, with an expectation to reach double digit operating margin for the six months to 31 January.

Compass Group, the contract foodservice and support services group, has recently secured 'A-' long-term corporate credit rating from Standard and Poor's and remains very optimistic about the opportunities to grow the business.

Aggreko has agreed a potential £160m acquisition of Brazil's Poit Energia.