date:Mar 31, 2014
d half. The underlying trends in its three regions have been consistent throughout the first two quarters with strong growth in North America and the Fast Growing Emerging region and signs of stabilisation in Europe Japan.
For the half year, the company expects a negative currency impact of approximately 5.5%, or 486 million pounds, on revenue and 5.7%, or 37 million pounds, on underlying profit. If the current spot rates were to continue through the second half of 2014 it would expect a nega