date:Aug 08, 2014
ession since 2008.
We now expect the volume decline trend we have seen in the first half to persist in the remainder of the year, the company said, following a review of its volume outlook as a result of difficult economic and trading conditions and the sudden deterioration in Russia and other markets.
It added: Although macroeconomic forecasts are being revised marginally upwards in some of the countries where we operate, unemployment levels remain high and disposable income is still constrain