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Events 46 maltatoday, Sunday, 16 november 2014 Marks & Spencer celebrates Winedrop anniversary Everyday winning with Vodafone Golden Harvest product recall Supermarkets (1960) Ltd, local fran- chisers for the Marks & Spencer brand, recently celebrated the first year anniversary of its online shop- ping portal www.winedrop.com, held at M&S Kitchen in Sliema, in collaboration with Shireburn Soft- ware. Utilizing Shireburn's eStore solu- tion, winedrop.com promises an en- joyable online experience. Products can be easily located through differ- ent searching functions, the Wine Finder; where one can search for wines based on pre-defined criteria, such as Country of Origin and Wine Type. The direct integration with the company's central stock system framework also ensures up to date pricing and quantity management. Winedrop.com also features the Re- fer a Friend Concept where custom- ers are rewarded for referring the website to others. Winedrop.com today includes an even wider catalogue of Marks & Spencer food and wines. The full Christmas hamper collection is available online. Free delivery across all Malta and Gozo is offered with purchases above €35. A Click & Collect concept is also available for customers who are not avail- able during delivery hours, whereby the order can be placed online and paid for, and then simply collected from one of Winedrop's shopping destinations at one's convenience. These include Marks and Spencer outlets in Sliema, Valletta, Bay Street and Tigne, as well as the recently launched pop up stores at The Atrium, Mriehel and Daniels Shopping Complex, Hamrun. All orders can be paid for by Credit Card or using a Paypal ac- count, ensuring online customer security. Shireburn eStore, the solution upon which winedrop.com is built, provides Marks & Spencer and other retailers and B2B sup- pliers with a fully integrated on- line commerce solution directly linked to their inventory and ac- counting systems. This greatly reduces administration workload and duplication of data entry, with one streamlined backend solution for both the physical shops as well as online portals. For trade enquiries and promo- tional offers, kindly send an email to info@retail.com.mt or visit www.winedrop.com for more infor- mation. Wouldn't it be nice to have an unex- pected €100 to spend, or better still, €1,000? Wouldn't it be mind-blowing to suddenly find yourself the owner of a brand-new AUDI A1? You can find out for yourself by participating in Vodafone's Win an Audi competition, launched this week, which will run until 11 January 2015. With nearly €40,000 in prizes waiting to be won, this competition gives you the chance to win €100 eve- ry day from Monday to Saturday with this amount going up to €1,000 every Sunday. All participants will also have the chance of taking home the Grand Prize at the end of the competition: a new Audi A1 Admire Package. Although this competition has only been running for a few days, interest is already very high. "Quizzes are al- ways fun, and if they give you the op- portunity of winning fantastic prizes at the same time so much the better. This is not the first competition of its kind for Vodafone and, given the generous and numerous prizes on offer, we always find that customers respond very enthusiastically to the challenge" said Reuben Abela, Senior Prepaid Marketing Executive at Vo- dafone Malta. To participate in the Vodafone WIN an AUDI competition, customers need to send an SMS free of charge to 50915790 with the text WIN. This will be followed by two informa- tion messages, an SMS prompt, and the first question. Each SMS reply is charged at €0.58 independent of other special tariffs. A maximum of 25 questions will be sent daily to all those applying for the competition and the competition is open to all Vo- dafone customers who are 18 years of age and over. Points will be assigned for both right and wrong answers with the possibility of gaining extra points by answering bonus questions correctly. For more information on Voda- fone's WIN an AUDI competition, customers can call 16212 from any Vodafone line. Alternatively they can opt to visit Vodafone's website on www.vodafone.com.mt. Terms and conditions apply. Golden Harvest Mfg. Co. Ltd is recalling its Family White Loaves because of the possible presence of small pieces of soft, food grade rubber, measuring about 5mm x 5mm x 7mm, that originated from an identified defective conveyor belt. The batches that may be af- fected may include: Batch A2 Best Before: 12.11.14 Batch A1 Best Before: 11.11.14 Batch A5 Best Before: 08.11.14 Anyone who has a loaf out of these batches is kindly asked to return them to the factory or shop and these will be replaced. All returned loaves will be test- ed in an independent laboratory and report issued, if this was not a solitary case. The company will continue to strive for excellence and apolo- gizes for any inconvenience that may have arisen." PTL Holdings plc launches €36 million bond issue PTL Holdings plc, the holding company of PTL International, has launched a €36 million bond issue, maturing in 2024. The unsecured bonds, at a nomi- nal value of €100 per bond issued at par, bear an annual interest rate of 5.1 per cent. Proceeds from the bond issue will be primarily di- rected to refinance PTL Interna- tional's recent expansion. Earlier this year, PTL Interna- tional acquired SAD, Poland's largest Apple reseller, and APCO, the Malta-based payment services provider and automation expert. PTL International is a diversi- fied portfolio of IT investments with a footprint in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Brought together in early 2014, PTL International's activi- ties focus on retail, business solu- tions, and borderless value added services. Across its activities in various sectors and markets, the group enjoys high-level techno- logical, operational, and manage- ment expertise, resulting in multi- level synergies. By partnering a range of best- in-class brands to deliver supe- rior, innovative technologies, PTL International works to position itself among the leaders in its sec- tors in Dubai, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Poland, and Romania. The group's ambitions are driven by a multicultural, expert knowledge base of 400 IT, sales and project management professionals across its international presence. More information about the PTL Holdings plc bond issue is avail- able from the prospectus dated November 3, 2014, which is avail- able at w w w.ptli.net or authorised financial intermediaries. Applica- tion forms are available from No- vember 10 from authorised finan- cial intermediaries. Subscriptions open on November 24 and close on November 28, or earlier if the bond issue is over-subscribed. PTL International is the technol- ogy subsidiary of Hili Ventures, the holding company of a diversi- fied Malta-headquartered group. Hili Ventures is engaged in logis- tics and engineering; technology; property management; and multi- sited operations in collaboration with McDonald's and Apple. Present in more than 12 coun- tries across Europe and the Middle East with a team of 3,500 people, Hili Ventures is a proud partner of Allison, Apple, Cisco, CMA CGM, Hoffmann, IBM, Lenovo, McDon- ald's, Microsoft, NCR, Terberg, Tranter, and other global leaders. Disclaimer: The value of investment can rise as well as fall. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Investors should seek the advice of an independent, authorised financial intermediary before deciding to invest in listed financial instruments. The Shireburn team with managing director John de Giorgio, second from right