"Nicholas ("Nick") Henry Rose" (born 30 December 1951) is a former United Kingdom/British international track and field athlete. He competed in a variety of middle distance running/middle distance and long-distance running events. He is the current List of European records in athletics/European record holder in the 10K run, and British records in athletics/British record holder in the 4×1 mile relay event. He set the World records in athletics/world record in the half-marathon in 1979. His personal best in the half-marathon is 1:01:03, the second fastest British time after Steve Jones (athlete)/Steve Jones. He also held the British record in the indoor2 miles event with 8:18.4—a record which stood for 24 years exactly.

Rose's first major victory came in the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in 1974, competing for Western Kentucky University. He successfully made the progression to professional athletics, running the fastest indoor 3000 metres time of any athlete in 1978. He was the national champion in the 10,000 metres in 1980.

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We don't see any real improvement in European markets this year. The threat of further smoking bans and increased alcohol legislation are likely to keep a lid on growth for the foreseeable future.

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North America is still performing very strongly.

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It is too early to tell whether this will impact full-year performance or whether the impact will be limited to the first half and we will benefit in the second half from restocking.

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The terrible hurricanes in the US have had an impact on our performance in the south-eastern states.

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Operating profits from North America in the first six months (of its fiscal year) were up by 5.0 percent, but would have been nearer 7.0 percent if it had not been for the combined impact of the hurricanes and higher input costs.

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