By Jane Bradley NEWSPAPER publisher Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday reported a better-than-expected start to its financial year, saying revenue rose 2 per cent in the three months to the end of December.

TODAY the award-winning Mail on Sunday, world leader in innovation, introduces another first - the fully-recyclable EcoDisc. Our brilliant free dance class with Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke comes on this brand-new DVD format, the first time it has been used for a newspaper free disc.

By Jenny Little, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Feb. 11--Time is running out for producers of the best of British food and drink to be in with a chance of winning thousands of pounds and being named champion in their field in the Waitrose Small Producers Awards.

By Daily Mail, London Feb. 10--Cryptologic, the online gambling software company which has William Hill and Playboy as its licensees, soared 92 1/2p in a thin market to 1427 1/2p.

By Daily Mail, London Feb. 7--Microchip designer Arm Holdings shrugged off a temporary industry slowdown to post annual pretax profits up 7 percent to £57 million on sales 13 percent higher at £263 million.