	unilever improves in most sectors during the unilever plc and nv un a group saw improved performance in almost all sectors during the anglo dutch group said in its results statement very good progress was made last year while the recent acquisition of chesebrough pond s inc cbm n was a significant addition which will greatly benefit the group in the years to come earlier unilever reported combined fourth quarter pre tax profit of mln stg level with the year earlier period making billion stg compared with mln for the full year unilever said it plans to change its depreciation policy to the more conventional practice of depreciating assets individually rather than depreciating fixed assets at average rates the new method is expected to lead to a reduction in the accumulated provision for depreciation and thereby increase the net book value of tangible asssets by about mln stg as at january unilever plc shares are up p since yesterday at p in buoyant response to the results and share split proposal though profits were not ahead of market forecasts dealers added reuter 
