Sales fell by 9.5% to 484.4m, while operating profits prior to exceptionals increased by 19% to 37.5m.
In a statement chief executive Barry Hibbert said: "We are pleased with progress made since the refinancing was completed last financial year... For the current year as a whole we are expecting similar profit growth to last year and hope partly to reverse the fall in sales experienced in the last 12 months."
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"Gosh! That’s a huge debt - especially HMRC! It’s a shock that HMRC allowed such an amount to be accumulated."
"Whatever happened to the good old fashioned cash job! At least the banks didn't take 2-3% of each sale. After 30 odd transactions that £100 quid you had has gone."
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