Financial Highlights

  2007 2006 Change %
Revenue - Continuing Operations £640.5m £558.6m +14.7
Headline Operating Profit1 £91.3m £79.7m +14.6
Operating Profit £78.8m £58.8m +34.0
Headline Profit Before Taxation2 £81.0m £70.0m +15.7
Profit Before Taxation £68.5m £46.6m +47.0
Basic Headline Earnings Per Share3 20.3p 17.3p +17.3
Basic Earnings Per Share 16.6p 13.4p +23.9
Dividend Per Share4 8.0p 7.0p +14.3
1 A detailed reconciliation is provided here
2 A detailed reconciliation is provided here
3 A detailed reconciliation is provided in note 9
4 See note 8
financial highlights