Financial highlights
· Total sales up 6.0% to £422m
· Company-managed shop like-for-like sales up 3.8%
· Operating profit excluding property gains and exceptional charge* up 6.7% to £27.2m (2015: £25.5m)
· Property disposal gains of £2.2m (2015: £0.1m)
· Diluted earnings per share excluding exceptional charge* 22.3p (2015: 19.5p)
· Pre-tax profit including property profits and exceptional charges £25.4m
· Continued strong cash generation: £44.7m net inflow from operating activities
· Ordinary interim dividend per share of 9.5p (2015: 7.4p)
