The company recommended a final dividend of 16.85 pence, giving a total dividend of 23.1 pence, up 10% from last year. It said that sales growth in the coming year was facing some tough comparative performance from the prior year. However, sales in the first seven weeks of the new financial year were ahead of the same period last year.
For the 12 months ended 30 January, pretax profit before exceptional items rose to £27.9 million from £23.1 million last year. Revenue grew 18.7% to £201.4 million.
Like for like sales, excluding the impact of the Rubicon acquisition and the 53rd week in 2008/09, increased by 10.6%.
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