Carr's Group increases its 2016 interim dividend by 2.7%

Financial highlights

·     Revenue down 9.4% to £189.1m (H1 2015: £208.6m)

·     Operating profit up 0.5% to £9.6m (H1 2015: £9.6m)

·     Profit before tax down 0.9% to £10.5m (H1 2015: £10.6m)

·     Basic EPS up 4.7% to 8.9p (H1 2015: 8.5p)

·     Adjusted EPS up 3.4% to 9.0p (H1 2015: 8.7p)

·     First interim dividend up 2.7% to 0.95p (H1 2015: 0.925p)

·     Net debt of £27.0m (£24.4m as at 29 August 2015)