NTR revenue up to 96.2m

ANY of NTR’s portfolio of businesses - roads, waste, communications and energy - could become candidates for an individual IPO or trade sale in the years ahead, the company said yesterday.

With many of its operations still in the development stage and two new start-up companies to finance, NTR still pushed revenues for the first six months of the year up almost 60% to 96.2m.

The Roche family controlled NTR plc also increased the interim dividend by 10% to 9.92 cent per share, resulting in a total interim pay-out of 2.39m.