Revenues fall 11% at Britvic’s Irish operation

FIRST-HALF revenues at the Irish operations of British soft drinks manufacturer, Britvic fell by over 11% – making it the only division of the group to show a decline.

Britvic Ireland – established three years ago by Britvic acquiring C&C’s soft drinks business for€250 million – generated revenues of £89.7m (€104.6m) for 28 weeks to April 11; down from £101.1m for the same period last year.

First-half operating profits, for Ireland – which had fallen from £4.3m to zero in the opening six months of last year – showed some recovery at £1.3m.